📊 Form Guide

West Bromwich Albion

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West Bromwich Albion won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 2-1 Championship losing effort in their last game against Bristol City.

In that match, West Bromwich Albion had 47% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for West Bromwich Albion was Alex Mowatt (62'). At the other end, Bristol City got 12 shots at goal with 7 on target. Nahki Wells (56') and Haydon Roberts (96') scored for Bristol City.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that West Bromwich Albion have kept a clean sheet. In fact, West Bromwich Albion have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 5 goals on the way. Putting that to one side, time will tell if that trend will continue on here in this match or not.

Their previous form shows that West Bromwich Albion:

• have left without a victory over Watford in their last 8 matches in the league.
• have not won at home in their last 2 matches in the league.

Watford

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Watford come into this game following a 1-0 Championship win vs Hull City in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Watford had 46% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Watford was Moussa Sissoko (55'). Hull City got 16 shots on goal with 5 on target.

The attacking players from Watford have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 clashes, recording the poor return of only 3. In those matches, The Hornets have also seen the overall goal tally of their opponents equal 5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Watford:

• have not won against West Bromwich Albion in games played away from home for the previous 4 league games. They really have not been travelling well at all.
• remain unbeaten by West Bromwich Albion when having played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 03/03/2018 shows us that West Bromwich Albion have won 0 of them and Watford 3, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

19 goals were yielded between them during those clashes, with 8 for The Baggies and 11 netted by The Hornets. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Championship match day 21 on 15/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Watford 2-1 West Bromwich Albion.

On that day, Watford had 37% possession and 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Vakoun Issouf Bayo (35', 50').

For their opponents, West Bromwich Albion got 15 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Jayson Molumby (67') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Gavin Ward.

📋 Team News: West Bromwich Albion

There is just the lone fitness concern for the West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Mowbray to contend with from an otherwise complete set of players. Josh Maja (Calf injury) will miss out.

📰 Team News: Watford

Watford boss Tom Cleverley has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Giorgi Chakvetadze (Stress reaction of the bone) and Pierre Dwomoh (unknown injury) won’t be making appearances.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, West Bromwich Albion should see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Watford may well find it hard finding the net themselves although we do think it’s probable that they will be scoring.

Our tip is for a 3-1 winning score for West Bromwich Albion at full-time.

Victor Martins, 13:03 12/04/2025