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West Brom and Villa set for Midlands derby draw

West Brom and Villa set for Midlands derby draw

On Friday night, West Brom and Aston Villa clash at the Hawthorns in a Midlands derby clash.

West Brom are third place in the Championship, four points behind second-place Leeds United in the race for promotion.

The Baggies are four league games unbeaten in the second tier, having recorded three wins and one draw. A 1-1 draw at Brentford last time out ended a three-game winning run in the league.

Although West Brom’s recent league games have not been ultra-high scoring, six of their last seven matches have seen both teams score, including their last four games.

The Baggies have been tough to beat at the Hawthorns in the Championship, losing just one of their last nine matches. The home side has only won one of their last four league outings on home soil. Both teams have scored in ten of their last 11 home league games.

Aston Villa have fallen to eighth place in the Championship table, despite a good recent run of form. In fact, the Villans have won four of their last five league games, while scoring at least two goals in their last five Championship matches. The visitors attacking prowess has led to over 2.5 goals scored in Villa’s last four matches.

Villa have won just two of their last nine away games in the Championship. However, those two wins have been in the Villans last two league games on their travels, so there are signs of improvement from Villa on the road.

The Villans recent Championship away games have been high scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in four of their last five matches.

There is not much between these two Midlands rivals, so unsurprisingly Forebet predicts that this clash will finish in a high scoring draw.

Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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