On January 26, the postponed match of the 25th round of the English Championship 2021/22 between West Bromwich and Preston will take place. “Bookmaker Ratings” believe that many goals should not be expected.
West Bromwich has lost a lot of goals in recent rounds, winning just one out of six. This dropped the “thrushes” immediately to the fifth line. So they risk relegation from the top 6, a place in which allows taking part in the playoffs for the right to enter the Premier League. For Middlesbrough, being seventh, only three goals needed. At their home this season, VBA lost only one match out of fifteen.
Preston is in 15th position and does not particularly claim anything. Therefore, they head to Hawthorns without any tension. The team will play just for the sake of football playing. Preston has not won in four games in a row, yet the team lost only once in a stretch of six games. The clubs have already played each other this season. The match at Preston stadium ended with the score 1:1.
The Blackbirds show intensely downstream football: eight of their last ten games ended in a total under 2.5. The opponent could not score more than one goal in any game in this segment. West Brom lost only twice.
Preston’s tendencies are a bit different: “both to score” went through eight times out of ten, although the total was scored only halfway of the game. Lily White’s opponents have failed to score more than once in eight matches. Preston lost only three matches in the same segment.
Bookmakers offer good odds on the classic bottom. West Bromwich love this outcome very much, and the last three head-to-head matches ended in overtime (2.5). The defense of the host’s is quite reliable: only five goals were scored in ten games. West Bromwich is at home, so the Blackbirds will lead the game.