West Bromwich – Preston: Predictions and betting tips – The hosts will be reliable.
On January 26, the postponed match of the 25th round of the English Championship 2021/22 between West Brom and Preston. “Rating of Bookmakers” believes that should not expect many goals.
West Bromwich lost many points in recent rounds, winning just one out of six. It dropped the “thrushes” immediately to the fifth line. So they risk relegation from the top 6, a place that allows you to take part in the playoffs for the right to enter the Premier League—from “Middlesbrough,” going seventh, only three points. At home this season, VBA lost only one match out of fifteen.
Preston is in the 15th position and does not mainly pretend to do anything. Therefore, the “invulnerable” go to the “Hawthorns” without any tension, and the team will just play football. Preston has not won in four games in a row, but the team lost only once in a stretch of six meetings. The clubs have already played each other this season. The match at the Preston stadium ended with a score of 1:1.
The Blackbirds show wildly grassroots football: eight of their last ten games ended in total under 2.5, both teams to score bet played three times. The opponent could not achieve more than one goal in any meeting in this segment. They were lost to West Brom only twice.
Preston’s tendencies are slightly different: “both to score” went through eight times out of ten, although the total was overplayed only in half of the meetings. Lily White’s rivals have failed to score more than once in eight matches and lost “invulnerable” only three meetings in the same segment.
Bookmakers offer excellent odds of 1.80 on the classic bottom. West Bromwich loves this outcome very much, and the last three head-to-head matches ended in overtime (2.5). The hosts’ defense is quite reliable: only five goals were conceded in ten games. West Bromwich is at home so the Blackbirds will lead the game.