Championship

Championship | Gameweek 45

Jul 17, 2020 at 5.30pm UK

The John Smith's Stadium

Huddersfield
2 - 1
West Brom

Willock (4'), Smith Rowe (86')
Chalobah (19'), Willock (23'), Campbell (60'), Lossl (85')

FT(HT: 1-1)

O'Shea (42')
Phillips (30'), Robson-Kanu (39'), Townsend (53'), Krovinovic (81'), Furlong (88'), Austin (90+1')

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The Match

Match Report

West Brom's automatic promotion hopes are out of their hands as defeat leaves them only one point above Brentford.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Huddersfield Town and West Bromwich Albion, including team news and predicted lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a West Bromwich Albion win with a probability of 46.79%. A draw had a probability of 26.9% and a win for Huddersfield Town had a probability of 26.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 0-1 with a probability of 12.85%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (9.07%) and 1-2 (8.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.66%), while for a Huddersfield Town win it was 1-0 (8.98%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 6.2% likelihood.

Result
Huddersfield Town	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
26.3%	26.91%	46.79%

Both teams to score 47.36%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.9%

57.1%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

22.03%

77.97%

Huddersfield Town Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

62.65%

37.35%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.86%

74.14%

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.59%

24.41%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.17%

58.83%

Score Analysis

Huddersfield Town 26.3%

West Bromwich Albion 46.79%

Draw 26.91%

Huddersfield Town	Draw	West Bromwich Albion
1-0 @ 8.98% 2-1 @ 6.23% 2-0 @ 4.42% 3-1 @ 2.05% 3-0 @ 1.45% 3-2 @ 1.44% Other @ 1.72% Total : 26.3%	1-1 @ 12.66% 0-0 @ 9.12% 2-2 @ 4.4% Other @ 0.74% Total : 26.91%	0-1 @ 12.85% 0-2 @ 9.07% 1-2 @ 8.93% 0-3 @ 4.26% 1-3 @ 4.2% 2-3 @ 2.07% 0-4 @ 1.5% 1-4 @ 1.48% Other @ 2.43% Total : 46.79%

Build-up

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