Premier League

Premier League | Gameweek 1

Sep 13, 2020 at 2pm UK

The Hawthorns

West Brom
0 - 3
Leicester

Ajayi (63')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Castagne (57'), Vardy (73' pen., 83' pen.)
Justin (16')

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The Match

Match Report

The Golden Boot winner netted twice in the final 16 minutes.

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Premier League clash between newly-promoted West Bromwich Albion and Leicester City, including predictions, team news and possible 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 39.03%. A win for Leicester City had a probability of 35.86% and a draw had a probability of 25.1%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.56%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.56%) and 2-0 (6.21%). The likeliest Leicester City win was 1-2 (8.15%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.8%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 2.6% likelihood.

Result
West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Leicester City
39.03%	25.11%	35.86%

Both teams to score 57.29%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.77%

46.23%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.48%

68.52%

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

76.55%

23.45%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

42.54%

57.46%

Leicester City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.84%

25.16%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.12%

59.88%

Score Analysis

West Bromwich Albion 39.03%

Leicester City 35.86%

Draw 25.1%

West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Leicester City
2-1 @ 8.56% 1-0 @ 8.56% 2-0 @ 6.21% 3-1 @ 4.14% 3-0 @ 3% 3-2 @ 2.86% 4-1 @ 1.5% 4-0 @ 1.09% 4-2 @ 1.04% Other @ 2.09% Total : 39.03%	1-1 @ 11.8% 2-2 @ 5.91% 0-0 @ 5.9% 3-3 @ 1.31% Other @ 0.18% Total : 25.1%	1-2 @ 8.15% 0-1 @ 8.14% 0-2 @ 5.62% 1-3 @ 3.75% 2-3 @ 2.72% 0-3 @ 2.58% 1-4 @ 1.29% 2-4 @ 0.94% Other @ 2.67% Total : 35.86%

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