West Bromwich vs Burnley Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️
West Bromwich Albion have lost just one of their six Premier League meetings with Burnley (W3 D2), though it was the last time they met in the competition in March 2018 (1-2).
Prior to winning 2-1 in their last away meeting with West Brom in March 2018, Burnley had lost nine of their last 10 league visits to the Hawthorns (D1) in a run stretching back to 1971.
West Brom have conceded 13 goals in their four Premier League matches this season -only Swindon in 1993-94 and Southampton in 2012-13 (both 14) have shipped more four games into a Premier League campaign. West Brom are 17th and Burnley are 18th coming into this match, while the bottom two sides (Sheffield United and Fulham) are also facing each other today.
It's the first time the bottom four clubs have faced one another on the same day in the Premier League since 13th September 2014, with both West Brom (0-2 v Everton) and Burnley (0-0 v Crystal Palace) involved that day too.
West Brom are winless in their four Premier League games this season (D1 L3) -they've not remained without a victory in their first five games to a league campaign since 2004-05.
Burnley haven't begun a league campaign with four consecutive defeats since 2002-03 in the second tier, while the last time they did so in the top-flight was in 1927-28.
Burnley have lost their last four Premier League games, last losing five in a row in the top-flight in January 1976. Indeed, it's more defeats than they'd suffered in their first 17 league matches in 2020 (W8 D6 L3).
West Brom have had fewer shots than any other Premier League side so far this season (27). They also have the lowest expected goals (xG) total (1.5), but have scored five goals, meaning they've scored around three goals more than would normally be expected based on the quality of their chances.
West Brom are the only side yet to score in the final 30 minutes of Premier League games this season, with their latest goal coming after 47 minutes (Matheus Pereira vs Everton).
Meanwhile, they've shipped a league-high seven goals in the final half-hour so far this term. Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez scored 29 goals in 82 league appearances for West Brom between 2017-2019. However, he's never scored in six league games against the Baggies before (all with Southampton between 2012-2016).
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