Championship

Championship | Gameweek 29

Jan 25, 2025 at 3pm UK

The Hawthorns

West Brom
5 - 1
Portsmouth

Mowatt (25'), Diangana (32', 44'), Wallace (37'), Swift (57')

FT(HT: 4-0)

Waddingham (90+3')
Dozzell (61'), Ritchie (62'), Williams (78')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between West Bromwich Albion and Portsmouth, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

West Bromwich Albion

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Middlesbrough 2-0 West Brom
Tuesday, January 21 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Portsmouth

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Portsmouth 3-1 Stoke
Wednesday, January 22 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

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 64.65%. A draw had a probability of 21.9% and a win for Portsmouth had a probability of 13.41%.

The most likely scoreline for a West Bromwich Albion win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.81%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.52%) and 2-1 (9.28%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.16%), while for a Portsmouth win it was 0-1 (5.57%). The actual scoreline of 5-1 was predicted with a 0.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that West Bromwich Albion would win this match.

Result
West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Portsmouth
64.65% ( 0.1)	21.94% ( -0)	13.41% ( -0.1)

Both teams to score 41.64% (

-0.21)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.91% (

-0.16)

54.09% (

0.16)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.48% (

-0.13)

75.52% (

0.13)

West Bromwich Albion Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.88% (

-0.02)

16.12% (

0.02)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.46% (

-0.04)

45.54% (

0.04)

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

49.64% (

-0.24)

50.36% (

0.24)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

15.09% (

-0.17)

84.91% (

0.17)

Score Analysis

West Bromwich Albion 64.65%

Portsmouth 13.41%

Draw 21.94%

West Bromwich Albion	Draw	Portsmouth
1-0 @ 14.81% ( 0.08) 2-0 @ 13.52% ( 0.07) 2-1 @ 9.28% ( -0.02) 3-0 @ 8.23% ( 0.03) 3-1 @ 5.64% ( -0.02) 4-0 @ 3.75% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2.58% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 1.94% ( -0.02) 5-0 @ 1.37% ( 0) 5-1 @ 0.94% ( -0) Other @ 2.6% Total : 64.65%	1-1 @ 10.16% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 8.12% ( 0.05) 2-2 @ 3.18% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.48% Total : 21.94%	0-1 @ 5.57% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 3.49% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 1.91% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.44% Total : 13.41%