Without winning 16 matches, West Bromwich Albion hosts Manchester United on Sunday, December 17, in a match for the 18th round of the 2017/2018 English Championship, the penultimate round of the first round. Starting at 12.15 a.m., the game will be held at The Hawthorns Stadium in West Bromwich.
The recent performance of West Bromwich
Since 22 August the West Bromwich can not celebrate a victory. After scoring 3 to 1, away from home in Accrinton for the League Cup of England, were eight draws and eight losses. One of the failures was for the same competition – 2 to 1 for Manchester City – and caused the WBA’s elimination from the tournament. The other 15 matches were for the Premier League.
Optimists by nature may see a positive point in this sequence of bad results. In the last five matches, there was a slight evolution in the picture. It was four draws and one defeat.
The most recent equality, even, had a taste of victory. On Wednesday, December 13, the WBA managed to stop Liverpool’s powerful attack and hold the 0-0. The point was enough to keep the team out of the relegation zone.
With 14 points (two wins, eight draws and seven losses), West Bromwich is seventh. By the end of the seventeenth round, the score was the same as the Crystal Palace, which opened the sticking region because it was lower in the tiebreaker criteria.
As Crystal Palace had a compromise on Saturday, December 16, against Leicester, away from home, and West Ham, ninth place also with 14 points, would face Stoke, also as a visitor, on the same day, there is the possibility of that the WBA enters the field this Sunday already in the relegation zone.
It’s not the only problem being run by coach Alan Pardew. He has a number of athletes in injury treatment and should expect the position of the medical department to know who he can count on. They are in this situation the defender Craig Dawson (nine games in English Championship edition 2017/2018, no goal); and Gareth Barry (14 games without a goal), Nacer Chadl (two games, one goal), James Morrison (four games, one goal) and Matt Philips (13 games, one goal).
The current form of Manchester United
While his rival this Sunday is the leader of equalities in the current season of the Premier League with eight occurrences, Manchester United has had results in the style all or nothing. In the last ten matches, he won seven and lost three.
The most suffered defeat happened on Sunday, December 10. At home, it took 2 to 1 of Manchester City. He lost the chance of getting closer to the classification of his greatest rival, who leads in form the English Championship. The reaction was soon. On Wednesday, December 13, again at Old Tradfford, he scored 1-0 at Bournemouth, climbing to 38 points (12 wins, two draws and three losses).
The Reds will again be without French midfielder Paul Pogba (eight games, three goals). He will complete the third and final match of the suspension imposed by his expulsion in the match against Arsenal (victory by 3 to 1) in London.
The low list may increase depending on the medical department. Defender Eric Bailly (eight matches in the 2017/2018 English Championship, one goal) and Marcos Rojo (three games, no goal) are in injury treatment; and Michael Carrick (without performances) and Marouane Fellaini (nine games, three goals).
History of the matches West Bromwich v Manchester United
United have not conceded a WBA goal in the previous Premier League season. He won 2-0 at home and was 0-0 at Old Tradfford.
There is no doubt that even acting out of their domains Manchester United is the best guessing option for Sunday’s match. It has a price of 1.55 in Rivalo. Tie pays 4.00. WBA success earns 6.00 per real invested.
