Match Preview: West Bromwich Albion v Rotherham United (Wednesday, 8pm)

West Bromwich Albion face Rotherham United on Wednesday seeking to protect their formidable unbeaten run in the Championship.

The Baggies are unbeaten in nine, with four wins and five draws, ahead of the 8pm kick-off.

They face a Rotherham team who have won just one and drawn one over the same number of games.

Rotherham are bottom of the table after 41 games, of which they have won four and drawn 11, earning 23 points.

West Bromwich are 19 places ahead of United in fifth, with 19 wins and 12 draws putting them on 69 points.

In Alex Palmer, Albion can rely on one of the league’s safest pair of hands. He has kept 16 clean sheets in his 41 appearances this season, and only one other ‘keeper – Leeds United’s Illan Meslier – has been able to prevent the opposition scoring on more occasions in the Championship.

In the Millers’ net, Viktor Johansson has four clean sheets in 41 games. He has conceded a goal every 51 minutes, 90% more often than the 97 minutes between goals for Palmer.

With 32 goals in 41 games so far this season, the away side are the league’s lowest scorers with 0.8 goals per game. And they are conceding more than average, letting in 82 goals at a rate of 2.0 per game.

The Baggies, meanwhile, are above average scorers, with 1.6 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.0 goal per game.

In the last five years, West Bromwich and Rotherham have played each other on four occasions. West Bromwich won three of them and Rotherham one.

On average, the Baggies scored 2.0 goals and the Millers 1.0 in those matches.

Their last meeting was on December 12, when West Bromwich won 2-0 away.

West Bromwich’s last match was on Saturday, a 2-2 draw against Stoke City, with Jed Wallace and Michael Andrew Johnston getting the goals for the Baggies.

Rotherham lost 1-0 against Plymouth Argyle last time out, on Friday.

Wednesday’s match will be refereed by Geoff Eltringham, who has taken charge of 16 Championship games so far this season, issuing one red card and booking 64 players. He has awarded one penalty.

The last West Bromwich game Eltringham refereed was a 2-2 away draw with Queens Park Rangers on March 6. His last Rotherham match was their 3-0 loss away at Millwall on September 20.

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West Bromwich Albion v Rotherham United
Championship | The Hawthorns
Wednesday, 10 April 2024 @ 8.00pm

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