Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Manchester United 2nd with 74 points, West Bromwich Albion 19th with 26, 48 apart. Manchester United ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 2nd table position. Per game in the league, West Bromwich Albion were scoring 0.92 and conceding 2, Manchester United 1.92 and 1.16, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
West Bromwich Albion's winless run stood at 5. Over the last five, West Bromwich Albion had taken 1 of 15 points to Manchester United's 8.
Across 20 recorded meetings, West Bromwich Albion have 4 wins to Manchester United's 12, with 4 draws, at 2.65 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 30% of those meetings. 1.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a drop from the historical 2.65.
The referee was C. Pawson, with 100 matches in our database and 2.2 yellows per game on average. The match was played at The Hawthorns in West Bromwich (capacity 26,688). It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.