West Brom – Bournemouth Prediction & Preview and Betting Tips (12.08.2017)

Prediction for West Brom – Bournemouth

Under 2.5 goals @ 1.68

West Bromwich Albion and AFC Bournemouth meet at The Hawthorns in a match for Day 1 of the Premier League. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 5 games. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 25-02-2017, ended with the victory of West Bromwich Albion by (2-1). In this match the factor home can be decisive, since the West Bromwich Albion presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

West Brom :

This is the first game in this edition of the competition of the home team, which finished the previous edition in 10th place. This is a stronger team with the support of his fans, since in the last 30 games he has 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses as a visitor; Against 6 wins and 9 defeats in his stadium. In the last game that played, for the Friendly, lost with Deportivo La Coruna out by (2-0). In their last 10 games at home the West Bromwich Albion records 3 wins and 7 losses. His defense has not been very solid, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, scoring goals in 8 of the last 10 matches.

The home team played seven games in the current season, but ended up winning just two. Now, in this first day, playing against his fans, West Bromwich knows the importance of going out with the three points, as last season ended up staying in the center of the table and in the current ambition for something bigger. Tony’s team did not have a great performance against this rival, because in the last six games only won a victory in the last game, but playing in front of their fans a victory would be the most likely.

Bournemouth :

This is the first game in this edition of the competition of the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in the 9th position. This is a team little affected by the house factor, that is, presents similar results at home and abroad, as in the last 30 games he has 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses as a visitor, with 21 goals scored and 25 suffered; Against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 27 goals scored and 26 suffered. The team arrives at this match after a draw at home with Napoli by (2-2). In the last 10 matches played for all competitions, the AFC Bournemouth won 5, tied 4 and lost 1. The team allowed the opponent to score in 8 of the last 10 games, so his defense needs to improve, but his attack Has scored regularly, scoring goals in 9 of the last 10 games.

Bournemouth, last season, ended up doing a campaign similar to that of their rival and finished in the middle of the table, with the same number of victories of the home team. For this season the visiting team knows that they will need to improve their performance, so as not to risk the bottom of the table and being so now will have the possibility to leave with a positive result of this match, because in the last five games Won three and drew one, therefore, has great chances to come out with at least a draw.