Black Country derby : West Brom vs Wolves
Round 18 of the English Premier League will see the first Premier League Black Country derby as West Bromwich Albion hosts Wolverhampton at the Hawthorns.
The Baggies and Wolves have never been in the Premier League at the same time until this season.
The hosts are currently in eleventh place while their guests are languishing in the relegation zone in 19th place on the table.
Wolves did very last season and at no time during that season did they skirt with relegation but things have been so different this season four wins all picked up at home.
Their Achilles heal has the away form where Wolves are still to win away from Molineux and have so far collected a single point from eight away matches.
The Baggies started the season well despite the 6-nil to Chelsea in the first round and have only lost twice at home in their eight home matches.
Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far:
| W Brom | Wolves | |
|---|---|---|
| Position | 11 | 19 |
| Played | 17 | 17 |
| Points | 22 | 15 |
| Drawn | 4 | 3 |
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Lost | 7 | 10 |
| Goal difference | -5 | -12 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 5 | 4 |
| Goals scored | 24 | 18 |
| Goals conceded | 29 | 30 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Biggest win | Everton 1 - 4 W Brom | Wolves 2 - 1 Stoke Wolves 2 - 1 Man City Wolves 3 - 2 Sunderland Wolves 1 - 0 Bham City |
| Biggest loss | Chelsea 6 - 0 W Brom | Blackburn 3 - 0 Wolves |
| Scored 3 or more | 4 | 1 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 2 | 3 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 1 | 0 |
| Home matches | ||
| Played | 8 | 9 |
| Points | 14 | 14 |
| Drawn | 2 | 2 |
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Lost | 2 | 3 |
| Goal difference | 1 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 11 | 13 |
| Goals conceded | 10 | 13 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Away matches | ||
| Played | 9 | 8 |
| Points | 8 | 1 |
| Drawn | 2 | 1 |
| Won | 2 | 0 |
| Lost | 5 | 7 |
| Goal difference | -6 | -12 |
| Goals scored | 13 | 5 |
| Goals conceded | 19 | 17 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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