West Bromwich Albion 3–1 Burnley — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 11:00 UTC

West Bromwich Albion

3–1Full-time analysis

Burnley

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

West Bromwich Albion won 3–1.

Shots: 1111
Shots on target: 73
Expected goals: 1.641.15
Possession: 51%49%

Full time

What the match recorded

West Bromwich Albion beat Burnley 3–1. Recorded in this match (West Bromwich Albion – Burnley): shots 11–11, shots on target 7–3, expected goals 1.64–1.15, possession 51%–49%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots11 shots11 shotsWest Bromwich Albion 11 shots, Burnley 11 shots
Shots on target7 shots3 shotsWest Bromwich Albion 7 shots, Burnley 3 shots
Expected goals1.64 xG1.15 xGWest Bromwich Albion 1.64 xG, Burnley 1.15 xG
Possession51%49%West Bromwich Albion 51%, Burnley 49%
Corners3 corners5 cornersWest Bromwich Albion 3 corners, Burnley 5 corners
Fouls8 fouls13 foulsWest Bromwich Albion 8 fouls, Burnley 13 fouls
Yellow cards1 card2 cardsWest Bromwich Albion 1 card, Burnley 2 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

West Bromwich Albion: 11 shots, 7 on target, 1.67 xG. Burnley: 12 shots, 4 on target, 1.47 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: West Bromwich Albion 1.67 xG · Burnley 1.47 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

0West Bromwich Albion

3Draws

1Burnley

11 Mar 2025Burnley — West Bromwich Albion · Championship1–1

7 Nov 2024West Bromwich Albion — Burnley · Championship0–0

20 Jan 2023Burnley — West Bromwich Albion · Championship2–1

2 Sept 2022West Bromwich Albion — Burnley · Championship1–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

7.88 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.83 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 23 Aug 2026, 15:00 UTC · analysis-v4