West Brom face a trip to West Ham United at Boleyn Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Baggies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in September 2002, with West Brom inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Hammers in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Sun 23 Feb | West Brom | 1 - 2 | West Ham | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | West Ham | 0 - 1 | West Brom | PREM |
| 1992/1993 | Sat 02 Jan | West Brom | 0 - 2 | West Ham | FAC |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 02 Mar | West Brom | 0 - 0 | West Ham | DIV2 |
| 1990/1991 | Sat 01 Dec | West Ham | 3 - 1 | West Brom | DIV2 |
| 1989/1990 | Wed 04 Apr | West Brom | 1 - 3 | West Ham | DIV2 |
| 1989/1990 | Sat 30 Sep | West Ham | 2 - 3 | West Brom | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
West Ham United haven't lost in their last six home matches, but have drawn four of them. A total of 9 goals have been scored by the Hammers in those games, with 5 conceded.
The Baggies have had a decent run of form away from home recently, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Baggies, and 4 goals against.
West Ham's total of 28 points from their 16 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Nationwide League Division One. West Brom are holding the final promotion place in the Nationwide League Division One, and have accumulated 32 points from the 16 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| West Ham | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| West Brom | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
West Brom are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at West Ham. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| West Ham | Drawn last 3 games at home. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 6 most recent games. |
| West Brom | 4 successive away victories. 5 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |