- 西布罗姆维奇队本赛季在锦标赛的九场比赛中赢了五场
- 牛津在最近四场比赛中没有获胜
- 两队只在西布罗姆维奇队的一场比赛中得分;最近六场比赛
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国际比赛日对西布罗姆维奇来说是一个合适的时机,在停赛前的最后三场比赛中,西布罗姆维奇队以两场失利和一场平局开始下滑。
不过,在此之前,Baggies是本赛季要击败的球队;在世锦赛上,他们在前六场比赛中获得了16分,从而在榜首占据了主动。
他们在竞选初期击败了女王公园巡游者队、斯托克城队、斯旺西队和朴茨茅斯队,尽管最近状态有所下降,但他们仍应被视为主要的晋级候选人。
他们在最近与米德尔斯堡和米尔沃尔的比赛中未能进球,这将引起人们的担忧,但休息时间将让卡洛斯·科尔贝兰有时间反思,让他的球队重回正轨。
牛津不太可能给游客带来很多问题
对手牛津大学已经很好地适应了第二梯队的生活,并在国际比赛结束后处于中游位置。
但由于曼联在最近四场比赛中都没有创下最高得分纪录,因此很难获胜。
他们在休息前与伯恩利、卢顿和朴茨茅斯战平,缺乏进攻能力,而Cameron Brannagan、Elliott Moore和Przemyslaw Placheta的缺席也无济于事。
西布罗姆维奇获胜是必由之路,但他们最近的四场比赛只进了七个球,这可能是一个低得分的比赛,客队希望以1比0获胜。
- West Brom have won five of their nine games in the Championship this term
- Oxford are winless in their last four contests
- Both teams have scored in just one of West Brom’s last six games
Baggies can bounce back after break
The international break came at an appropriate time for West Brom, who were starting to slip with two defeats and a draw in their last three games before the hiatus.
Before that, though, the Baggies were the team to beat in this season’s Championship, posting 16 points from their opening six matches to take the initiative at the top.
They beat the likes of QPR, Stoke, Swansea and Portsmouth earlier in the campaign and should still be considered prime promotion candidates despite their recent dip in form.
Their failure to score in recent meetings with Middlesbrough and Millwall will be cause for concern but the break will have given Carlos Corberan time to reflect and get his team back on course.
Oxford unlikely to cause visitors many problems
Opponents Oxford have adjusted pretty well to life in the second tier and are nestled in the mid-table positions following the international break.
But wins have been hard to come by with United failing to record maximum points in any of their last four contests.
They drew with Burnley, Luton and Portsmouth before the break and are lacking bite in attack, while the absences of Cameron Brannagan, Elliott Moore and Przemyslaw Placheta will not help matters.
A West Brom win is the way to go but their last four games have produced only seven goals and this could be a low-scoring one, with the visitors fancied to prevail 1-0.