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West Bromwich
Since Roy Hodgson took over W.B.A last season, the team changed its “face” and was able to finish 11th in the table, 2 points away from the 8th. Not only that, but West Bromwich was able to record home victories over teams like Aston Villa, Everton and Liverpool. The team bought a handful of new players during the summer: Ben Foster, Billy Jones, Shane Long , Marton Fulop, Zoltan Gera , Gareth McAuley. The pre-season games did not go very well as West Bromwich won only 2 of the 7 games, but in the same time lost only 2 of these 7 games as well. In fact, in the last 4 matches, W.B.A recorded 3 draws and a victory.
Manchester United
Last season champions Manchester United, had a rough time with the away games, in the previous campaign. Ten draw games 5 victories and 4 losses was the Red Devil’s record which raises the question, can they start with a victory here? The team bought a few quality players this year, a replacement for Van der sar, David de Gea for €19m, Ashley Young for €18m and Phil Jones for €18.7m. United won all 7 pre-season games, including the Community Shield Trophy (a game where United was behind 0:2 and was able to come on top 3:2). The team scored a total of 29 goals and conceded 5, 2 of which in the Community Shield. Looks like United is ready to start the season.
Prediction
The statistics favors Manchester United as they have only lost once to W.B.A and it has been in a game for Carling Cup years ago:
01/01/2011 Premier League W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 1:2
27/01/2009 Premier League W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 0:5
18/03/2006 Premier League W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 1:2
27/11/2004 Premier League W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 0:3
03/12/2003 Carling Cup W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 2:0
11/01/2003 Premier League W.B.A. vs. Man Utd 1:3
Total domination from United in the recent years, scoring at least 2 goals per game. No doubt this can be your other banker for the evening.
My prediction, Manchester United to win.
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