West Bromwich vs Aldershot Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th January 2024

Having not shared a spot in the same division in recent times, this is the first time West Bromwich comes up against Aldershot as of late.

Both West Bromwich and Aldershot aim to show their respective set of fans they are the better side on Sunday, and we are bound to see an exciting game.

West Bromwich scored 15 goals, conceded 16 and fought their way to four clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

Aldershot are brimming with confidence in front of goal before the upcoming away match in the FA Cup, as they can show off very handsome numbers from their previous ten games. The visitors scored 2.1 times on average per match, for a total of 21 goals. They also let in 19 goals, leaving an average of 1.9 per match. They fought their way to one clean sheets.

This is the first time that West Bromwich and Aldershot face each other in the FA Cup since the 21st century began, so any previous head-to-head records stem from cup matches or friendlies.

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Prediction

West Bromwich Form

West Bromwich are looking to bounce back from a recent setback and get back to winning ways. In their last three matches, they first took out Norwich by 1-0, before beating Leeds by 1-0. The winning streak came to an end against Swansea, who ran out 1-0 winners. West Bromwich managed to win two of their past six home matches in the FA Cup. In the remaining four, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored ten and conceded ten goals.

Aldershot Form

Aldershot gained four points in their past three matches. First, they went down 4-1 against Chesterfield, before picking up a 0-0 draw against Woking. Their latest match brought a 2-3 win in their encounter with Woking. Aldershot won twice, while also recording zero draws, and four defeats in their last six away matches in the FA Cup. The scoreline from these matches says 17 goals conceded and 14 scored.

West Bromwich should be too strong against Aldershot to drop any points, and combining this with over 2.5 goals, ups the price on the expected home win at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Squads

West Bromwich Squad

Corberan will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Aldershot from the players listed below:

Reach, Mowatt, Palmer, Thomas-Asante, Kipre, Townsend, Furlong, Dike, Pieters, Diangana, Molumby, Wallace, Swift, Maja, Griffiths, Bartley, Kelly, Phillips, Chalobah, Yokuslu, Pipa, Ajayi, Fellows.

Aldershot Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 52 year-old Aldershot manager Widdrington will select his starting XI from these players:

Aaron Jones, Ben Shroll, Cian Harries, Coby Rowe, Dejan Tetek, Ethan Burnett, Finlay Westen, Hady Ghandour, Haji Mnoga, Henry Ochieng, Jack Barham, Jasper Sheik, Joe Haigh, Jordi van Stappershoef, Josh Stokes, Keane Anderson, Kwame Thomas, Lorent Tolaj, Maxwell Mullins, Oliver Bray, Oliver Scott, Oliver Turner, Ollie Harfield, Ryan Glover, Stuart O'Keefe, Theo Widdrington, Tommy Willard, Tyler Frost, Zain Walker.

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Team News

West Bromwich could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against Aldershot.

Josh Maja, Matthew Phillips and Daryl Dike are all absent from the West Bromwich squad that faces Aldershot at The Hawthorns.

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Lineups

West Bromwich vs Aldershot H2H

This will be the inaugural meeting between West Bromwich and Aldershot in the FA Cup in this century, thus providing a completely unprecedented situation for both teams.

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Results

West Bromwich vs Aldershot Betting Tips

Look no further than Brandon Thomas-Asante, when searching for a marksman currently in good shape. He hit the target twice lately for West Bromwich in the FA Cup, while Lorent Tolaj managed five goals in the last half dozen matches for Aldershot in this tournament. No doubt, both are looking to add to their total once again.

West Bromwich claimed six wins in their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing three of the games. They suffered defeat in one of these outings. Aldershot won five of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost four. It is a little hit or miss who gets the first goal in, when looking at West Bromwich's recent at The Hawthorns, They scored the opening goal six times in 10 here, whereas their visitors scored the opener in six of their last 10 games away from home.

Over 2.5 goals happened in two of West Bromwich’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in seven of Aldershot's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.7 goals in these matches.