West Brom vs Preston

1 January 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee Bobby Madley

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 3–0

  • Josh Maja 18’, 40’
  • Callum Styles 35’
  • Ryan Ledson 70’

Match summary

West Brom saw off Preston 3-1. West Brom led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Josh Maja put West Brom ahead in the 18th minute, Callum Styles made it 2-0 from a corner in the 35th minute, and Maja made it 3-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half, Ryan Ledson pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 70th minute.

The chances backed that up: West Brom created 1.14 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Preston's 0.78 from 10.

Match stats

West Brom Preston
12 Shots 10
7 Shots on Target 5
3 Corners 5
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.14 xG 0.78
1.14 Non-penalty xG 0.78

Key events

West Brom Preston
Kick-off
Josh Maja1-0 (West Brom)
18’
Callum Styles2-0 (West Brom)
35’
Josh Maja3-0 (West Brom)
40’
Half-time3-0
70’
Ryan Ledson3-1 (Preston)
Full-time3-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

West Brom
  • Kyle Bartley
Preston
  • Jack Whatmough
  • Ali McCann
  • Stefán Teitur Þórðarson
  • Ben Whiteman

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 0.78 18’ Josh Maja (West Brom), 1-0 18’ 35’ Callum Styles (West Brom), 2-0 35’ 40’ Josh Maja (West Brom), 3-0 40’ 70’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), 3-1 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.14 0.78 18’ Josh Maja (West Brom), 1-0 Maja 18’ 35’ Callum Styles (West Brom), 2-0 Styles 35’ 40’ Josh Maja (West Brom), 3-0 Maja 40’ 70’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), 3-1 Ledson 70’
West Brom 1.14 xGPreston 0.78 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Preston attacking West Brom attacking 
33’ Emil Riis Jacobsen (Preston), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 30’ Callum Styles (West Brom), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 18’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.21 xG, goal 70’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 40’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 87’ Devante Cole (West Brom), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 50’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 43’ Mikey Johnston (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Duane Holmes (Preston), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Mads Frøkjær (Preston), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Jed Wallace (West Brom), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Sam Greenwood (Preston), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (Preston), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Ousmane Diakité (West Brom), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 11’ Jayson Molumby (West Brom), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Josh Bowler (Preston), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Callum Styles (West Brom), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 27’ Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Emil Riis Jacobsen (Preston), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Gianluca Frabotta (West Brom), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (Preston), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 33’ Emil Riis Jacobsen (Preston), open play, 0.38 xG, off target 30’ Callum Styles (West Brom), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 18’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.21 xG, goal 70’ Ryan Ledson (Preston), open play, 0.19 xG, goal 40’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.16 xG, goal 87’ Devante Cole (West Brom), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 50’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 43’ Mikey Johnston (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 90+4’ Duane Holmes (Preston), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 78’ Mads Frøkjær (Preston), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Jed Wallace (West Brom), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 16’ Josh Maja (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 28’ Sam Greenwood (Preston), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 39’ Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (Preston), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 50’ Ousmane Diakité (West Brom), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Callum Styles (West Brom), from a corner, 0.02 xG, goal 11’ Jayson Molumby (West Brom), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 20’ Josh Bowler (Preston), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 27’ Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 75’ Emil Riis Jacobsen (Preston), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 90’ Gianluca Frabotta (West Brom), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 46’ Stefán Teitur Þórðarson (Preston), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Kyle Bartley
90′ – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
Callum Styles Taken off
81′ 1 – 2 0.38 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.02 – – –
90′ – – 1 0.03 – – –
Tom Fellows Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Karlan Grant Taken off
74′ – – – – – – –
Mikey Johnston Taken off
61′ – – 1 0.05 – – –
Josh Maja Taken off
74′ 2 – 4 0.47 – – –
Jed Wallace Came on as a substitute
44′ – – 1 0.04 – – –
Grady Diangana Came on as a substitute
29′ – – – – – – –
Uroš Račić Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Devante Cole Came on as a substitute
16′ – – 1 0.14 – – –
Gianluca Frabotta Came on as a substitute
9′ – – 1 0.01 – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

West Brom win 49% Avg odds 1.94
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.32
Preston win 23% Avg odds 4.14

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.