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West Brom will be looking to continue one remarkable trend while trying to eradicate another on Saturday as they head to west London to face Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road.
The Baggies are unbeaten so far this season – the only side in the Championship – as they sit fourth with four wins and four draws to their name.
However, they are yet to keep a clean sheet.
In fact, 15 of their 16 league points have been won from a losing position, per Transfermarkt, which means in 94% of their matches they have gone behind and still earned a result – and they somehow remain unbeaten doing so.
This is something that Football FanCast have previously outlined as a pressing concern.
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That unwanted record is probably one of the only things going against Slaven Bilic making it a perfect start as Albion boss, and that may not change this weekend as QPR are one place below the west Midlands club only on goal difference.
The Rs rank second for average goals per game at 3.25 with West Brom closely following behind at 3.13, so this game could be high-scoring. QPR have also conceded in 88% of their matches too.
With this in mind, if Bilic wants to pick up his first clean sheet of the campaign, the key battle could be between Semi Ajayi and Nahki Wells.
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Despite lacking a clean sheet, the 25-year-old has become an important figure in the heart of the defence for the Croatian.
At £1.5m, he’s been quite the steal, winning 3.8 aerial duels per game on average on top of making 2.9 clearances per match too.
This is one area where he can dominate the 5 foot 7 forward as his height will make a huge difference, even without considering that Wells has averaged just 0.2 successful aerial duels a game.
Though, he’s still scored five goals in just four starts which is an impressive return, clearly making him the most significant threat on Saturday. The 29-year-old is also averaging 2.6 shots per game.
Ajayi will need to be better in the tackle having made just 0.6 per game so far this season as the Bermudan is often dispossessed of the ball at an average of 1.5 times per match.
If West Brom want to start earning clean sheets, they’ll have to combat strikers like these as soon as possible.