- Form: Burnley have won 1 of their last 5 games.
- Away form: The Clarets are still seeking their first away win of the season, with a record of 0-0-5 in all competitions.
- Home form: West Bromwich are unbeaten in 3 home games, winning 2 and drawing 1 in this ground.
Heggeboe can be the difference for WBA
WBA form and players
West Bromwich come into Sunday's game having beaten Peterborough United, Rotherham United and Norwich City in their last 3 away games to make it 5 consecutive wins in all competitions. James Morrison has got them playing in their best style, the back-to-basics style that is a lot easier to get right. It is defence first, then compactness, before quick counters on the break and some simple attacking play.
- Jimmy-Jay Morgan is in scorching form, having assisted once in 1 Championship 2026/2027 appearance so far, but Aune Selland Heggeboe has added an extra edge up top, scoring 1 goal in 1 Championship 2026/2027 game and being directly involved in 6 of WBA's 16 goals in their last 5 matches.
- Burnley will attempt to suffocate them.
Burnley tactics and form
Nicky Hayen is attempting to get Burnley playing a more possession-based 4-2-3-1, where they can dictate the tempo and grind opponents down in their own half. However, the Clarets have not won back-to-back games since the opening weekend of the Championship 2026-2027 season, losing 6, drawing 3 and winning only 1 of their 10 subsequent matches in all competitions.
They have drawn home games against Espanyol and Notts County and lost at home to Torino in their last 5, with no end in sight to their disappointing run. The script is set up for a tight matchup, but the hosts have the momentum and the better recent form to suggest that they should be the winners.
WBA will win it
Burnley are favorites at 2.48 for this game, but Morrison's men are close behind at 2.76 and the tie comes in at 3.3, which seems way too high for a fixture that has seen both teams level in the last 2 meetings – the last one finishing 1-1 in the Championship 2024/2025.
However, West Bromwich have not beaten Burnley in their last home meeting, so it does have a real banana-skin feel about it. Burnley are slight favorites and it would take an extraordinary turnaround in form for the hosts to have the edge here.
The odds on the total goals bet seem quite close for 2 teams that don't score that many, so under 2.5 goals at 1.7 seems the safest play for this one. But both teams to score, No at 1.91 also fits the script best.
