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Championship · Matchweek 8

Wolverhampton Wanderers

WOL

1–0Full time

West Bromwich Albion

WBA

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

53%Possession60%
36%Territory38%
15%From set plays12%
0.09Chance quality0.15
5.2%Directness3.0%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 4 for Wolves, 3 for West Brom. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.