Our prediction for this Championship match:
All eyes will be on Turf Moor when Burnley and West Bromwich Albion face each other in the Championship derby. The Clarets are leading the chase for automatic promotion, with the team winning each of their last seven league fixtures. Burnley look unstoppable at the moment, but beating the in-form Baggies is easier said than done. Both Harwood-Bellis and Vitinho remain in the treatment room, but there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
Meanwhile, WBA are on a four-game winning run in the Championship, with the team rolling over Chesterfield 4-0 in the FA Cup replay on Tuesday. The visitors are eager to stay in the playoffs berth, and seeing that Burnley should be happy with one point from Friday’s clash as well, we are tempted to put our money on draw. All Kyle Bartley, Kenneth Zohore, and Kean Bryan continue to miss out with injuries, speaking of the away side.
Highlighted Player (Calum Butcher):
Calum Butcher is an English midfielder, who was born in Rochford on February 26, 1991. Butcher played for the youth teams of Ipswich Town, Southend United and Tottenham Hotspur and despite being a Spurs player he did not see any game action at senior level during his spell with the White Hart Lane outfit.
The 185-cm-tall midfielder, though, was named as a substitute for Spurs in a 1-1 draw with Shakhstar Donetsk in the UEFA cup back in 2009. Butcher played for the likes of Barnet (loan), Hjorring, Hayes & Yeading United, Dundee United and Burton Albion in the past before joining Millwall on August 25, 2016. He made his debut for the Lions two days after signing for the club, coming as a substitute in a 3-1 victory over Chesterfield.
Butcher scored his first goal for Milwall against Northampton on October 15, 2016. It has to be noted that the midfielder scored two goals in 32 appearances for the Lions in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign.
Highlighted Team (West Bromwich):
West Bromwich Albion Football Club (shortly West Brom or WBA) is an English football club which was founded in 1878 by employees of Salter’s Spring Works in West Bromwich (a small city in the region of West Midlands). West Bromwhich Albion hosts it’s home games in the Hawthorns stadium which holds a capacity of 26 500 seats.
West Bromwich Albion is one of the founders of the English Football League and is currently for over 90 seasons active in the highest division. WBA managed to win the FA cup 5 times in their history and the English Premier League once.
The club colors of West Bromwich Albion are blue and white. Known players in the history of West Bromwich are Bobby Robson, Nwankwo Kanu and Cyrille Regis.