West Bromwich Albion vs Leeds Predictions

• Leeds have failed to win four of their last six Championship away games, losing three
• West Brom have won five of their last eight home league games, losing only once in that spell
• John Swift has scored six goals in 17 league appearances this term (12 starts)

West Brom are well-used to shutting opponents out

West Bromwich Albion can close the gap to fourth-placed Leeds to just three points if they reproduce their Boxing Day result against Norwich on Friday night.

The Baggies deserved their 1-0 home win over the Canaries, although the game could have panned out very differently had the visitors not lost Borja Sainz to a second yellow card in the 33rd minute.

Carlos Corberan’s team are not a free-scoring bunch, but they are well used to shutting opponents out and they were able to secure their 11th Championship clean sheet of the campaign.

Whites will be without their first-choice keeper

Leeds returned to earth with a bump when a 2-1 defeat to struggling Preston followed their fantastic 4-0 pre-Christmas thrashing of Ipswich. Those contrasting results underline their inconsistency and things could be about to get tougher for them due to number one keeper Islan Meslier’s impending three-match ban for a silly slap at Preston.

The Frenchman will certainly be out of this game with back-up Karl Darlow set to make his first league appearance for the club. At Deepdale, Leeds boss Daniel Farke probably paid the price for sticking with the same starting XI for the third game in a row, but is sure to freshen up his line-up for this clash.

Leeds’ unconvincing away form suggest they are too short in the betting for this clash with West Brom just as likely tp pick up the win. Therefore, backing the hosts in the Draw no Bet market could turn out to be a sensible move with John Swift a decent goalscorer punt after he went close to scoring on three separate occasions against Norwich.