West Brom v Burnley: Goal-shy Albion need to up home scoring rate

West Bromwich Albion fans will be wishing, hoping and maybe even praying for goals when they host Burnley on Thursday night.

The Lord may be their Shepherd – and they shall not want. But, as far as hitting the back of the net is concerned, in their home blue and white stripes, Albion have sure been found wanting this season.

In six league games at The Hawthorns so far, the Albion faithful have witnessed three goalless draws [the last two of them back-to-back], two Albion 1-0 wins and a 1-0 away victory for Middlesbrough.

Played: Six; Goals For: Two; Goals Against: One.

The Baggies, along with League Two Tranmere Rovers, have the lowest home goal tally in the English Football League.

That is all in stark contrast to their away form, that has brought them 12 goals in seven games – the highest in the Championship, with top scorer Josh Mata scoring seven of his eight goals this season on the road.

But finding goals from the rest of their team has not been quite as simple.

Alex Mowatt [three], Karlan Grant [two] and Jayson Molumby [one] are the only other Baggies players to have found the net.

“In past years we have had more goals than we have now,” boss Carlos Corberan said.

An overall total of 14 in 13 games is a large part of the reason why Albion have slipped from top of the league, after five wins in their first six matches, to sixth, after a winless seven-game run that has included five draws in a row.