On april 2012
Aston Villa have dropped the joint-most points from winning positions of any team in the Premier League this season (20).
Villa have won just two Premier League games in 2012, only Wolves (1) have won fewer.
The Baggies have won just two of their 11 Premier League meetings with Aston Villa, but these two victories have come in their two most recent games against them.
Roy Hodgson has won seven and lost just two of his 10 Premier League matches against Aston Villa.
Villa have won only one of their last 13 Premier League games, and are winless in their last seven in a row.
West Brom have won, and kept a clean sheet, in three of their last four Premier League games.
46% of the goals that Aston Villa have conceded this season in the PL have come via set-piece situations; a league-high.
Villa completed just 56% of their passes in their midweek Premier League defeat to Bolton; their worst success rate in a PL game since December 2008.
Aston Villa still need to pick up six points from their remaining three games to avoid collecting their lowest tally of points in a PL season.
A win in this game would see West Brom reach the 48-point mark in a Premier League season for the first time.