Albion recorded their first clean sheet of the season at home to Watford, thereby securing another three points in what was a far from comfortable afternoon at the Hawthorns. The Baggies probably just about deserved the points, but the visitors had more attempts on goal (11 to 9) albeit the hosts edged the xG stats (0.96 to 0.83). It was…
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There was a level of frustration at the end of Wednesday’s game that was similar to that felt under Ryan Mason – a game that Albion should have won but didn’t. There was a difference, however. James Morrison’s Albion looked much closer to breaking down the opposition than Mason’s team did for most of the time, and the level of…
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West Bromwich Albion v Charlton Athletic; The Hawthorns, Wednesday 2nd September 2026, 7.45pm James Morrison’s Albion are looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season as they welcome table-topping Charlton Athletic to the Hawthorns on Wednesday evening. Few would have expected Nathan Jones’ team to have a 100% record from three league games, particularly given that their…
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James Morrison’s team were beaten for the first time in the Championship this season at Middlesbrough, the sixth successive defeat against the Teessiders. It was also Albion’s first league defeat in August since 2023 when they were beaten at Blackburn on the opening day of that campaign. Since then, they had played eleven league matches in the eighth month of…
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Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion; Riverside Stadium, Saturday 29th August 2026, 12.30pm There is a growing feeling amongst those who follow the club that we could be seeing the start of something special at West Bromwich Albion. A comfortable win at Rotherham and a backs-to-the-wall victory at Norwich have been followed by a hugely impressive win over Burnley and an…
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Newcastle United v West Bromwich Albion; St James’s Park, Wednesday 26th August 2026, 7.45pm James Morrison will be delighted with his team’s start to the campaign with three victories from the first three games of the season, and it will be interesting to see how he approaches Wednesday’s game at Newcastle United. Head coaches have tended to make wholesale changes…
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