Wigan Athletic 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 At the start of the season, Albion were amongst the bookies’ favourites for promotion along with the relegated clubs – all started slowly, but as Norwich and Watford were scoring late winners and Burnley comfortably beat Millwall, the Baggies stuttered to another draw to leave them languishing in mid-table while those three clubs…
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Albion’s promotion challenge is looking anything but looking at the league table as yet another draw sees them languishing in 12th place after seven games. The game at Wigan, however, was not like earlier matches when the Baggies have dominated and created numerous chances. Instead, Albion looked tired and lethargic, perhaps like a team that has played a game every…
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Wigan Athletic v West Bromwich Albion; DW Stadium, Tuesday 30th August 2022, 7.45pm As the closure of the transfer window approaches with still no sign of any further signings, Steve Bruce’s team travel to Wigan looking for just their second league win of the season, despite infogol‘s xG statistics suggesting that the Baggies should be top of the league based…
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Albion came back from two goals down to earn a point at the John Smith’s Stadium, and it perhaps could have been three had it not been for what Steve Bruce described as “the worst penalty decision I’ve ever seen”. Not sure about that, Brucie, but it certainly was fairly blatant. It leaves Albion in a disappointing 15th place in…
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Huddersfield Town v West Bromwich Albion; John Smith’s Stadium, Saturday 27th August 2022, 3pm Such has been the life of an Albion fan recently that it was no surprise to see the optimism gained from last weekend’s 5-2 defeat of Hull City soon quashed by a disappointing 1-0 defeat in the Carabao Cup at Derby on Tuesday evening. The caveat…
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Derby County v West Bromwich Albion; Pride Park, Tuesday 23rd August 2022, 7.45pm After securing a first league victory at the weekend, Steve Bruce’s team take on Derby County at Pride Park looking to progress to the third round of the Carabao Cup. The Rams suffered relegation to League One at the end of last season, largely due to a…
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