Category: Match Previews

Hatters at the Hawthorns for Val’s home debut

Valérien Ismaël takes charge of his new Baggies side at the Hawthorns for the first time on Saturday with Nathan Jones’ Luton Town the visitors for Albion’s opening home game. It will be the Frenchman’s first match involvement of any sort at the Hawthorns with none of Albion’s pre-season friendlies having been played at the stadium and he wasn’t lucky…

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A new era for Albion kicks off at Bournemouth

The Valérien Ismaël era kicks off at the Vitality Stadium on Friday evening although the start of the season is being overshadowed by the transfer speculation surrounding Albion’s star player Matheus Pereira who appears to be on the verge of joining Saudi Arabian side, Al Hilal. The financial impact of COVID means that the majority of clubs in the Championship…

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A season to forget finally draws to a close

A season to forget finally draws to a close on Sunday as Albion wave goodbye to the Premier League once again with a trip to Elland Road. The contrasts between the two clubs could hardly be more stark and yet they were on a par just 14 months ago. When the country went into lockdown and football was suspended in…

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Leeds United v West Brom – History and Statistics

Albion are still looking for their first Premier League win over Leeds United, albeit Sunday will be only their fourth attempt. The Whites were the Baggies’ first Premier League opponents at the Hawthorns back in August 2002 and it was the Australian, Harry Kewell, who had the honour of scoring the first Premier League goal at the Shrine when he…

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The fans are back!

With Albion already relegated, it is difficult to find too much to new to discuss in a match preview, but for Wednesday’s match with West Ham, there is something genuinely new to look forward to – fans will be back at the Hawthorns! I am lucky enough to be one of the 6,000 who will be in attendance and, despite…

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