After a 3-0 home defeat to Aston Villa in his first match, Sam Allardyce will face what is perhaps the toughest fixture in the Premier League at the moment when he leads his new team at Anfield on Sunday. Liverpool have not been beaten at home in a Premier League fixture for three-and-a-half years, although it was Allardyce that was…
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While Albion may be 25-1 rank outsiders for the visit to Anfield on Sunday, they have actually only been beaten once in their last four visits and knocked Klopp’s side out of the FA Cup in their last match on the red side of Stanley Park. That 3-2 win in January 2018, only of only three victories in all competitions…
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Sam Allardyce will take his seat in the home dugout at the Hawthorns for the first time on Sunday knowing that the result of that first match could have a massive bearing on how he is viewed by the Albion fan base. The Albion-Villa game is massive even when there is nothing else significant to play for, but with the…
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Albion haven’t won away to Manchester City since their first Premier League campaign, City’s last at Maine Road. Goals from Darren Moore and Neil Clement (pictured) earned the Baggies a 2-1 win that day, one of only three they achieved away from home that season. After drawing on their first two visits to what was then called the City of…
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With suggestions that Slaven Bilić’s job may be on the line, the Croat takes his side on their longest trip of the season to St James’s Park to take on Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United. Bruce, of course, has his own problems after an outbreak of COVID-19 at their Darsley Park training centre. With last week’s match as Aston Villa the…
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Newcastle United have played at St James’s Park since 1886 and Albion first played at the venue in September 1898 after the Magpies were promoted to the top flight for the first time. The hosts won that first meeting 3-0 and it wasn’t until their ninth visit, in September 1914, that the Baggies recorded their first win at Newcastle when…
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