A solid defensive performance earned Carlos Corberán’s team a ninth draw of the season and an eighth clean sheet and extended their unbeaten run to nine games, but results elsewhere means that the Baggies have dropped out of the top six. No Albion side has drawn more than nine of their first seventeen games of the season, and the only…
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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 16 games
The first 45 minutes of the match against Norwich City produced more goals than we had seen in the first seven games of the campaign with Albion doubling their home goals tally for the season. With no further goals in the second half, the Baggies had to settle for a point which extends their unbeaten run to eight matches and…
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After eight matches without a victory, Carlos Corberán’s team finally secured three points at the MKM Stadium defeating Hull City 2-1 thanks to first half goals from Karlan Grant and Josh Maja. It means that the run of drawn games ended at a joint club record of six, but that the unbeaten record now extends to seven games, the best…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 14 games
A sixth consecutive draw for this season’s Baggies gives them something in common with the last Albion team to win a major trophy. Alan Ashman’s 1967/68 side are the only other Baggies team to have drawn six games on the bounce, doing so in March and April 1968, a run that included two drawn matches against Liverpool in the FA…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 13 games
Another draw for the Baggies extends their winless run to seven games, but also extends their unbeaten run to five. This run of five consecutive league draws equals a club record that has happened on six previous occasions, but never before in the 21st century. The last occurrence was in 1999 when Brian Little’s team drew seven of their opening…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 12 games
Albion were left frustrated once again as they recorded their fourth successive draw to extend their winless run to six games. They remain inside the top six, however, but are now eight points behind leaders Sunderland. Corberán’s side are certainly proving difficult to score against this season, particularly at the Hawthorns. The Baggies have only twice previously conceded as few…
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