A 2-2 home draw with QPR means that Albion’s 40 game record from this season now matches that from the previous campaign with fifteen wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats and 11th place in the table. Last season, Steve Bruce’s team could only secure a further ten points from the remaining six games to finish tenth. Results elsewhere on Easter…
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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 39 games
Albion suffered just their third ever defeat to Rotherham United and it is the first time that the Millers have scored three times against Albion and the first time that they have beaten the Baggies my more than one goal. It leaves Carlos Corberán’s team still five points off the play-offs with just seven games to go. The Baggies probably…
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A goalless draw was not the result that Albion were looking for but with other clubs chasing the play-offs also dropping points, they remain in the hunt for the play-offs albeit they will need an excellent run of form in the remaining eight games to get there. It extends the Baggies’ unbeaten home run in all competitions to twelve games,…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 37 games
A draw at Cardiff ended Albion’s run of away defeats, but Corberán’s team will be frustrated that they were unable to take all three points having looked comfortable for much of the game. It leaves Albion five points off sixth place with nine games remaining. The average points tally required to secure a top six place since the turn of…
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Another unimpressive but massively important victory for the Baggies as they made it ten wins in eleven home games in all competitions with just one goal conceded. No Albion side has previously conceded just one goal in eleven home games. The three points lifted Corberán’s team into eighth place three points outside the top six. Sixth spot is currently occupied…
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It was a rather uninspiring and occasionally nervy game against Wigan Athletic but it is one that produced a hugely important result to lift Albion up to ninth, within four points of the top six. It is only the second time in the last ten second tier seasons that an Albion side has been outside of the top five at…
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