Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 34 games

Albion’s fifth successive away defeat leaves them in 11th place some six points off the play-offs with twelve games of the season to play. Five away defeats on the trot is generally pretty rare for the Baggies in the second tier, although they did manage six on the bounce last season either side of Steve Bruce’s appointment, a run that…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 33 games

Carlos Corberán’s team recorded a fantastic victory over Middlesbrough to extend their unbeaten home run to eight league games, nine in all competitions. It was also a first clean sheet for Josh Griffiths and Daryl Dike’s first goals since 14th January. With most of the sides around them also winning, Albion remain in tenth place five points off the play-offs.…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 30 games

Defeat for the Baggies at St Andrew’s means that Birmingham City completed their first league double over Albion this century. The last time Blues won both league games against the Baggies in a season was in the 1998/99 season when Albion were managed by Denis Smith and Blues by Trevor Francis. City won 3-1 at the Hawthorns in November 1998…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 29 games

Grady Diangana’s goal earned the Baggies a seventh successive home victory without conceding a goal for the first time since 2002. Gary Megson’s team won the first seven home games of the year starting with a 4-0 victory over Stokport County and ending with a 5-0 win over Portsmouth – the five home games in between were all won 1-0…

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