Another home game and another heavy defeat for the Baggies. Twelve goals conceded in three successive home games is a new unwanted club record – previous Albion sides have managed to let in eleven in three home games, the latest being Tony Mowbray’s side who lost 5-0 (Manchester United), 3-2 (Newcastle United) and 3-1 (Arsenal) between February and April 2009.…
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Albion suffered their joint biggest home defeat since Michael Owen scored four of Liverpool’s six in April 2003 as Leeds United became the third team to record a five or more goal victory at the Hawthorns in the Premier League. Manchester United are the other team – Albion haven’t managed it yet! So the Baggies end 2020 as they started…
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Albion not only earned a bonus point at Anfield but became the first away side to take anything away from that particular stadium so far this Premier League campaign and were the first side to record more shots on target than Liverpool in a match at Anfield since 2018. It also makes it three games unbeaten on the red side…
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Another defeat for the Baggies leaves them second bottom in this season’s Premier League table, and also second bottom in terms of Albion’s all time league starts. Nobby Stiles’ team had only six points from their opening fourteen games after a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday. Albion’s only win in game 15 of a Premier League season was on Merseyside,…
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Rúben Dias’s own goal means that Manchester City players have scored more goals for Albion in Premier League games between the sides than any one Baggies player. He joins Richard Dunne in 2004 and Costel Pantilimon in 2013 as have scored an own goal to Albion’s benefit – Chris Brunt and Neil Clement both scored twice against City in the…
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An eighth defeat in twelve games leaves Albion still in 19th place and two points behind their previous worse Premier League start in 2005/06. On that occasion, game 13 proved lucky for the Baggies as they beat Everton 4-0 including a brace from Nathan Ellington. That gave hope, ultimately unfulfilled, that Bryan Robson’s side could survive a third successive season…
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