The clash between the top two resulted in a hard fought draw that will probably satisfy both sides as the nine point gap to third place is maintained. Slaven Bilić’s side are still five points better off than any other 21st century promotion challenging Baggies side, although four teams had achieved 47 points from 26 games, the previous best. Despite…
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A 2-0 home defeat by Middlesbrough was a disappointing end to the year as the Baggies’ 14 match unbeaten run was brought to an end, and their record of home unbeaten league games ended at 17. It was only the second time this season that Albion have failed to score, and the first time at home since their previous home…
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Filip Krovinović became the 15th player to score for the Baggies this season but his goal was not enough to take all three points as Barnsley grabbed a late, albeit deserved, equaliser. It means that it’s “as you were” at the top of the Championship as Leeds United also drew 1-1 to leave the Baggies three points clear in first…
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A hard-earned point against Brentford saw Albion reach the 50-point mark at the halfway point of the season. It is a record points tally for Christmas for any Baggies side, and they also have more points than any other league team in England or Scotland. It extends Albion’s unbeaten run to 13 games, and their home league unbeaten run to…
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I’m sure even those with very basic mathematical ability will be able to work out that, if Albion avoid defeat against Brentford next weekend, the match which marks the halfway point of the season, it would put the Baggies on track for a 100-point tally for the season. Leeds United’s late capitulation at home to their bogey side, Cardiff City…
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Albion’s winning run came to an end at the DW Stadium, but their unbeaten run is stretched to eleven games and Bilić’s team remain five points better off than any other of the Baggies’ promotion challenging teams of the last two decades. Roberto di Matteo’s side went 12 games unbeaten at the end of the 2009/10 season, a record that…
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