The Baggies first score draw at the Hawthorns this season moved Carlos Corberán’s team back ahead of Hull City into fifth place on goal difference, but they are now six points behind the two clubs in third and fourth place, Leeds United and Southampton. Albion’s tally of 36 points from 22 games is seven points better than last season, and…
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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 21 games
Albion recorded their tenth victory and their tenth clean sheet of the campaign as Rotherham United were beaten 2-0 at the New York Stadium. Surprisingly, it was the first time that the Millers had failed to score in a home match this season having previously earned 1-1 draws against the top two clubs, but they couldn’t find a way past…
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Despite suffering back-to-back defeats for the first time this season, the Baggies remain in 5th place in the Championship table with Hull City beaten at QPR. Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End also failed to win meaning that Albion’s victors, Sunderland, move into the top six two points behind Carlos Corberán’s team. With Southampton in fourth claiming a point, they…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 19 games
A late winner for the visitors inflicted a second home defeat of the season for the Baggies to leave them on 32 points from 19 games. Albion stay in 5th place but with the teams above them all winning, they are now five points adrift of Southampton in fourth. Gary Megson’s promotion team in 2001 also had 32 points from…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 18 games
A wonderful goal from Jeremy Sarmiento (he’s magic, you know) was enough to claim all three points in Cardiff and move Albion up to third place in the table, albeit ahead of Wednesday night’s fixtures. It is the first time that the Baggies have occupied a spot in the top three since December 2021. The result produces a ninth clean…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 17 games
Carlos Corberán comfortably dispatched second-placed Ipswich Town at the Hawthorns keeping an eighth clean sheet in twelve games against a team that hadn’t failed to score in a match since February. It moves the Baggies into fifth place in the table with 29 points from 17 games, a tally that matches that achieved by Gary Megson’s 2001/02 promotion-winning team at…
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