Category: Season Comparisons

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…

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…

The Baggies moved back to the top of the Championship table with another convincing victory, this time 5-1 over a Swansea City who were previously unbeaten on the road. It was a sixth successive victory for Slaven Bilić’s team, the first time an Albion side have achieved that since Gary Megson’s side in April 2004. Kyle Edwards’ goal was the…

A late and very controversial penalty saw Albion take all three points at Deepdale and return to the top of the Championship. Charlie Austin converted it to make it three goals in his three substitute appearances since he was dropped to the bench. It is also five successive victories for the Baggies for the first time since March 2010. Tony…

After Leeds United scraped a 1-0 win on Tuesday night to take top spot, the Baggies grabbed it back on Wednesday with a thumping 4-1 win over Bristol City. Those four goals, which could easily have been added to, make Albion the top scorers in the division overtaking Preston North End whom they face in their next match on Monday…