Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 34 games

Albion recorded their first clean sheet of 2025 and their first since Carlos Corberán left the club before Christmas. It was important given that the second goal didn’t arrive until deep into stoppage time. The three points moved the Baggies back into fifth place following Blackburn’s defeat at Swansea, but they are still eleven points behind fourth placed Sunderland, nineteen…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 32 games

A disappointing home performance saw the Baggies fail to score at the Hawthorns for the first time since November and ended their eleven match unbeaten run on their own turf. Albion remain in the top six but they are now fifteen points off fourth-placed Sunderland and there are nine clubs below them within seven points. In terms of points, the…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 30 games

Albion’s sixth defeat of the season leaves them hanging on to a top six spot and has somewhat blunted the optimism felt after last weekend’s victory over Portsmouth. For me, the Baggies played OK but struggled to break down a resolute Plymouth defence – having found the breakthrough, the game turned on a controversial penalty decision and the visitors can…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 29 games

Tony Mowbray’s Hawthorns return brought Albion’s biggest win since Matheus Pereira inspired Slaven Bilić’s team to a 5-1 win over Swansea City in December 2019. Only twice since then have the Baggies scored five goals – Steve Bruce’s team beat Hull City 5-2 in what was Albion’s first victory of the 2022/23 campaign while Sam Allardyce’s team surprised everyone by…

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