Ryan Mason started his tenure as Baggies boss with a victory thanks to Isaac Price’s first half goal. The last time that Albion kicked off their campaign with a home victory was in 2017 when Tony Pulis’s team beat Bournemouth 1-0 on the opening day thanks to a goal from Ahmed Hegazi. The Baggies followed that up with a 1-0…
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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 46 games
Victory on the final day of the season was not enough to change the fact that this season’s points tally is Albion’s worst in the second tier since the 1999/2000 campaign when Gary Megson managed to save the club from relegation to the third tier on the final day. The season was one of only five previous 46 game seasons…
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There are few positives from the goalless draw at Cardiff City, one being that James Morrison’s team recorded a clean sheet, the first by Albion since the 1-0 win over QPR in early March. However, it also made it fifteen away league games without a victory, a new club record in the second tier of English football. With the away…
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Albion’s fifth defeat in six matches made it the lowest points haul from six matches since the last half dozen games of Steve Bruce’s reign which came to an end in October 2022. On that occasion, it was a run of three draws and three defeats which gave Bruce’s team a total of one win in their first thirteen games…
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Albion’s play-off hopes effectively died on Friday afternoon as they were beaten by Coventry City as Bristol City and Middlesbrough both recorded victories leaving Tony Mowbray’s team six points outside the top six with only nine points available. Add the fact that the Baggies haven’t still haven’t recorded back-to-back victories since September, or a win on the road since November,…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 42 games
Albion kept their play-off hopes alive by beating Watford at the Hawthorns for the first time since December 2016, also ending a run of three successive defeats. Defeat for Middlesbrough means that the Baggies moved up into seventh spot, two points behind Coventry City in sixth ahead of the Sky Blues’ match away to Hull City on Monday. Karlan Grant…
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