Since Sheikh Mansour completed the takeover of Manchester City in August 2008, Manchester City have proved to be the most difficult of opponents for the Baggies. Only twice have Albion managed to beat the Citizens since then, in a League Cup tie in 2010 and the only league victory was in the very first post-takeover meeting at the Hawthorns in…
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When Albion left the Etihad with a point just six weeks ago, any sense of achievement was quickly overshadowed by the dismissal of Slaven Bilić and only in the past ten days has the club started to recover from those tumultuous few days. For City, it was also a turning point, so much so that they have won every single…
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West Ham United 2 West Brom 1 Albion put in another encouraging performance at the London Stadium but once again conceded two goals and, against a defence that hadn’t been breached for four games, they could only manage one in return. In his post match interview, Allardyce was obviously pleased with the effort and the attacking play in the second…
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Despite a narrow defeat at West Ham, this season’s Baggies are still a point better off the team that pulled off the Great Escape at the halfway stage. The Baggies’ Tuesday hoodoo continues – they have never won on a Tuesday in the Premier League and this latest defeat makes it 31 games, and with game 32 coming next week…
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After finally securing his first victory as Baggies boss, Sam Allardyce takes his new team to one of his old clubs for the first time on Tuesday evening as Albion visit West Ham United. The visitors will be looking to avoid defeat in successive games for just the second time this campaign. The level and quality of performance at Molineux…
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Albion’s only Premier League victory at West Ham was their first ever away win in the competition in September 2002 courtesy of a Jason Roberts goal, but six of the other nine meetings in east London have finished all square. Since the Hammers moved to the former Olympic Stadium in the summer of 2016, Albion have visited them on three…
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