The start to this campaign remains Albion’s worst in the Premier League but a point at Brighton is their first on the road this season. However, if you are looking for positive omens, the only previous times that the Baggies have earned less than five points in their first six games, they have survived, in 2004/05 and 2011/12. Game 7…
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West Bromwich Albion confirmed this morning that Ahmed Hegazi has joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad for an undisclosed fee, believed to be in the region of £4m. While it would have been handy to have completed this deal while Albion were still able to spend the money, it still makes perfect financial sense given the Egyptian’s reported £70,000-a-week salary. The…
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The two Albions meet on Monday evening for just the fifth time in the last 27 years with the “real” Albion looking for their first win in Sussex since 1990. More importantly, Slaven Bilić’s side are looking for their first win of this Premier League campaign. Their opponents, managed by former Baggie Graham Potter, have played some good football this…
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History Monday evening will be just the 25th meeting between the two Albions and only the third at the Amex Stadium. The Seagulls have moved stadium on three occasions since the Baggies last won at their place. After leaving the Goldstone Ground in 1997 spending two seasons ground-sharing with Gillingham at Priestfield, they moved to the Withdean athletics stadium which…
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West Brom 0 Burnley 0 This first goalless draw of the Premier League season was, for me, a product of fear. With both sides yet to record a victory this season, I felt that both feared losing to what looks like being a relegation rival more than they wanted to win, resulting in a stalemate. Nonetheless, there were plenty of…
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Albion and Burnley made history, for this season at least, as they became the first sides to share a goalless draw in this Premier League campaign. A point lifts the Baggies out of the bottom three, having slipped into the relegation zone after the weekend’s results, but it is still Albion’s worst start to a Premier League season with just…
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