West Brom 0 Wigan Athletic 1 I said in my match preview that Albion would need to be at their best to beat an in-form Wigan side and they simply weren’t close to the heights they have reached in recent weeks. From the first minute, Slaven Bilić’s team were second best. The Croat said in his post match interview that…
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Albion’s home defeat to Wigan Athletic means that Leeds United are now just one point behind while Fulham in third place are six points adrift of the Baggies. Roberto di Matteo’s 2010 team also had 69 points after 36 games but were four points behind leaders, Newcastle United, and five points ahead of third placed, Nottingham Forest. Given that Frank…
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Having faced three of the other sides in the top seven in successive games, Albion face a side in the bottom three at the Hawthorns on Saturday. However, no side in this division can be taken lightly, and the Baggies will need to be at their best if they are to complete a near perfect February. Wigan Athletic may be…
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West Brom 2 Preston North End 0 Albion’s fabulous February continued as they notched up yet another victory, a fifth in their six games this month. It was very comfortable victory over play-off hopefuls, Preston North End, secured with goals from Hal Robson-Kanu and Jake Livermore. The visitors played some nice football but didn’t register a single shot on target.…
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Another comfortable win over a side challenging for the play-offs saw the Baggies move seven points clear at the top of the table, and ten points clear of third place, at least for 24 hours. The only other Albion side challenging for promotion to the Premier League to have led the table after 35 games was in Tony Mowbray’s first…
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February was always going to be a crucial month for Albion’s promotion hopes and, with two games of the month left, Slaven Bilić has guided his team to four wins and one draw to see the gap to third place extend to nine points. On Tuesday evening, Alex Neil’s Preston North End visit the Hawthorns looking to consolidate their place…
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