I’m sure even those with very basic mathematical ability will be able to work out that, if Albion avoid defeat against Brentford next weekend, the match which marks the halfway point of the season, it would put the Baggies on track for a 100-point tally for the season. Leeds United’s late capitulation at home to their bogey side, Cardiff City…
Read MoreBaggies look to beat the Blues and regain their spark
Having slipped up at Wigan on Wednesday, Slaven Bilić takes his team to St Andrew’s on Saturday lunchtime looking to kick off another run of victories, or at least extend an eleven match unbeaten run. After four games of playing catch up, the Baggies play before Leeds United this weekend and will hopefully move back to the top of the…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 21 games
Albion’s winning run came to an end at the DW Stadium, but their unbeaten run is stretched to eleven games and Bilić’s team remain five points better off than any other of the Baggies’ promotion challenging teams of the last two decades. Roberto di Matteo’s side went 12 games unbeaten at the end of the 2009/10 season, a record that…
Read MoreBaggies look for seventh heaven
Slaven Bilić takes his side to the DW Stadium on Wednesday evening looking for their seventh successive victory. Also, for the fourth game in succession, they play after Leeds United and could need a victory to regain top spot depending on United’s result against Hull City on Tuesday. It has been a remarkable run of form for both Albion and…
Read MoreAlbion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 20 games
The Baggies moved back to the top of the Championship table with another convincing victory, this time 5-1 over a Swansea City who were previously unbeaten on the road. It was a sixth successive victory for Slaven Bilić’s team, the first time an Albion side have achieved that since Gary Megson’s side in April 2004. Kyle Edwards’ goal was the…
Read MoreConfident Baggies eye Swans as their next victims
Expectation is sometimes a dangerous thing, but West Bromwich Albion seemed to have developed a habit of getting wins in the last few weeks, irrespective of whether the performance is as good as it should be. Consequently, as we look ahead to the visit of Swansea City on Sunday, there is a genuine expectation that the Baggies will make it…
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