Albion need to breeze past Villa without Gayle

After failing to get their first home league win of the year against Nottingham Forest, Albion face their shortest trip of all to Villa Park once again looking for an away win to compensate for their shortcomings at the Hawthorns. With six wins from their last seven away games, it is the Baggies’ form on the road that has kept…

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Baggies grab late equaliser as Gayle faces ban

West Brom 2 Nottingham Forest 2 As we left the Hawthorns on Tuesday night, there was a feeling that Albion had got away with it, but 24 hours later, it was somewhat different following the FA’s decision to charge Dwight Gayle with successfully deceiving a match official in winning the late penalty. I’m loathe to indulge in “whataboutery”, but the…

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Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 31 games

Another two points dropped at home, although it looked like being all three until Rodriguez’s late penalty, and the Baggies lost the opportunity to move ahead of Sheffield United ahead of Wednesday’s games. Darren Moore’s side are now level on points with the 2002 and 2008 successful promotion-winning sides but a full six points behind Di Matteo’s 2010 team.  Seven…

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Baggies back on track with well-earned victory

Stoke City 0 West Brom 1 West Bromwich Albion produced a solid performance to take all three points at the Bet365 Stadium and move back to within four points of an automatic promotion spot ahead of Sunday’s Old Farm Derby. Dwight Gayle’s first half winner came from a wonderfully worked free kick taken by debutant, Stefan Johansen, with Ahmed Hegazi…

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