Tony Pulis takes his Baggies side to White Hart Lane for the Saturday lunchtime kick off this weekend for what will undoubtedly be his toughest fixture until Albion face Spurs’ north London rivals at the Hawthorns in mid-March. So while points may be hard to come by in the next match, Baggies fans should be comforted by the fact that…
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With the Baggies in a comfortable position in the league, this season looked like the perfect opportunity for a cup run and yet Albion contrived to somehow lose at home to Derby County in the first match this season in which they have had more possession than the opposition.
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Albion take a break from the Premier League this weekend as Derby County visit the Hawthorns for an FA Cup 3rd round tie. The Baggies good recent form is more than matched by that of the Rams, who sit in 7th place in the Championship having won ten of their fifteen league games since Steve McLaren returned to Pride Park.
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After an awful first 30 minutes, Albion recovered in the second half to take the three points against Hull City and now sit in 8th place with 29 points from 20 games.
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Albion begin 2017 with a home fixture against 19th-placed Hull City, with the Tigers on a run of eight Premier League matches without a win stretching back to before the clubs last met at the KC Stadium in November. The Baggies, on the other hand, have picked up 13 points from their last eight games, with their only defeats in…
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The hard-fought victory at St Mary’s means that Albion have recorded three Premier League victories in December for the first time, and they move above Southampton to finish 2016 in 8th place, their highest year-end position since 2012.
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