After an international break seemingly dominated by positive tests, Albion return to action on Saturday evening with a trip to Old Trafford hoping to build on the positive performance from their last outing against Spurs. United are obviously one of the Premier League’s top sides, but perhaps it is as good a time as any for the Baggies to be…
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After failing to win at Old Trafford for almost 35 years after that 5-3 win in 1978, the Baggies have won on three of their last five games at the “Theatre of Dreams” including an unlikely 1-0 victory on their last visit in April 2018. Jay Rodriguez scored the only goal of the game that day while, in May 2015,…
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West Brom 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Slaven Bilić and the fans demanded a reaction after the players’ abject performance at Fulham last Monday, and the team responded, but it was ultimately the same result as Harry Kane’s late winner condemned Albion to another defeat. Ultimately, it was the Baggies’ inability to take one of the chances they created that cost…
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Another defeat was harsh on the Baggies but it means that the wait for a first league victory of the campaign goes on. The only league season in which Albion had a worst start was 1985/86 when Johnny Giles’ side had just one point from their opening eight games. Like this campaign, game nine in 85/86 was also against Manchester…
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Albion welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Hawthorns on Sunday for their eighth match of the Premier League campaign still in search of their first victory. Only in 2004 have they had to wait so long for a Premier League victory, and it is the worst start to an Albion season since 1985 when the Baggies had to wait until game…
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History The last meeting between the sides culminated in a dramatic stoppage time winner from Jake Livermore that kept Albion up, if only for a few days, but that was the Baggies first home win over Spurs for ten years. The previous home Baggies win had two late goals as Roman Bednár and Craig Beattie gave Tony Mowbray’s side a…
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