Albion secured their fortieth point at the Stadium of Light last Saturday ahead of a tough run of fixtures in which they play three of the top four in their next four games. The first of those comes in the televised fixture on Saturday evening at Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.
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The 40-point mark has only been reached quicker once before in Albion’s Premier League history, although this is only the fourth season that the Baggies have passed that psychological barrier.
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Albion return to action after another two week holiday with a trip to Wearside to take on Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland. The Black Cats are fighting against relegation and, despite improved performances since the Dudley-born Big Sam took control, they have only won one of their last nine games and sit just inside the relegation zone following Norwich’s win at the…
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Albion’s poor record in game 30 continues, and the game 31 stats don’t look too good either. The Baggies haven’t won the 31st game of a Premier League season since Roy Hodgson was in charge, the 2-1 win over Liverpool in 2013, and the last two season have produce memorable collapses from the Albion defence against team that were ultimately…
Read MoreThrostles to out-sing the Canaries in the Battle of the Songbirds
After a two week break, Albion return to action on Saturday with a match at home to relegation-threatened Norwich City. The Canaries are on a run of eight defeats in their last eleven games in all competitions which has seen then drop from 14th place on 2nd January into the bottom three fighting it out with Sunderland and Newcastle to…
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The 32-year wait did come to an end on Sunday as Albion beat Manchester United in a league game at the Hawthorns for the first time since 1984.
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