The Baggies recorded back-to-back away wins for the first time since before Christmas and remarkably moved into the top six ahead of Wednesday’s fixtures. Sunderland’s failure to beat Huddersfield Town means that Albion moved above them on goal difference and they are just two points behind Millwall with a game in hand after their home defeat by Birmingham City. With…
Read MoreBaggies look to keep hopes alive at Blackpool
Blackpool v West Bromwich Albion; Bloomfield Road, Tuesday 18th April 2023, 7.45pm Saturday’s comeback win at the Bet365 Stadium means that the Baggies travel to the Lancashire coast on Tuesday evening with the chances of a top six spot still alive. That looked highly unlikely at half time at Stoke, with the Baggies a goal down after another lacklustre performance,…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 41 games
The Baggies’ first win on the road since mid-January has kept alive their faint hopes of a top six spot as they now sit three points off 6th place with five games remaining. There are, however, four teams between Albion and Blackburn Rovers and sixth, although two of them, Sunderland and Norwich City, must visit the Hawthorns before the end…
Read MoreBaggies’ Mission Impossible starts at Stoke
Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion; Bet365 Stadium, Saturday 15th April 2023, 3pm This weekend’s fixture is Albion’s final Saturday 3pm kick off of the campaign and will be just the 15th league fixture of the season to be played at the “traditional” time for football, less than a third of matches. After the way the results went over the…
Read MoreThe Baggies have “bottled it” as play-off dream slips away
West Bromwich Albion 2 Queen’s Park Rangers 2 When QPR visited the Hawthorns on 22nd June 2020, the result was the same but, with it being enough for the Baggies to win promotion and there being no fans in the stadium due to the COVID pandemic, it was a very different situation. I mention it because that season, Albion “bottled…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 40 games
A 2-2 home draw with QPR means that Albion’s 40 game record from this season now matches that from the previous campaign with fifteen wins, twelve draws and thirteen defeats and 11th place in the table. Last season, Steve Bruce’s team could only secure a further ten points from the remaining six games to finish tenth. Results elsewhere on Easter…
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