Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 11 games

The Baggies can count themselves hard done by to have suffered their fourth successive defeat in games against Birmingham City, but the 3-1 loss saw them drop below Leeds United on goal difference with Blues themselves leapfrogging them into fifth place leaving Albion seventh ahead of Saturday’s games. This campaign’s tally of 16 points from 11 games is 6 points…

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Albion look for third successive win at St Andrew’s

Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion; St Andrew’s, Friday 6th October 2023, 8pm Albion head across the second city on Friday night looking for a third successive victory for the first time since they beat Bristol City, Preston North End and Reading just after Christmas last year. That was in the midst of a run of nine wins in ten…

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Narrow win keeps Baggies on the up

West Bromwich Albion 1 Sheffield Wednesday 0 A 1-0 victory over bottom club, Sheffield Wednesday, may not have enthralled in the same way as the 4-0 win at Preston on Saturday, but it keeps Carlos Corberán’s team in a positive mindset ahead of the local derby against Birmingham City on Friday. Albion looked to be ready to continue from where…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 10 games

A 1-0 victory over Sheffield Wednesday saw Albion record a third successive clean sheet since November last year and back-to-back victories for the first time since April. The three points moved the Baggies into the top five of the Championship for the first time since February. The result also extends Albion’s unbeaten run to five games, which is the longest…

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Expectations rising as winless Wednesday visit the Hawthorns

West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday; The Hawthorns, Tuesday 3rd October 2023, 8pm Saturday’s excellent performance and result at the home of one of the division’s form teams will certainly have raised expectations amongst Baggies fans as they welcome the team currently bottom of the Championship to the Hawthorns on Tuesday night. Sheffield Wednesday are yet to win a match…

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Supreme Albion punish proud Preston

Preston North End 0 West Bromwich Albion 4 There have been occasional signs this season that Carlos Corberán had got Albion moving in the right direction. For short spells of twenty minutes, or even half an hour, we have seen them dominate the opposition with some excellent football, but those periods have been bookmarked by lapses in concentration, poor decision…

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