West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United; The Hawthorns, Friday 29th December 2023, 8.15pm Albion’s final game of 2023 sees Leeds United visit the Hawthorns in a game between two of the teams currently occupying the play-off positions. Since the Baggies claimed a point at Elland Road in August, when Leeds boss Daniel Farke was still getting to grips with an…
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West Bromwich Albion 1 Norwich City 0 After a disappointing performance at the Riverside on Saturday, Albion returned to form at the Hawthorns on Boxing Day and recorded a victory against Norwich City that was far closer than it should have been. That the Baggies somehow didn’t secure the victory with a second goal meant that it needed an excellent…
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A victory over Norwich City keeps the Baggies in fifth place in the Championship but now three points clear of the team in sixth, Sunderland, who replaced Hull City in the top six after beating them at the KC Stadium. Defeat for Leeds United means that Albion could move to within three points of Daniel Farke’s team should they win…
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West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City; The Hawthorns, Tuesday 26th December 2023, 3pm Having lost three of their last five games, the Baggies head into Boxing Day needing a victory to ensure they don’t drop out of the top six before the end of the year. Their opponents, Norwich City, have had something of a resurgence of late and are…
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Albion failed to score for only the third time in this campaign and were beaten thanks to a strike from former Baggies youth player Morgan Rogers. Other results meant that the Baggies stayed in 5th place in the table but they are now nine points below Southampton in 4th. At the halfway point in the season, Carlos Corberán’s team have…
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Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion; Riverside Stadium, Saturday 23rd December 2023, 3pm Albion start their run of four fixtures in just ten days over the festive period with a tough-looking trip to Teesside to take on Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough. The Smoggies take on the Baggies fresh from a Carabao Cup quarter-final victory at Port Vale on Tuesday evening to set…
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