Unbeaten Preston provide next test for Baggies

Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion; Deepdale, Saturday 30th September 2023, 3pm When the fixture list was published in June, few would have thought that this fixture would be a visit to one of the division’s early pace setters. As the only unbeaten side in the Championship, Ryan Lowe’s team only dropped off the top of the table last…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 8 games

Alex Palmer’s penalty save, his first for Albion in a senior match, secured the Baggies’ second clean sheet of the season, and their second in three games. It was Palmer’s first senior penalty save since he saved two in one match for Kidderminster Harriers against Barrow in September 2015 – the four penalties he had faced in an Albion shirt…

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Baggies earn entertaining point in soggy Watford

Watford 2 West Bromwich Albion 2 Albion and Watford played out a 2-2 draw in torrential rain at Vicarage Road on Wednesday evening in what was an entertaining fixture that, like the last few Baggies games, could have easily gone either way. On this occasion, a draw was probably a fair result but both sides had to rely on their…

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Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 7 games

A second successive draw for Albion but it was somewhat more exciting than the goalless draw at Ashton Gate at the weekend. The point leaves the Baggies in 15th place, still level on points with the night’s opponents, Watford. Other than last season, this campaign’s tally of nine points from seven games is the lowest in the second tier by…

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