West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough; The Hawthorns, Saturday 26th August 2023, 3pm Before the campaign started, Albion were thought to have a tough start to the season starting with three of last season’s top ten plus one of the relegated teams. As it stands, only one of those four teams is in the top half of the table, with Blackburn…
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Leeds United 1 West Bromwich Albion 1 There may have been an element of fortune about their goal, but I felt that Albion did enough to earn a draw at Elland Road on a night that both sides will feel left much room for improvement. The hosts’ long injury list and the disruption caused by wantaway players mean that they…
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Brandon Thomas-Asante’s controversial goal and a few excellent Alex Palmer saves earned Albion a point at Leeds on Friday night to move them up into the top half of the table, albeit Saturday’s results mean that they are down to 13th at the time of writing. Four points from the opening three games represents a “par” score based on the…
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Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion; Elland Road, Friday 18th August 2023, 8pm Albion travel to West Yorkshire on Friday evening for their first televised fixture of the season, and their first match against one of the teams to have been relegated from the Premier League. Leeds and Albion were both promoted automatically in the COVID-affected 2019/2020 campaign with both…
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They made it a little harder for themselves late on, but the Baggies managed to kick start their campaign with a victory over Swansea City. The last time that Albion started a second tier season with one defeat and one win was in 2007 when they ended up league champions. Only once have the Baggies won both of their opening…
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West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 12th August 2023, 3pm Albion kick of their Hawthorns campaign this weekend looking to improve from two opening defeats on the road. The visitors are Swansea City who kicked off life under new head coach, Michael Duff, with a draw at home to Birmingham City before dispatching Northampton Town convincingly in…
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