Carlos Corberán’s Albion recorded a sixth clean sheet in eight games and, more importantly, secured the three points to move them into the top six ahead of Wednesday evening’s games. Brandon Thomas-Asante scored his fourth goal of the season, in all competitions, and his first since the victory over Middlesbrough in late August. It was also Albion’s second penalty of…
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West Bromwich Albion v Queen’s Park Rangers; The Hawthorns, Tuesday 24th October 2023, 8pm Carlos Corberán welcomes Gareth Ainsworth’s Queen’s Park Rangers to the Hawthorns on Tuesday evening knowing that his side need all three points if they are to keep in touch with the top six. Having only picked up one point at home to Plymouth Argyle on Saturday,…
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West Bromwich Albion 0 Plymouth Argyle 0 A draw was probably a fair result in this match but it really could have gone either way. The hosts were fortunate to go into the break on level terms after Argyle threatened more strongly in the first half, but it was Albion who were on top for the second period and were…
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A third goalless draw of the season for the Baggies leaves them in ninth place with seventeen points, just two points off the top six. The only time this century that an Albion side had fewer points from their opening dozen games was last season, when Steve Bruce’s team had just ten points at the same stage. Bruce would be…
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West Bromwich Albion v Plymouth Argyle; The Hawthorns, Saturday 21st October 2023, 3pm Domestic football returns this weekend with Albion entertaining Plymouth Argyle for the first time since September 2009 with the Devon club having won promotion last summer to reach the second tier since that 2009/10 season when they exited the Championship in the opposite direction to the Baggies.…
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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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