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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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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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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