West Bromwich Albion 2 Stoke City 0 Brandon Thomas-Asante’s spectacular goal may have grabbed the headlines on Saturday evening, but the turnaround that Carlos Corberán has engineered in just 18 days at the Hawthorns is even more eye-opening. Victory over Stoke City means that Albion go into the World Cup break on the back of three successive wins, a feat…
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A wonderful goal from Brandon Thomas-Asante secured Albion’s third successive victory and a third successive clean sheet. It is the first time that the Baggies have recorded three wins in a row since the early days of Valérien Ismaël’s reign when they won four league games in succession in August 2021, albeit there was a 6-0 home defeat by Arsenal…
Read MoreCarlos looks for win number three against the Potters
West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City; The Hawthorns, Saturday 12th November, 3pm After his first full week between fixtures as Albion boss, Carlos Corberán prepares to welcome Stoke City to the Hawthorns for the Baggies’ final fixture before the Championship takes a four week break for the World Cup. With Daryl Dike and Tom Rogić unsurprisingly not included in the…
Read MoreAlbion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 19 games
Carlos Corberán’s Albion recorded back-to-back victories for the first time this season to move onto 20 points, still in the bottom three but just four points off 13th-placed Sunderland. The last time Albion won three games in a row was at the start of last season under Valérien Ismaël when they won four consecutive league games after the initial opening…
Read MoreCorberán faces first away trip to high-flying QPR
Queen’s Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion; Loftus Road, Saturday 5th November 2022, 3pm With just two games to go before domestic football takes a break for the World Cup, Carlos Corberán will be hoping to build on his first victory as Albion boss on Tuesday with another two positive results starting with his first Albion away match in west…
Read MoreMassive win cannot be another false dawn
West Bromwich Albion 1 Blackpool 0 Since Slaven Bilić’s Albion stumbled over the line to secure promotion in July 2020, there have been a number of what could be termed false dawns, although most of them were mere isolated good results. Albion cannot afford Tuesday evening’s victory to fall into either camp – it needs to be the start of…
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