The Baggies’ inability to convert possession into goals took its toll once again and they suffered back-to-back defeats which has somewhat spoiled their impressive start. The one positive of the night was that Aune Heggebø scored his first league goal in an Albion shirt. No Albion side has scored fewer than seven goals in their opening six second tier games…
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Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion; Riverside Stadium, Friday 19th September 2025, 8pm Albion will look to bounce back from their home defeat to Derby County as they visit the top of the table side for the second away game in succession. Last time, of course, they took all three points at Stoke City and the Baggies will be hoping to…
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Derby maintained their excellent recent record over the Baggies with a smash-and-grab raid at the Hawthorns that spoiled the famous stadium’s 125th anniversary celebrations. It was a three points that they scarcely deserved given how the hosts dominated possession and registered eighteen attempts to County’s four. Ultimately, however, Albion rarely tested Zetterström in the Rams’ goal despite their superiority and,…
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West Bromwich Albion v Derby County; The Hawthorns, Saturday 13th September 2025, 3pm With the transfer window closed and the first international break of the season over, Albion face the first of five matches that will take us through to the October break. The results in those games will provide some extra clarity on how near Ryan Mason’s team are…
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When the summer transfer window slammed shut (it always seems to do that, rather than just “close”) at 7pm last Monday, the general view of Albion’s business from the majority of sensibly-minded Baggies fans was positive, albeit with one or two question marks. Overall, I feel the squad is stronger but I would have liked to have seen one or…
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The Baggies produced an excellent away performance at the bet365 Stadium to take all three points against a side that were defending a 100% record. It leaves Ryan Mason’s team in second place behind Rob Edwards’ Middlesbrough side that have won all four of their Championship games so far this season. Nat Phillips scored the winning goal, his first for…
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