West Bromwich Albion’s “controlling shareholder”, Guochuan Lai, made a surprise visit to the Black Country on Wednesday and met head coach, Valérien Ismaël, for the first time as the Frenchman was preparing for the televised fixture at Barnsley on Friday evening. It was Lai’s first visit to West Bromwich for three years and it is thought to be the start…
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West Brom 1 Reading 0 Reports that Albion would be without two or three players because of positive COVID-19 tests were concerning, but when it emerged that it was actually four players, and that they were all defenders, Albion fans feared the worse. With Kyle Bartley the only fit central defender, the prospect of facing Andy Carroll was daunting but,…
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A second successive victory moved Albion to within three points of the top two after Bournemouth were beaten at home by a resurgent Blackburn Rovers who remain just a point behind the Baggies in fourth place. 40 points from 22 games Albion’s fourth best tally in the 21st century and only once have they not been promoted having reached 40…
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After ending their brief winless streak at Coventry last weekend, Valérien Ismaël’s team welcome Reading to the Hawthorns on Saturday looking to keep up the pressure on the top two with another victory. This weekend’s fixture is the first of a run of four games in December against teams in the bottom seven of the Championship and Albion need to…
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Coventry City 1 West Brom 2 After four winless games and almost five hours without a goal, Albion travelled to the CBS Arena, one of the toughest places to go in the Championship this season, on Saturday lunchtime and came away with all three points. It was the Baggies’ first away win since September and, with Fulham and Bournemouth finishing…
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The Baggies ended their goal drought scoring twice at the CBS Arena and went on to claim all three points despite conceding their first ever goal at Coventry City’s new stadium. A fourth away victory of the season moves the Baggies back into third place, at least until QPR’s match on Sunday, but their points tally from 21 games is…
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