Valérien Ismaël and his team return to south Wales for the second time in just over three weeks on Wednesday evening hoping for a similar result and performance to their last visit. The 4-0 demolition of Cardiff City at the end of last month was arguably the Baggies’ best performance of the season, and a repeat a few miles down…
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West Brom 1 Birmingham City 0 It was a tough watch for most of the 90 minutes, but a sweet strike from the in-form Karlan Grant was enough to claim all three points in Albion’s only home local derby of the season and send them to the top of the Championship, albeit for less than 24 hours. It was a…
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A hard earned three points on Friday night moved Albion back to the top of the Championship table once again, albeit another win for Bournemouth saw them regain top spot on Saturday. Nonetheless, no Albion side this century has had more points from their opening dozen league games of a campaign and even Gary Megson’s famously stingy defence had conceded…
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Having had a fortnight to reflect on their first league defeat of the season, Ismaël’s Albion return to action on Friday evening with the visit of Lee Bowyer’s Birmingham City to the Hawthorns. It is the Baggies fourth Friday night fixture of the season, it would have been their fifth had the trip to Peterborough not been pushed back by…
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Stoke City 1 West Brom 0 Valérien Ismaël’s frank assessment of Albion’s performance at the Bet365 Stadium was spot on – his team failed to reach the levels that they did on Tuesday evening and made far too many mistakes. On another night, they may have got away with it, but the Potters were the best side that the Baggies…
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After a below par performance at Stoke, Albion’s unbeaten record is gone, although let’s not forget that a new club record has been set. In this century, only Megson’s 2003 side had more points after 11 games and are also the only team to match Ismaël’s side’s goals against column with just nine goals conceded. Going back even further into…
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