Defeat at Goodison Park leaves Albion rock bottom of the table after two games – it is the fourth time that the Baggies have opened up a Premier League season with with back-to-back losses although on the previous occasion, in 2011, they finished the season in 10th place.
Next Saturday will see Slaven Bilić’s side take on Chelsea, the third time they will have faced the west London team in game three – the previous two have ended in defeat, most recently at the Hawthorns in 2015.
| Home | Away | Season End | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn* | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn | Pts | |
| 2002/2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19th | 26 |
| 2004/2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17th | 34 |
| 2005/2006 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19th | 30 |
| 2008/2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20th | 32 |
| 2010/2011 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11th | 47 |
| 2011/2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10th | 47 |
| 2012/2013 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8th | 49 |
| 2013/2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17th | 36 |
| 2014/2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13th | 44 |
| 2015/2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14th | 43 |
| 2016/2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10th | 45 |
| 2017/2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2nd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20th | 31 |
| 2020/2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2002/2003 | 24/08/2002 | Leeds United (H) | L | 1-3 | Marshall |
| 2004/2005 | 22/08/2004 | Aston Villa (H) | D | 1-1 | Clement |
| 2005/2006 | 20/08/2005 | Portsmouth (H) | W | 2-1 | Horsfield (2) |
| 2008/2009 | 23/08/2008 | Everton (H) | L | 1-2 | Bednár (pen) |
| 2010/2011 | 21/08/2010 | Sunderland (H) | W | 1-0 | Odemwingie |
| 2011/2012 | 20/08/2011 | Chelsea (A) | L | 1-2 | Long |
| 2012/2013 | 25/08/2012 | Tottenham Hotspur (A) | D | 1-1 | Morrison |
| 2013/2014 | 24/08/2013 | Everton (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2014/2015 | 23/08/2014 | Southampton (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2015/2016 | 15/08/2015 | Watford (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2016/2017 | 20/08/2016 | Everton (H) | L | 1-2 | McAuley |
| 2017/2018 | 19/08/2017 | Burnley (A) | W | 1-0 | Robson-Kanu |
| 2020/2021 | 19/09/2020 | Everton (A) | L | 2-5 | Diangana, Pereira |
Next Matches
| 2002/2003 | 27/08/2002 | Arsenal (A) | L | 2-5 | Dobie, Roberts |
| 2004/2005 | 25/08/2004 | Tottenham Hotspur (H) | D | 1-1 | Gera |
| 2005/2006 | 24/08/2005 | Chelsea (A) | L | 0-4 | |
| 2008/2009 | 30/08/2008 | Bolton Wanderers (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2010/2011 | 29/08/2010 | Liverpool (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2011/2012 | 28/08/2011 | Stoke City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2012/2013 | 01/09/2012 | Everton (H) | W | 2-0 | Long, McAuley |
| 2013/2014 | 01/09/2013 | Swansea City (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2014/2015 | 30/08/2014 | Swansea City (A) | L | 0-3 | |
| 2015/2016 | 23/08/2015 | Chelsea (H) | L | 2-3 | Morrison (2) |
| 2016/2017 | 28/08/2016 | Middlesbrough (H) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2017/2018 | 27/08/2017 | Stoke City (H) | D | 1-1 | Rodriguez |
| 2020/2021 | 26/09/2020 | Chelsea (H) |
