Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 35 games

It didn’t look likely when Mo Salah put Liverpool two up with 18 minutes left, but Jake Livermore pulled one back with his first Albion goal and Salomón Rondón scored the equaliser with two minutes to go to maintain Darren Moore’s unbeaten record.

The point may have been useless according to Jürgen Klopp, but it keeps the Baggies slim survival hopes alive for another week, assuming Swansea don’t beat Manchester City this afternoon, of course. That seems unlikely, but so was Albion’s victory at Old Trafford last weekend!

The fact that Swansea are the only side outside the bottom three that Albion can catch, the lead that was lost a fortnight ago looks all the more important – had the Baggies held on to win, they would be three points closer to Swansea. But the main “if only” question on the lips of the Hawthorns faithful is less about that, and more about the decision to keep Pardew in post for so long.

Thirteen years ago, Albion recovered from their 4-0 hammering at ‘Boro to earn a vital point at home to Blackburn Rovers. Kieran Richardson gave the Baggies a first half lead only for Brett Emerton to square it up after the break. It was Albion’s game in hand over their rivals with Blackburn having reached the semi-final of the FA Cup that season, and it left things very tight at the bottom of the table with three games to go.

After that match the table stood as follows:

Premier League Relegation Battle – 26th April 2005
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
17. Crystal Palace 35 7 9 19 37 58 -21 30
18. West Brom 35 5 15 15 33 58 -25 30
19. Norwich City 35 6 12 17 38 67 -29 30
20. Southampton 35 5 13 17 38 59 -21 28

 
Here are the full season by season comparisons.

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 35 6 6 23 26 56 24 19th 3 4 10 15 26 13 3 2 13 11 30 11 19th 26
2004/2005 35 5 15 15 33 58 30 18th 4 8 5 15 22 20 1 7 10 18 36 10 17th 34
2005/2006 35 7 8 20 29 52 29 19th 6 2 10 21 23 20 1 6 10 8 29 9 19th 30
2008/2009 35 7 7 21 33 64 28 20th 6 3 8 23 30 21 1 4 13 10 34 7 20th 32
2010/2011 35 11 10 14 51 65 43 11th 7 6 5 29 30 27 4 4 9 22 35 16 11th 47
2011/2012 35 13 6 16 41 47 45 10th 6 2 9 19 19 20 7 4 7 22 28 25 10th 47
2012/2013 35 14 6 15 48 47 48 8th 9 3 6 27 20 30 5 3 9 21 27 18 8th 49
2013/2014 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 15th 4 9 5 23 25 21 3 6 8 19 29 15 17th 36
2014/2015 35 10 10 15 33 46 40 13th 6 4 8 21 26 22 4 6 7 12 20 18 13th 44
2015/2016 35 10 11 14 32 43 41 13th 6 4 7 19 22 22 4 7 7 13 21 19 14th 43
2016/2017 35 12 9 14 41 45 45 8th 9 2 7 27 21 29 3 7 7 14 24 16 10th 45
2017/2018 35 4 13 18 29 54 25 20th 2 9 7 20 29 15 2 4 11 9 25 10

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^
Pld W D L F A Pts
2016/2017 35 11 7 17 40 49 40
2016/2017 Results Liverpool (H) L 0-1
Hull City (A) D 1-1

 

Results

2002/2003 21/04/2003 Tottenham Hotspur (H) L 2-3 Dichio, Clement
2004/2005 26/04/2005 Blackburn Rovers (H) D 1-1 Richardson
2005/2006 17/04/2006 Bolton Wanderers (H) D 0-0
2008/2009 02/05/2009 Tottenham Hotspur (A) L 0-1
2010/2011 30/04/2011 Aston Villa (H) W 2-1 Odemwingie, Mulumbu
2011/2012 21/04/2012 Liverpool (A) W 1-0 Odemwingie
2012/2013 04/05/2013 Wigan Athletic (H) L 2-3 Long, McAuley
2013/2014 26/04/2014 West Ham United (H) W 1-0 Berahino
2014/2015 02/05/2015 Manchester United (A) W 1-0 Olsson
2015/2016 25/04/2016 Tottenham Hotspur (A) D 1-1 Dawson
2016/2017 06/05/2017 Burnley (A) D 2-2 Rondón, Dawson
2017/2018 21/04/2018 Liverpool (H) D 2-2 Livermore, Rondón

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 26/04/2003 Liverpool (H) L 0-6
2004/2005 02/05/2005 Arsenal (H) L 0-2
2005/2006 22/04/2006 Newcastle United (A) L 0-3
2008/2009 09/05/2009 Wigan Athletic (H) W 3-1 Fortuné (2), Brunt
2010/2011 08/05/2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) L 1-3 Odemwingie
2011/2012 28/04/2012 Aston Villa (H) D 0-0
2012/2013 07/05/2013 Manchester City (A) L 0-1
2013/2014 04/05/2014 Arsenal (A) L 0-1
2014/2015 09/05/2015 Newcastle United (A) D 1-1 Anichebe
2015/2016 30/04/2016 West Ham United (H) L 0-3
2016/2017 12/05/2017 Chelsea (H) L 0-1
2017/2018 28/04/2018 Newcastle United (A)

* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the Premier League table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.
^ Fixtures against promoted clubs are compared against fixtures against the relegated clubs from last season with the club finishing 1st in the Championship compared against the club finishing 18th in the Premier League, 2nd compared with 19th and the play-off winners compared against the club who finished bottom.

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