A point at Blackpool at least brought a run of defeats on the road to an end, but only once have Albion been promoted to the Premier League with fewer points from 19 games than this campaign’s total of 33. That was in the 2001/2002 season when Gary Megson’s side had just 32 points at this stage.
The only statistic that Ismaël’s team excels at is goals conceded. Even Megson’s two promotion sides had let in more than the 16 goals that this campaign’s team has conceded. At the other end, however, goals scored have dropped off after a promising start and only the teams from first two full seasons under Megson had scored fewer goals in the first 19 games of a second tier season this century.
With Nottingham Forest up next, it brings memories of the last time they were the opponents on match day 20 – back in 2003, Jason Koumas was on fire as he scored a brace at the City Ground including one where he picked up the ball in his own half and, after a mazy run, fired home a looping shot from about 25 yards.
| 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 | |
| 2000/2001 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 34 | 7th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 37 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 20 | 29 | 8th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 18 | 35 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 17 | 38 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 34 | 4th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 42 | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 33 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2000/2001 | 18/11/2000 | Gillingham (H) | W | 3-1 | Hughes (3) |
| 2001/2002 | 17/11/2001 | Rotherham United (A) | L | 1-2 | Moore |
| 2003/2004 | 25/11/2003 | Cardiff City (A) | D | 1-1 | Koumas |
| 2006/2007 | 25/11/2006 | Stoke City (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2007/2008 | 01/12/2007 | Crystal Palace (A) | D | 1-1 | Hudson (o.g.) |
| 2009/2010 | 05/12/2009 | Derby County (A) | D | 2-2 | Cox, Dorrans |
| 2018/2019 | 28/11/2018 | Swansea City (A) | W | 2-1 | Dawson, Hegazi |
| 2019/2020 | 02/12/2019 | Preston North End (A) | W | 1-0 | Austin (pen) |
| 2021/2022 | 23/11/2021 | Blackpool (A) | D | 0-0 |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 25/11/2000 | Preston North End (H) | W | 3-1 | Hughes (3) |
| 2001/2002 | 24/11/2001 | Bradford City (H) | W | 1-0 | McInnes |
| 2003/2004 | 29/11/2003 | Nottingham Forest (A) | W | 3-0 | Koumas (2), Louis-Jean (o.g.) |
| 2006/2007 | 28/11/2006 | Sheffield Wednesday (A) | L | 1-3 | Koumas |
| 2007/2008 | 04/12/2007 | Coventry City (H) | L | 2-4 | Bednár (2) |
| 2009/2010 | 08/12/2009 | Cardiff City (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2018/2019 | 03/12/2018 | Brentford (H) | D | 1-1 | Barnes |
| 2019/2020 | 08/12/2019 | Swansea City (H) | W | 5-1 | Ajayi, Pereira, Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Edwards |
| 2021/2022 | 26/11/2021 | Nottingham Forest (H) |
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