A comprehensive victory over Bristol City moved the Baggies back into the top two, at least until Fulham play on Sunday, and also means that this season’s team have the best start to a 21st century campaign level on points with Megson’s 2003 team but with a better goal difference.
Even Megson’s famously stingy sides had conceded more goals than Ismaël’s team at this stage while only the free scoring teams of Tony Mowbray, Darren More and Slaven Bilić had scored more.
In Albion’s history, only seven times have they earned more “equivalent” points from the opening 14 games of a campaign, with the most recent being the 1953 team who had the equivalent of 35 points having won eleven and drawn two at this stage.
Looking ahead to game 15, Albion have suffered only one defeat in that fixture in promotion campaigns in the 2000s, a 3-2 reverse at Oakwell in 2001, while in 2009, Robert di Matteo’s team thumped Watford 5-0 on Halloween to move back to the top of the Championship table.
| 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 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 9th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 2nd | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 3rd | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 26 | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 3rd | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 24 | 4th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 17 | 27 | 1st | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 28 | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2000/2001 | 21/10/2000 | Tranmere Rovers (A) | D | 2-2 | Hughes, Roberts |
| 2001/2002 | 25/10/2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) | D | 1-1 | Clement |
| 2003/2004 | 21/10/2003 | Wimbledon (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2006/2007 | 28/10/2006 | Birmingham City (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2007/2008 | 03/11/2007 | Watford (A) | W | 3-0 | Miller, Phillips, Albrechtsen |
| 2009/2010 | 24/10/2009 | Coventry City (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2018/2019 | 24/10/2018 | Derby County (H) | L | 1-4 | Rodriguez |
| 2019/2020 | 26/10/2019 | Charlton Athletic (H) | D | 2-2 | Phillips, Robson-Kanu |
| 2021/2022 | 23/10/2021 | Bristol City (H) | W | 3-0 | Hugill, Bartley, Grant |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 24/10/2000 | Wimbledon (H) | W | 3-1 | Roberts, Van Blerk, Sneekes |
| 2001/2002 | 28/10/2001 | Barnsley (A) | L | 2-3 | Johnson, Clement |
| 2003/2004 | 25/10/2003 | Rotherham United (A) | W | 3-0 | S. Barker (o.g.), Hulse (2) |
| 2006/2007 | 31/10/2006 | Queen’s Park Rangers (H) | D | 3-3 | Ellington, Kamara (2) |
| 2007/2008 | 06/11/2007 | Sheffield Wednesday (H) | D | 1-1 | Phillips |
| 2009/2010 | 31/10/2009 | Watford (H) | W | 5-0 | Olsson, Dorrans (pen), Moore, Zuiverloon, Cox |
| 2018/2019 | 27/10/2018 | Blackburn Rovers (H) | D | 1-1 | Dawson |
| 2019/2020 | 04/11/2019 | Stoke City (A) | W | 2-0 | Phillips, Robson-Kanu (pen) |
| 2021/2022 | 30/10/2021 | Fulham (A) |
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