Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 14 games

A thumping home defeat against Derby means that only once in the comparison period have the Baggies been promoted with a worse record after 14 games.

Back in 2001, Megson’s team were down in 9th place, albeit with just one point fewer that Darren Moore’s team, and went on to secure second place.

Game 15 has produced just one defeat in previous promotion campaigns, and in the last one, Watford were sent packing after a 5-0 defeat by di Matteo’s Albion in 2009.

After Wednesday evening’s capitulation, the current Baggies side seem to be a long way from getting close to that result. However, we shouldn’t forget that Albion had scored 19 goals in the five home league games before the Derby defeat, so another convincing victory should not be ruled out.

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
* 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

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)

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