Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 15 games

Playing on a Monday night felt like Albion had to re-gain top spot but, in reality, they started the round in first place and finished it in exactly the same position. It was not always convincing at the Bet365 Stadium, but it was good enough to claim all three points.

Only Gary Megson’s 2003 side had more points at this stage of the season when a double from Rob Hulse helped them to a 3-0 away win at Rotherham to put Albion top.

By contrast, his 2001 team had been on a run of one win in five games that had seen them fall as low as 11th in the table after 15 games. They would win six of their next eight to pull themselves back into contention in time for Christmas.

Only once in their 21st century second tier seasons have Albion played game 16 at home, a game that they failed to win at home to Sunderland in 2003. Last season, Darren Moore’s Baggies went down 1-0 at Hull City and Bilić takes his team to the same venue this weekend hoping for a very different result.

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 15 8 3 4 18 16 27 4th 5 1 2 11 8 16 3 2 2 7 8 11 6th 74
2001/2002 15 7 2 6 19 16 23 11th 4 1 3 9 5 13 3 1 3 10 11 10 2nd 89
2003/2004 15 10 1 4 23 13 31 1st 6 0 2 13 6 18 4 1 2 10 7 13 2nd 86
2006/2007 15 7 5 3 27 16 26 5th 5 2 0 17 7 17 2 3 3 10 9 9 4th 76
2007/2008 15 8 3 4 31 16 27 2nd 6 2 0 19 4 20 2 1 4 12 12 7 1st 81
2009/2010 15 8 4 3 29 13 28 1st 5 1 2 17 6 16 3 3 1 12 7 12 2nd 91
2018/2019 15 7 4 4 33 23 25 5th 5 1 2 22 12 16 2 3 2 11 11 9 4th 80
2019/2020 15 8 6 1 28 17 30 1st 3 4 0 17 12 13 5 2 1 11 5 17
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

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)

Next Matches

2000/2001 29/10/2000 Grimsby Town (A) L 0-2
2001/2002 31/10/2001 Crystal Palace (A) W 1-0 Taylor
2003/2004 01/11/2003 Sunderland (H) D 0-0
2006/2007 04/11/2006 Derby County (A) L 1-2 Chaplow
2007/2008 12/11/2007 Coventry City (A) W 4-0 Robinson, Teixeira (2), Koren
2009/2010 07/11/2009 Leicester City (A) W 2-1 Dorrans, Jara
2018/2019 03/11/2018 Hull City (A) L 0-1
2019/2020 09/11/2019 Hull City (A)

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