In front of one of the smallest away followings at the Hawthorns I can remember since Wimbledon visited in September 2001, Albion secured a fourth successive home win, thanks to a seventh goal in eight games and a seventh clean sheet of the campaign for Sam Johnstone, to keep them within four points of second-placed Fulham.
31 points from 16 games has only been bettered twice this century and only a dozen times in the club’s history. Vic Buckingham’s “Team of the Century” had the equivalent of 38 points at this stage despite suffering only their second defeat of the season in game 16, a 4-1 reverse at Stanley Matthews’ Blackpool.
Only once in their 21st century promotion campaigns have the Baggies lost game 17, a 1-0 home defeat by Norwich City in 2006. Their last three seasons in the second tier have produced three wins in game 17, two by four goals to one and the latest, in November 2019, a Charlie Austin penalty secured the points against Sheffield Wednesday.
| Home | Away | Season End | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn* | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Posn | Pts | |
| 2000/2001 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 7th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 32 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 26 | 5th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 16 | 30 | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 31 | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 25 | 7th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 17 | 33 | 1st | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 20 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 31 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 11 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 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) | W | 1-0 | Livermore |
| 2021/2022 | 03/11/2021 | Hull City (H) | W | 1-0 | Grant |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 04/11/2000 | Burnley (H) | D | 1-1 | Roberts |
| 2001/2002 | 04/11/2001 | Nottingham Forest (H) | W | 1-0 | Rösler |
| 2003/2004 | 08/11/2003 | West Ham United (A) | W | 4-3 | Hulse (2), Deane (o.g.), Hughes |
| 2006/2007 | 11/11/2006 | Norwich City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2007/2008 | 25/11/2007 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2009/2010 | 21/11/2009 | Bristol City (H) | W | 4-1 | Thomas, Brunt, Carey (o.g.), Cox |
| 2018/2019 | 10/11/2018 | Leeds United (H) | W | 4-1 | Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Barnes, Gayle |
| 2019/2020 | 23/11/2019 | Sheffield Wednesday (H) | W | 2-1 | Robson-Kanu, Austin (pen) |
| 2021/2022 | 06/11/2021 | Middlesbrough (H) |
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