Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 2 games

Only Bryan Robson’s team of 2006 had a better record from the opening two games of a second tier season this century having a slightly better goal difference following an opening day 2-0 victory over Hull City was followed up with a 1-1 draw at Cardiff.

Only once have the Baggies scored five in the first couple – Gary Megson’s 2003 team followed up a 4-1 defeat at Walsall with a 4-1 home win over Burnley when Artim Šakiri announced himself to Baggies fans with a goal on his home league debut. That season is also the only time they have conceded more than four goals from their opening two fixtures.

    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 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 24th 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6th 74
2001/2002 2 0 0 2 1 3 0 22nd 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 2nd 89
2003/2004 2 1 0 1 5 5 3 10th 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 4 0 2nd 86
2006/2007 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 4th 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 4th 76
2007/2008 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 10th 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 0 1st 81
2009/2010 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 8th 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2nd 91
2018/2019 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 17th 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4th 80
2019/2020 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 5th 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2nd 83
2021/2022 2 1 1 0 5 4 4 4th 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 0 2 2 1    
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

2000/2001 19/08/2000 Bolton Wanderers (H) L 0-2  
2001/2002 18/08/2001 Grimsby Town (H) L 0-1  
2003/2004 16/08/2003 Burnley (H) W 4-1 Šakiri, Hulse, Hughes (2)
2006/2007 08/08/2006 Cardiff City (A) D 1-1 Gera
2007/2008 18/08/2007 Preston North End (H) W 2-0 Phillips, Miller
2009/2010 15/08/2009 Nottingham Forest (A) W 1-0 Cohen (o.g.)
2018/2019 07/08/2018 Nottingham Forest (A) D 1-1 Phillips
2019/2020 10/08/2019 Millwall (H) D 1-1 Bartley
2021/2022 14/08/2021 Luton Town (H) W 3-2 Naismith (o.g.), Robinson, Grant

Next Matches

2000/2001 26/08/2000 Barnsley (A) L 1-4 Hughes
2001/2002 25/08/2001 Sheffield Wednesday (A) D 1-1 Dichio
2003/2004 23/08/2003 Watford (A) W 1-0 Hughes
2006/2007 12/08/2006 Southampton (A) D 0-0  
2007/2008 25/08/2007 Sheffield United (A) L 0-1  
2009/2010 18/08/2009 Peterborough United (A) W 3-2 Moore (2), Brunt
2018/2019 11/08/2018 Norwich City (A) W 4-3 Rodriguez (2, 1 pen), Barnes, Robson-Kanu
2019/2020 17/08/2019 Luton Town (A) W 2-1 Diangana (2)
2021/2022 18/08/2021 Sheffield United (H)      

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