Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 25 games

A 2-0 home defeat by Middlesbrough was a disappointing end to the year as the Baggies’ 14 match unbeaten run was brought to an end, and their record of home unbeaten league games ended at 17.

It was only the second time this season that Albion have failed to score, and the first time at home since their previous home league defeat to Sheffield United in February.

Leeds United took over at the top on goal difference and the gap to third place is down to nine points. When compared with other 21st century promotion campaigns, Slaven Bilić’s team are four points better off than the next best at this stage, that being Tony Mowbray’s title winning team of 2007/08.

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 25 13 5 7 35 29 44 5th 8 2 3 22 14 26 5 3 4 13 15 18 6th 74
2001/2002 25 13 4 8 28 21 43 5th 7 2 4 13 7 23 6 2 4 15 14 20 2nd 89
2003/2004 25 13 7 5 36 22 46 2nd 6 5 2 17 10 23 7 2 3 19 12 23 2nd 86
2006/2007 25 11 7 7 45 28 40 6th 9 2 1 30 10 29 2 5 6 15 18 11 4th 76
2007/2008 25 14 5 6 56 29 47 1st 9 3 1 34 11 30 5 2 5 22 18 17 1st 81
2009/2010 25 13 7 5 51 27 46 3rd 7 2 4 26 14 23 6 5 1 25 13 23 2nd 91
2018/2019 25 13 7 5 53 32 46 3rd 7 4 2 32 17 25 6 3 3 21 15 21 4th 80
2019/2020 25 14 9 2 47 27 51 2nd 6 5 1 29 18 23 8 4 1 18 9 28
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

2000/2001 26/12/2000 Sheffield United (A) L 0-2
2001/2002 22/12/2001 Sheffield Wednesday (H) D 1-1 Fox
2003/2004 26/12/2003 Derby County (H) D 1-1 Gaardsøe
2006/2007 26/12/2006 Preston North End (H) W 4-2 Koumas, Kamara, Ellington (2)
2007/2008 29/12/2007 Scunthorpe United (H) W 5-0 Phillips (2), Koren, Gera, Beattie
2009/2010 18/01/2010 Newcastle United (A) D 2-2 Olsson, Bednar
2018/2019 29/12/2018 Sheffield Wednesday (H) D 1-1 Jones (o.g.)
2019/2020 29/12/2019 Middlesbrough (H) L 0-2

Next Matches

2000/2001 30/12/2000 Bolton Wanderers (A) W 1-0 Roberts
2001/2002 26/12/2001 Manchester City (A) D 0-0
2003/2004 30/12/2003 Wimbledon (A) D 0-0
2006/2007 30/12/2006 Ipswich Town (H) W 2-0 Kamara, Koumas
2007/2008 01/01/2008 Ipswich Town (A) L 0-2
2009/2010 26/01/2010 Ipswich Town (A) D 1-1 Brunt
2018/2019 01/01/2019 Blackburn Rovers (A) L 1-2 Rodriguez (pen)
2019/2020 01/01/2020 Leeds United (H)

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