The clash between the top two resulted in a hard fought draw that will probably satisfy both sides as the nine point gap to third place is maintained.
Slaven Bilić’s side are still five points better off than any other 21st century promotion challenging Baggies side, although four teams had achieved 47 points from 26 games, the previous best.
Despite the recent dip in results, there are still only five previous Albion teams that had a better record at this stage of a season – the best was Frank Heaven’s 1901/02 promotion winning side who had the equivalent of 64 points having won 20 and drawn 4 of their opening 26 games.
| 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 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 47 | 4th | 8 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 44 | 5th | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 22 | 47 | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 28 | 43 | 5th | 10 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 56 | 31 | 47 | 1st | 9 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 52 | 28 | 47 | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54 | 34 | 46 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 28 | 52 | 2nd | 6 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 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 | 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) | D | 1-1 | Ajayi |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 01/01/2001 | Barnsley (H) | W | 1-0 | Morgan (o.g.) |
| 2001/2002 | 29/12/2001 | Gillingham (A) | L | 1-2 | Johnson |
| 2003/2004 | 09/01/2004 | Walsall (H) | W | 2-0 | Koumas, Horsfield |
| 2006/2007 | 01/01/2007 | Southend United (A) | L | 1-3 | Hartson |
| 2007/2008 | 12/01/2008 | Hull City (A) | W | 3-1 | Phillips, Morrison, Bednár |
| 2009/2010 | 30/01/2010 | Sheffield United (H) | W | 3-1 | Dorrans (pen), Bednár, Thomas |
| 2018/2019 | 12/01/2019 | Norwich City (H) | D | 1-1 | Gayle |
| 2019/2020 | 11/01/2020 | Charlton Athletic (A) |
