Slaven Bilić’s team are so far matching the best Albion start to a Championship season recorded by Roberto di Matteo a decade ago, and their record is exactly the same as the Italian’s team.
In every second tier season this century, Albion have played their fourth game at home, and every time they have won it; last season, it was 7-1!
| 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 24th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 22nd | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18th | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3rd | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 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) |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 28/08/2000 | Queen’s Park Rangers (H) | W | 2-1 | Van Blerk, Hughes |
| 2001/2002 | 27/08/2001 | Gillingham (H) | W | 1-0 | Dichio |
| 2003/2004 | 25/08/2003 | Preston North End (H) | W | 1-0 | Hughes (pen) |
| 2006/2007 | 19/08/2006 | Colchester United (H) | W | 2-1 | Ellington (pen), Wallwork |
| 2007/2008 | 01/09/2007 | Barnsley (H) | W | 2-0 | Teixeira, Beattie |
| 2009/2010 | 22/08/2009 | Ipswich Town (H) | W | 2-0 | Mulumbu, Koren |
| 2018/2019 | 18/08/2018 | Queen’s Park Rangers (H) | W | 7-1 | Phillips (2), Gibbs, Rodriguez (2 pens), Gayle, Robson-Kanu |
| 2019/2020 | 21/08/2019 | Reading (H) |
