Steve Bruce’s Baggies suffer their first defeat of the season to leave them in 20th place after three games with just two points.
In 2001/02, Gary Megson’s side had just one point at the same stage and were promoted while a year earlier, they had no points at all and still made the play-offs. Furthermore, in 2007, Tony Mowbray’s side lost two of their first three and ended up winning the league, so it’s a little early to start panicking just yet.
Only once this century have Albion failed to win their fourth game of a second tier season, a 1-1 draw with Reading three years ago, while you have to go back to 1995 to find the last time the Baggies lost game four in the second tier. Alan Buckley’s Albion went down 2-1 at Roots Hall to a Southend United side managed by Ronnie Whelan with Cyrille Regis’s younger brother, Dave, scoring the winner.
Four years ago, game four saw Darren Moore’s Baggies run riot against QPR with a 7-1 win in which both Matt Phillips and Jay Rodriguez bagged a brace.
| 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 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1st | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10th | 67 |
| 2022/2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20th | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||
| * 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) |
| 2021/2022 | 18/08/2021 | Sheffield United (H) | W | 4-0 | J. Robinson (o.g.), O’Shea, Mowatt, Robinson |
| 2022/2023 | 14/08/2022 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | L | 1-2 | Diangana |
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) | D | 1-1 | Zohore (pen) |
| 2021/2022 | 21/08/2021 | Blackburn Rovers (A) | W | 2-1 | Mowatt, Phillips |
| 2022/2023 | 17/08/2022 | Cardiff City (H) |
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