Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 31 games

An excellent 2-0 victory at Millwall saw the Baggies move four points clear at the top of the table and record successive clean sheets for only the second time this season.

When compared to Albion’s other Premier League promotion campaigns, only Roberto di Matteo’s 2010 team had more points at this stage of the season, and Bilić’s team are five points better off than Darren Moore’s side from last season.

Di Matteo’s team lost game 32 at Bristol City, so a win for this season’s Baggie Boys at Reading on Wednesday evening will see them top the comparison charts once again.

    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 31 16 7 8 42 35 55 4th 10 3 3 26 16 33 6 4 5 16 19 22 6th 74
2001/2002 31 16 6 9 35 23 54 3rd 10 2 4 19 7 32 6 4 5 16 16 22 2nd 89
2003/2004 31 16 9 6 44 28 57 2nd 9 5 2 24 12 32 7 4 4 20 16 25 2nd 86
2006/2007 31 16 7 8 57 36 55 3rd 12 2 1 37 13 38 4 5 7 20 23 17 4th 76
2007/2008 31 16 6 9 66 40 54 2nd 10 4 1 39 15 34 6 2 8 27 25 20 1st 81
2009/2010 31 17 9 5 62 32 60 1st 9 2 4 31 15 29 8 7 1 31 17 31 2nd 91
2018/2019 31 15 9 7 62 40 54 4th 7 6 3 37 23 27 8 3 4 25 17 27 4th 80
2019/2020 31 16 11 4 55 33 59 1st 7 6 2 32 20 27 9 5 2 23 13 32    
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

2000/2001 10/02/2001 Stockport County (H) D 1-1 Roberts
2001/2002 29/01/2002 Birmingham City (H) W 1-0 Roberts
2003/2004 14/02/2004 Cardiff City (H) W 2-1 Clement, Hughes
2006/2007 03/02/2007 Hull City (A) W 1-0 Kamara
2007/2008 09/02/2008 Barnsley (A) L 1-2 Morrison
2009/2010 16/02/2010 Cardiff City (A) D 1-1 Zuiverloon
2018/2019 12/02/2019 Nottingham Forest (H) D 2-2 Murphy, Rodriguez (pen)
2019/2020 09/02/2020 Millwall (A) W 2-0 Krovinović, O’Shea

Next Matches

2000/2001 17/02/2001 Birmingham City (A) L 1-2 Butler
2001/2002 03/02/2002 Burnley (A) W 2-0 Roberts (2)
2003/2004 21/02/2004 Sheffield United (A) W 2-1 Moore, Gaardsøe
2006/2007 10/02/2007 Southampton (H) D 1-1 Phillips
2007/2008 12/02/2008 Sheffield United (H) D 0-0  
2009/2010 21/02/2010 Bristol City (A) L 1-2 Dorrans
2018/2019 16/02/2019 Aston Villa (A) W 2-0 Robson-Kanu, Rodriguez
2019/2020 12/02/2020 Reading (A)      

Lead picture by Laurie Rampling

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