Despite a frustrating afternoon that brought a second successive goalless draw for Slaven Bilić and his team, the Baggies moved back to the top of the table (until tomorrow at least) and extended the gap to third placed Fulham to seven points.
The Baggies have never failed to be promoted having earned 71 points from 38 games with only Megson’s 2004 team and Di Matteo’s 2010 side having a better record at this stage.
The Baggies have never lost game 39 this century and only once failed to win, so the omens look good for the trip to Brentford on Friday.
| 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 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 45 | 62 | 6th | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 26 | 67 | 3rd | 12 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 28 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 55 | 32 | 73 | 2nd | 12 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 32 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 65 | 45 | 63 | 6th | 13 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 19 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 21 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 48 | 63 | 4th | 11 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 22 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 26 | 24 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 38 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 42 | 75 | 2nd | 13 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 34 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 72 | 48 | 67 | 4th | 8 | 7 | 4 | 41 | 25 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 36 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 64 | 37 | 71 | 1st | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 39 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 2000/2001 | 18/03/2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) | L | 1-3 | Clement |
| 2001/2002 | 05/03/2002 | Watford (H) | D | 1-1 | Dichio |
| 2003/2004 | 27/03/2004 | Crystal Palace (H) | W | 2-0 | Moore, Dyer |
| 2006/2007 | 14/03/2007 | Crystal Palace (H) | L | 2-3 | Clement, Phillips |
| 2007/2008 | 21/03/2008 | Charlton Athletic (A) | D | 1-1 | Phillips |
| 2009/2010 | 20/03/2010 | Preston North End (H) | W | 3-2 | Watson, Brunt, Dorrans |
| 2018/2019 | 16/03/2019 | Brentford (A) | W | 1-0 | Edwards |
| 2019/2020 | 20/06/2020 | Birmingham City (H) | D | 0-0 |
Next Matches
| 2000/2001 | 25/03/2001 | Tranmere Rovers (H) | W | 2-1 | Taylor (2) |
| 2001/2002 | 16/03/2002 | Sheffield United (A) | W | 3-0 | Dobie (2), McInnes |
| 2003/2004 | 04/04/2004 | Ipswich Town (A) | W | 3-2 | Koumas, Dyer, Horsfield |
| 2006/2007 | 18/03/2007 | Birmingham City (H) | D | 1-1 | McShane |
| 2007/2008 | 29/03/2008 | Colchester United (H) | W | 4-3 | Phillips, Brunt, Bednár, Morrison |
| 2009/2010 | 24/03/2010 | Coventry City (H) | W | 1-0 | Reid |
| 2018/2019 | 29/03/2019 | Birmingham City (H) | W | 3-2 | Gayle, Rodriguez (pen), Livermore |
| 2019/2020 | 26/06/2020 | Brentford (A) |
Lead photo by Laurie Rampling
