Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 5 games

Albion finally secured their first league win of the season at the fifth attempt, and did so in style with five goals against the previously unbeaten Hull City. It moved the Baggies into 13th place although Bristol City’s victory over Cardiff City means they were down to 14th by Sunday evening.

It’s the first time that Albion have scored five goals in a game since the 5-2 win at Stamford Bridge in April 2021 and the first time there have been five different goalscorers for the Baggies since the Matheus Pereira-inspired 5-1 victory over Swansea City in December 2019 when the mercurial Brazilian was joined on the scoresheet by Semi Ajayi, Hal Robson-Kanu, Matt Phillips and Kyle Edwards.

Game 6 has been a successful one for the Baggies in second tier campaigns this century producing six wins and three draws albeit just the one win away from the Hawthorns, 2-1 at Watford in 2001 thanks to a brace by Scott Dobie. Last season, the 1-1 draw with Millwall moved Albion to the top of the table but was, perhaps, a first sign that clubs were beginning to work out how to counter Val-ball.

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 5 2 0 3 4 8 6 11th 2 0 1 3 3 6 0 0 2 1 5 0 6th 74
2001/2002 5 2 1 2 7 4 7 10th 2 0 1 5 1 6 0 1 1 2 3 1 2nd 89
2003/2004 5 4 0 1 8 5 12 1st 2 0 0 5 1 6 2 0 1 3 4 6 2nd 86
2006/2007 5 2 2 1 5 4 8 8th 2 0 0 4 1 6 0 2 1 1 3 2 4th 76
2007/2008 5 3 0 2 9 3 9 3rd 3 0 0 8 0 9 0 0 2 1 3 0 1st 81
2009/2010 5 3 2 0 9 5 11 1st 1 1 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 6 4 7 2nd 91
2018/2019 5 2 1 2 13 8 7 7th 1 0 1 8 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 4th 80
2019/2020 5 2 3 0 7 5 9 9th 0 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 5 3 7 2nd 83
2021/2022 5 4 1 0 12 5 13 2nd 2 0 0 7 2 6 2 1 0 5 3 7 10th 67
2022/2023 5 1 3 1 8 6 6 13th 1 2 0 6 3 5 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 03/09/2000 Crystal Palace (H) W 1-0 McInnes
2001/2002 08/09/2001 Manchester City (H) W 4-0 McInnes, Clement (2, 1 pen), Dobie
2003/2004 30/08/2003 Derby County (A) W 1-0 Hulse
2006/2007 28/08/2006 Sunderland (A) L 0-2
2007/2008 15/09/2007 Ipswich Town (H) W 4-0 Miller, Teixeira, Phillips (2)
2009/2010 29/08/2009 Sheffield United (A) D 2-2 Bednár (2)
2018/2019 24/08/2018 Middlesbrough (A) L 0-1
2019/2020 24/08/2019 Derby County (A) D 1-1 Zohore (pen)
2021/2022 28/08/2021 Peterborough United (A) W 1-0 Ajayi
2022/2023 20/08/2022 Hull City (H) W 5-2 Elder (o.g.), Swift, Furlong, Grant (pen), O’Shea

Next Matches

2000/2001 09/09/2000 Stockport County (A) D 0-0
2001/2002 15/09/2001 Watford (A) W 2-1 Dobie (2)
2003/2004 13/09/2003 Ipswich Town (H) W 4-1 Gaardsøe, Hulse (2), Diallo (o.g.)
2006/2007 09/09/2006 Leicester City (H) W 2-0 Kenton (o.g.), Phillips (pen)
2007/2008 18/09/2007 Bristol City (A) D 1-1 Koren
2009/2010 12/09/2009 Plymouth Argyle (H) W 3-1 Martis, Cech (2)
2018/2019 01/09/2018 Stoke City (H) W 2-1 Gayle (2)
2019/2020 31/08/2019 Blackburn Rovers (H) W 3-2 Phillips, Livermore, Diangana
2021/2022 11/09/2021 Millwall (H) D 1-1 Bartley
2022/2023 27/08/2022 Huddersfield Town (A)

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