Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 17 games

A solid defensive performance earned Carlos Corberán’s team a ninth draw of the season and an eighth clean sheet and extended their unbeaten run to nine games, but results elsewhere means that the Baggies have dropped out of the top six.

No Albion side has drawn more than nine of their first seventeen games of the season, and the only other season it has been matched was in 1999/2000 under Brian Little. A fifth goalless draw in seventeen games is a new club record; no Albion team had more than four at this stage of the season and the last team to do that was Ron Atkinson’s team in 1979/80.

This season’s team are just one goal above the club record for the fewest goals conceded in the first seventeen games. The 1905 and 1948 teams had let in only ten goals at this stage. Gary Megson’s famously solid promotion teams in 2001 and 2003 had let in sixteen goals by this stage of the season.

Eight clean sheets from from the first seventeen games has only been bettered by two previous Albion teams – John GIles’ 1975/76 team had nine at this stage while Jack Smith’s 1948/49 team had ten.

Conversely, this season’s goals scored tally of eighteen is the lowest by a second tier Baggies team since 1999.

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
1988/1989 17 7 6 4 22 16 27 6th 4 2 2 9 6 14 3 4 2 13 10 13 9th 72
1989/1990 17 5 5 7 29 29 20 13th 2 3 3 16 16 9 3 2 4 13 13 11 20th 51
1990/1991 17 5 6 6 23 24 21 15th 3 3 3 11 9 12 2 3 3 12 15 9 23rd 48
1993/1994 17 5 4 8 28 30 19 19th 5 3 2 23 16 18 0 1 6 5 14 1 21st 51
1994/1995 17 3 6 8 13 24 15 23rd 3 2 2 6 6 11 0 4 6 7 18 4 19th 58
1995/1996 17 7 3 7 22 22 24 8th 5 1 2 12 7 16 2 2 5 10 15 8 11th 60
1996/1997 17 4 8 5 20 25 20 13th 1 4 4 9 14 7 3 4 1 11 11 13 16th 57
1997/1998 17 10 4 3 21 13 34 3rd 6 1 1 9 3 19 4 3 2 12 10 15 10th 61
1998/1999 17 7 3 7 33 32 24 11th 5 0 4 20 15 15 2 3 3 13 17 9 12th 59
1999/2000 17 4 9 4 16 17 21 14th 1 6 2 8 9 9 3 3 2 8 8 12 21st 49
2000/2001 17 8 4 5 19 19 28 7th 5 2 2 12 9 17 3 2 3 7 10 11 6th 74
2001/2002 17 9 2 6 21 16 29 8th 5 1 3 10 5 16 4 1 3 11 11 13 2nd 89
2003/2004 17 11 2 4 27 16 35 1st 6 1 2 13 6 19 5 1 2 14 10 16 2nd 86
2006/2007 17 7 5 5 28 19 26 6th 5 2 1 17 8 17 2 3 4 11 11 9 4th 76
2007/2008 17 9 4 4 35 16 31 2nd 6 3 0 19 4 21 3 1 4 16 12 10 1st 81
2009/2010 17 10 4 3 35 15 34 1st 6 1 2 21 7 19 4 3 1 14 8 15 2nd 91
2018/2019 17 8 4 5 37 25 28 5th 6 1 2 26 13 19 2 3 3 11 12 9 4th 80
2019/2020 17 10 6 1 31 18 36 1st 4 4 0 19 13 16 6 2 1 12 5 20 2nd 83
2021/2022 17 9 5 3 27 15 32 3rd 6 3 0 16 5 21 3 2 3 11 10 11 10th 67
2022/2023 17 2 8 7 20 24 14 24th 1 4 4 11 14 7 1 4 3 9 10 7 9th 66
2023/2024 17 8 5 4 28 17 29 5th 6 2 1 16 7 20 2 3 3 12 10 9 5th 75
2024/2025 17 6 9 2 18 11 27 7th 2 5 1 4 3 11 4 4 1 14 8 16
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 19/11/1988 Sunderland (A) D 1-1 Robson
1989/1990 11/11/1989 Barnsley (H) W 7-0 Goodman (3), Ford, Bartlett (2), McNally (pen)
1990/1991 24/11/1990 Sheffield Wednesday (H) L 1-2 Robson
1993/1994 27/11/1993 Portsmouth (H) W 4-1 Taylor, O’Regan, Hunt (2)
1994/1995 13/11/1994 Charlton Athletic (A) D 1-1 Taylor
1995/1996 18/11/1995 Grimsby Town (A) L 0-1
1996/1997 13/11/1996 Sheffield United (H) L 1-2 Caldicott
1997/1998 15/11/1997 Port Vale (A) W 2-1 Hunt, Hamilton
1998/1999 07/11/1998 Birmingham City (H) L 1-3 Carbon
1999/2000 20/11/1999 Huddersfield Town (A) L 0-1
2000/2001 04/11/2000 Burnley (H) D 1-1 Roberts
2001/2002 04/11/2001 Nottingham Forest (H) W 1-0 Rösler
2003/2004 08/11/2003 West Ham United (A) W 4-3 Hulse (2), Deane (o.g.), Hughes
2006/2007 11/11/2006 Norwich City (H) L 0-1
2007/2008 25/11/2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) D 0-0
2009/2010 21/11/2009 Bristol City (H) W 4-1 Thomas, Brunt, Carey (o.g.), Cox
2018/2019 10/11/2018 Leeds United (H) W 4-1 Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Barnes, Gayle
2019/2020 23/11/2019 Sheffield Wednesday (H) W 2-1 Robson-Kanu, Austin (pen)
2021/2022 06/11/2021 Middlesbrough (H) D 1-1 Diangana
2022/2023 29/10/2022 Sheffield United (H) L 0-2
2023/2024 25/11/2023 Ipswich Town (H) W 2-0 Furlong, Diangana
2024/2025 26/11/2024 Sunderland (A) D 0-0

Next Matches

1988/1989 26/11/1988 Crystal Palace (H) W 5-3 Goodman (3), Hopkins, Paskin
1989/1990 18/11/1989 Portsmouth (A) D 1-1 McNally (pen)
1990/1991 01/12/1990 West Ham United (A) L 1-3 Ford
1993/1994 07/12/1993 Bolton Wanderers (A) D 1-1 Hunt
1994/1995 19/11/1994 Oldham Athletic (H) W 3-1 Donovan, Ashcroft, Taylor
1995/1996 21/11/1995 Norwich City (H) L 1-4 Hunt
1996/1997 16/11/1996 Southend United (A) W 3-2 Peschisolido, Smith, Hunt
1997/1998 23/11/1997 Birmingham City (H) W 1-0 Sneekes
1998/1999 14/11/1998 Huddersfield Town (H) W 3-1 Hughes (3, 2 pens)
1999/2000 23/11/1999 Stockport County (H) W 2-0 Hughes (2)
2000/2001 11/11/2000 Huddersfield Town (A) W 2-0 Jordão, Hughes
2001/2002 07/11/2001 Birmingham City (A) W 1-0 Johnson
2003/2004 22/11/2003 Reading (H) D 0-0
2006/2007 18/11/2006 Burnley (H) W 3-0 Koumas, Ellington, Carter
2007/2008 28/11/2007 Plymouth Argyle (A) W 2-1 Bednár (2)
2009/2010 28/11/2009 Sheffield Wednesday (A) W 4-0 Cox (2), Thomas, Brunt
2018/2019 23/11/2018 Ipswich Town (A) W 2-1 Rodriguez, Barnes
2019/2020 27/11/2019 Bristol City (H) W 4-1 Gibbs, Pereira, Robson-Kanu, Austin
2021/2022 20/11/2021 Huddersfield Town (A) L 0-1
2022/2023 01/11/2022 Blackpool (H) W 1-0 Yokuslu
2023/2024 28/11/2023 Cardiff City (A) W 1-0 Sarmiento
2024/2025 30/11/2024 Preston North End (A)

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