A wonderful goal from Brandon Thomas-Asante secured Albion’s third successive victory and a third successive clean sheet. It is the first time that the Baggies have recorded three wins in a row since the early days of Valérien Ismaël’s reign when they won four league games in succession in August 2021, albeit there was a 6-0 home defeat by Arsenal in the League Cup between the third and fourth matches of that run.
Steve Bruce’s side ended last season with three successive clean sheets, but prior to that, it was in the days of Tony Pulis in September 2015 when Albion kept the ball out of their net for four games in a row, one in the League Cup and three in the Premier League.
The last time Albion won three games in a row without conceding was in September 2007 when Tony Mowbray’s team beat Peterborough United in the League Cup 2-0 and followed that with a 2-0 win over Barnsley and a 4-0 win over Ipswich Town. For three league wins without conceding, we have to go back more than 20 years – under Gary Megson in August 2003, the Baggies won six games in succession, five of those in the league, and three being consecutive 1-0 wins over Watford, Preston North End and Derby County.
1994/95 remains the only second tier season in which an Albion side has had fewer points at the same stage. Alan Buckley’s team beat Barnsley 2-1 to move onto 21 points, two fewer than this season’s team. That moved Albion into a season high 20th place although three of the four teams below them had a game in hand.
Brian Talbot’s team of 1990/91 had exactly the same record from 20 games after a 0-0 draw with Portsmouth, then managed by future Baggies caretaker boss, Frank Burrows. There were just 7,856 at the Hawthorns that day and Woking was just three weeks away. That season, 23 points was good enough for 14th place albeit Albion were just two points clear of the bottom three.
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 | |
1988/1989 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 34 | 5th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 9th | 72 |
1989/1990 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 34 | 24 | 14th | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 20th | 51 |
1990/1991 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 23 | 14th | 3 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 23rd | 48 |
1993/1994 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 16th | 5 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 21st | 51 |
1994/1995 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 20th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 19th | 58 |
1995/1996 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 30 | 24 | 16th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 11th | 60 |
1996/1997 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 17th | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16th | 57 |
1997/1998 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 4th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 10th | 61 |
1998/1999 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 30 | 11th | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 12th | 59 |
1999/2000 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 15th | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 21st | 49 |
2000/2001 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 37 | 4th | 7 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 6th | 74 |
2001/2002 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 18 | 35 | 5th | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2nd | 89 |
2003/2004 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 40 | 1st | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 2nd | 86 |
2006/2007 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 10th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 4th | 76 |
2007/2008 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 35 | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 1st | 81 |
2009/2010 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 38 | 2nd | 6 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 2nd | 91 |
2018/2019 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 35 | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 4th | 80 |
2019/2020 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 41 | 20 | 45 | 1st | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 23 | 2nd | 83 |
2021/2022 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 34 | 3rd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10th | 67 |
2022/2023 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21st | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. |
Results
1988/1989 | 10/12/1988 | Hull City (H) | W | 2-0 | Goodman (2) |
1989/1990 | 02/12/1989 | Sheffield United (A) | L | 1-3 | Robson |
1990/1991 | 15/12/1990 | Portsmouth (H) | D | 0-0 | |
1993/1994 | 19/12/1993 | Barnsley (H) | D | 1-1 | Ashcroft |
1994/1995 | 03/12/1994 | Barnsley (H) | W | 2-1 | Heggs, Hamilton |
1995/1996 | 02/12/1995 | Reading (A) | L | 1-3 | Ashcroft |
1996/1997 | 30/11/1996 | Bradford City (A) | D | 1-1 | Groves |
1997/1998 | 02/12/1997 | Manchester City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
1998/1999 | 29/11/1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) | W | 2-0 | Klibane, Murphy |
1999/2000 | 04/12/1999 | Norwich City (A) | L | 1-2 | Kilbane |
2000/2001 | 25/11/2000 | Preston North End (H) | W | 3-1 | Hughes (3) |
2001/2002 | 24/11/2001 | Bradford City (H) | W | 1-0 | McInnes |
2003/2004 | 29/11/2003 | Nottingham Forest (A) | W | 3-0 | Koumas (2), Louis-Jean (o.g.) |
2006/2007 | 28/11/2006 | Sheffield Wednesday (A) | L | 1-3 | Koumas |
2007/2008 | 04/12/2007 | Coventry City (H) | L | 2-4 | Bednár (2) |
2009/2010 | 08/12/2009 | Cardiff City (H) | L | 0-2 | |
2018/2019 | 03/12/2018 | Brentford (H) | D | 1-1 | Barnes |
2019/2020 | 08/12/2019 | Swansea City (H) | W | 5-1 | Ajayi, Pereira, Robson-Kanu, Phillips, Edwards |
2021/2022 | 26/11/2021 | Nottingham Forest (H) | D | 0-0 | |
2022/2023 | 12/11/2022 | Stoke City (H) | W | 2-0 | Bartley, Thomas-Asante |
Next Matches
1988/1989 | 18/12/1988 | Stoke City (H) | W | 6-0 | Robson (2), Goodman (2), Paskin (2) |
1989/1990 | 09/12/1989 | AFC Bournemouth (H) | D | 2-2 | Goodman, Bartlett |
1990/1991 | 22/12/1990 | Swindon Town (A) | L | 1-2 | Roberts (pen) |
1993/1994 | 27/12/1993 | Bristol City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
1994/1995 | 10/12/1994 | Sheffield United (A) | L | 0-2 | |
1995/1996 | 09/12/1995 | Stoke City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
1996/1997 | 08/12/1996 | Bolton Wanderers (H) | D | 2-2 | Peschisolido, Taylor (pen) |
1997/1998 | 06/12/1997 | Stockport County (H) | W | 3-2 | Sneekes, Hughes, Hunt |
1998/1999 | 05/12/1998 | Bury (A) | L | 0-2 | |
1999/2000 | 07/12/1999 | Crewe Alexandra (A) | L | 0-2 | |
2000/2001 | 02/12/2000 | Wimbledon (A) | W | 1-0 | Williams (o.g.) |
2001/2002 | 02/12/2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) | W | 1-0 | Jordão |
2003/2004 | 06/12/2003 | West Ham United (H) | D | 1-1 | Mullins (o.g.) |
2006/2007 | 02/12/2006 | Derby County (H) | W | 1-0 | Hartson |
2007/2008 | 08/12/2007 | Leicester City (A) | W | 2-1 | Gera, Beattie |
2009/2010 | 14/12/2009 | Queen’s Park Rangers (H) | D | 2-2 | Thomas, Cox |
2018/2019 | 07/12/2018 | Aston Villa (H) | D | 2-2 | Gayle, Rodriguez |
2019/2020 | 11/12/2019 | Wigan Athletic (A) | D | 1-1 | Austin |
2021/2022 | 04/12/2021 | Coventry City (A) | W | 2-1 | Grant, McFadzean (o.g.) |
2022/2023 | 12/12/2022 | Sunderland (A) |
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