The Baggies recorded back-to-back homes wins for only the second time this season to move them into seventh place, only out of the top six on goals scored.
It was ultimately a comfortable victory for Carlos Corberán’s team, and should have been by a much larger margin given the domination that the hosts exerted in the second half, but there was little sign of that performance in the first half an hour. The opening goal changed the whole tone of the match.
Mikey Johnston’s first goals of the campaign make him the Baggies eighth league goalscorer of the campaign and by scoring twice, it means that only Maja, Grant and Mowatt are above him in the club’s scoring charts.
It was Albion’s eleventh clean sheet of the season and their eighth in the first eleven home games of a campaign matching a club record set in 1907/08 and 1914/15. The five goals conceded at home in that period has only been bettered once, in the 1914/15 campaign, when Albion had conceded just three goals at the Hawthorns at this stage. The total of sixteen goals conceded in all league games this season has also only been beaten once before in the club’s history, in the 1908/09 campaign when a 7-0 win over Grimsby Town in game 22 kept Albion’s goals conceded tally at thirteen for the season.
| 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 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 40 | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 9th | 72 |
| 1989/1990 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 38 | 25 | 17th | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 20th | 51 |
| 1990/1991 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 16th | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 23rd | 48 |
| 1993/1994 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 35 | 24 | 18th | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 21st | 51 |
| 1994/1995 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 30 | 24 | 21st | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 19th | 58 |
| 1995/1996 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 25 | 35 | 24 | 19th | 5 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 11th | 60 |
| 1996/1997 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 33 | 34 | 28 | 17th | 2 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16th | 57 |
| 1997/1998 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 40 | 4th | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 10th | 61 |
| 1998/1999 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 12th | 59 |
| 1999/2000 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 15th | 2 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 21st | 49 |
| 2000/2001 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 24 | 40 | 4th | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 6th | 74 |
| 2001/2002 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 19 | 38 | 5th | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 2nd | 89 |
| 2003/2004 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 44 | 1st | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 2nd | 86 |
| 2006/2007 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 24 | 33 | 9th | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 4th | 76 |
| 2007/2008 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 25 | 41 | 1st | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 1st | 81 |
| 2009/2010 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 42 | 2nd | 7 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 2nd | 91 |
| 2018/2019 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 31 | 39 | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 4th | 80 |
| 2019/2020 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 23 | 49 | 1st | 6 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 27 | 2nd | 83 |
| 2021/2022 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 40 | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 10th | 67 |
| 2022/2023 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 16th | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 9th | 66 |
| 2023/2024 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 36 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 5th | 75 |
| 2024/2025 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 35 | 7th | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 17 | ||
| * Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Results
| 1988/1989 | 26/12/1988 | Oldham Athletic (A) | W | 3-1 | Goodman, Hopkins, Robson |
| 1989/1990 | 17/12/1989 | Swindon Town (H) | L | 1-2 | Goodman (pen) |
| 1990/1991 | 26/12/1990 | Charlton Athletic (H) | W | 1-0 | Goodman |
| 1993/1994 | 28/12/1993 | Birmingham City (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| 1994/1995 | 18/12/1994 | Luton Town (H) | W | 1-0 | Donovan |
| 1995/1996 | 16/12/1995 | Huddersfield Town (A) | L | 1-4 | Hamilton |
| 1996/1997 | 18/12/1996 | Norwich City (H) | W | 5-1 | Hamilton (2), Hunt (2), Peschisolido |
| 1997/1998 | 13/12/1997 | Sunderland (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| 1998/1999 | 08/12/1998 | Crewe Alexandra (A) | D | 1-1 | Hughes (pen) |
| 1999/2000 | 14/12/1999 | Grimsby Town (A) | D | 1-1 | Hughes |
| 2000/2001 | 09/12/2000 | Fulham (H) | L | 1-3 | Lyttle |
| 2001/2002 | 08/12/2001 | Sheffield United (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2003/2004 | 09/12/2003 | Bradford City (A) | W | 1-0 | Dobie |
| 2006/2007 | 10/12/2006 | Barnsley (A) | D | 1-1 | Koumas |
| 2007/2008 | 15/12/2007 | Charlton Athletic (H) | W | 4-2 | Bednár, Gera (2), Phillips |
| 2009/2010 | 26/12/2009 | Peterborough United (H) | W | 2-0 | Moore, Bennett (o.g.) |
| 2018/2019 | 14/12/2018 | Sheffield United (A) | W | 2-1 | Barry, Gibbs |
| 2019/2020 | 14/12/2019 | Birmingham City (A) | W | 3-2 | Diangana, Austin (2) |
| 2021/2022 | 11/12/2021 | Reading (H) | W | 1-0 | Robinson |
| 2022/2023 | 17/12/2022 | Rotherham United (H) | W | 3-0 | Wallace, Diangana, Thomas-Asante |
| 2023/2024 | 16/12/2023 | Stoke City (H) | D | 1-1 | Thomas-Asante |
| 2024/2025 | 22/12/2024 | Bristol City (H) | W | 2-0 | Johnston (2) |
Next Matches
| 1988/1989 | 31/12/1988 | Chelsea (A) | D | 1-1 | Anderson |
| 1989/1990 | 26/12/1989 | Plymouth Argyle (A) | D | 2-2 | Goodman (2) |
| 1990/1991 | 29/12/1990 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) | D | 1-1 | Bannister |
| 1993/1994 | 01/01/1994 | Luton Town (H) | D | 1-1 | Mellon |
| 1994/1995 | 26/12/1994 | Bristol City (H) | W | 1-0 | Munro (o.g.) |
| 1995/1996 | 23/12/1995 | Crystal Palace (H) | L | 2-3 | Hunt, Darby |
| 1996/1997 | 21/12/1996 | Oxford United (H) | D | 3-3 | Sneekes, Hunt (pen), Taylor |
| 1997/1998 | 20/12/1997 | Huddersfield Town (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| 1998/1999 | 12/12/1998 | Huddersfield Town (A) | W | 3-0 | Quinn (2), Hughes |
| 1999/2000 | 18/12/1999 | Ipswich Town (A) | L | 1-3 | De Freitas |
| 2000/2001 | 16/12/2000 | Watford (A) | D | 3-3 | Hughes, Bardsen (o.g.), Roberts |
| 2001/2002 | 12/12/2001 | Coventry City (H) | W | 1-0 | Konjic (o.g.) |
| 2003/2004 | 13/12/2003 | Crewe Alexandra (H) | D | 2-2 | Haas, Gregan |
| 2006/2007 | 16/12/2006 | Coventry City (H) | W | 5-0 | Kamara (2, 1 pen), Koumas, Phillips, Robinson |
| 2007/2008 | 22/12/2007 | Stoke City (A) | L | 1-3 | Bednár |
| 2009/2010 | 28/12/2009 | Scunthorpe United (A) | W | 3-1 | Dorrans (2, 1 pen), Zuiverloon |
| 2018/2019 | 22/12/2018 | Rotherham United (A) | W | 4-0 | Gayle (3), Barnes |
| 2019/2020 | 21/12/2019 | Brentford (H) | D | 1-1 | Furlong |
| 2021/2022 | 17/12/2021 | Barnsley (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2022/2023 | 21/12/2022 | Coventry City (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2023/2024 | 23/12/2023 | Middlesbrough (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2024/2025 | 26/12/2024 | Derby County (A) |
