Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 29 games

Tony Mowbray’s Hawthorns return brought Albion’s biggest win since Matheus Pereira inspired Slaven Bilić’s team to a 5-1 win over Swansea City in December 2019. Only twice since then have the Baggies scored five goals – Steve Bruce’s team beat Hull City 5-2 in what was Albion’s first victory of the 2022/23 campaign while Sam Allardyce’s team surprised everyone by beating Chelsea 5-2 at Stamford Bridge in April 2021. The last time that Albion recorded a bigger win was the 7-1 victory over QPR under Darren Moore in August 2018.

It was the first time this season that Albion had scored more than three goals in a match and their previous biggest win of the campaign was a 3-0 win at Fratton Park in September, which also means that the Baggies have completed their first league double of the season. Albion hadn’t scored more than three goals in a game since the 4-1 win at Huddersfield Town in March.

Readers of my match preview that the 5-1 result doesn’t quite match the club record win over Portsmouth which is 5-0, achieved three times most recently in 2002.

The three points lift Albion back into the top six above both Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough who both suffered defeats. The Baggies remain eleven points behind fourth-placed Sunderland and fourteen points off the automatic promotion places.

Looking ahead to game 30, it is the second time that the Baggies have faced Plymouth Argyle at the same stage of one of our comparison seasons. Rather than being the first day of February as it is this season, it was the last day of January 2007 but the man in charge was the same – Tony Mowbray. That game was at the Hawthorns and a brace from Diomansay Kamara, one of which was from the penalty spot, was enough to secure the points with Rory Fallon’s second half strike for the Pilgrims a mere consolation in the end.

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 29 12 10 7 46 29 46 5th 8 4 2 28 11 28 4 6 5 18 18 18 9th 72
1989/1990 29 8 10 11 47 48 34 15th 4 5 5 28 26 17 4 5 6 19 22 17 20th 51
1990/1991 29 8 9 12 36 39 33 15th 5 6 3 16 11 21 3 3 9 20 28 12 23rd 48
1993/1994 29 7 9 13 41 47 30 20th 6 6 3 27 20 24 1 3 10 14 27 6 21st 51
1994/1995 29 9 7 13 25 35 34 17th 8 2 4 14 10 26 1 5 9 11 25 8 19th 58
1995/1996 29 8 5 16 34 49 29 23rd 6 3 6 19 18 21 2 2 10 15 31 8 11th 60
1996/1997 29 7 13 9 44 50 34 18th 3 7 5 25 24 16 4 6 4 19 26 18 16th 57
1997/1998 29 13 6 10 30 28 45 7th 8 2 5 16 13 26 5 4 5 14 15 19 10th 61
1998/1999 29 13 6 10 52 44 45 8th 9 0 5 30 20 27 4 6 5 22 24 18 12th 59
1999/2000 29 5 15 9 25 33 30 19th 2 9 4 13 16 15 3 6 5 12 17 15 21st 49
2000/2001 29 16 5 8 39 32 53 4th 10 2 3 25 15 32 6 3 5 14 17 21 6th 74
2001/2002 29 14 6 9 33 23 48 6th 8 2 4 17 7 26 6 4 5 16 16 22 2nd 89
2003/2004 29 15 9 5 42 24 54 2nd 8 5 2 22 11 29 7 4 3 20 13 25 2nd 86
2006/2007 29 14 7 8 54 35 49 4th 11 2 1 35 12 35 3 5 7 19 23 14 4th 76
2007/2008 29 15 6 8 63 37 51 1st 9 4 1 37 14 31 6 2 7 26 23 20 1st 81
2009/2010 29 16 8 5 59 31 56 2nd 8 2 4 29 15 26 8 6 1 30 16 30 2nd 91
2018/2019 29 14 8 7 59 38 50 4th 7 5 3 35 21 26 7 3 4 24 17 24 4th 80
2019/2020 29 14 11 4 51 33 53 2nd 6 6 2 30 20 24 8 5 2 21 13 29 2nd 83
2021/2022 29 12 9 8 34 24 45 5th 8 5 1 21 8 29 4 4 7 13 16 16 10th 67
2022/2023 29 12 8 9 39 30 44 5th 7 4 4 21 14 25 5 4 5 18 16 19 9th 66
2023/2024 29 14 6 9 41 27 48 5th 10 3 2 25 11 33 4 3 7 16 16 15 5th 75
2024/2025 29 10 14 5 38 25 44 5th 6 7 1 19 8 25 4 7 4 19 17 19
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 18/02/1989 Bradford City (A) L 0-2
1989/1990 10/02/1990 Oxford United (A) W 1-0 Shakespeare
1990/1991 19/02/1991 Middlesbrough (A) L 2-3 Bannister (2)
1993/1994 05/02/1994 Sunderland (H) W 2-1 Donovan, Fenton
1994/1995 05/02/1995 Charlton Athletic (H) L 0-1
1995/1996 17/02/1996 Tranmere Rovers (H) D 1-1 Hunt (pen)
1996/1997 25/01/1997 Ipswich Town (A) L 0-5
1997/1998 31/01/1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) W 1-0 Hunt
1998/1999 23/01/1999 Watford (A) W 2-0 Sneekes, Angel
1999/2000 29/01/2000 Swindon Town (H) D 1-1 Hughes (pen)
2000/2001 20/01/2001 Sheffield United (H) W 2-1 Fox, Hughes
2001/2002 12/01/2002 Grimsby Town (A) D 0-0
2003/2004 31/01/2004 Watford (H) W 3-1 Horsfield (2), Hughes
2006/2007 20/01/2007 Leeds United (A) W 3-2 Greening, Kamara (2)
2007/2008 29/01/2008 Preston North End (A) L 1-2 Gera
2009/2010 06/02/2010 Plymouth Argyle (A) W 1-0 Cox
2018/2019 02/02/2019 Middlesbrough (H) L 2-3 Rodriguez, Gayle
2019/2020 28/01/2020 Cardiff City (A) L 1-2 Austin (pen)
2021/2022 29/01/2022 Millwall (A) L 0-2
2022/2023 03/02/2023 Coventry City (H) W 1-0 Diangana
2023/2024 03/02/2024 Birmingham City (H) W 1-0 Weimann
2024/2025 25/01/2025 Portsmouth (H) W 5-1 Mowatt, Diangana (2), Wallace, Swift

Next Matches

1988/1989 25/02/1989 Birmingham City (H) D 0-0
1989/1990 21/02/1990 Leicester City (H) L 0-1
1990/1991 23/02/1991 Notts County (H) D 2-2 Bannister (2)
1993/1994 12/02/1994 Watford (A) W 1-0 Burgess
1994/1995 11/02/1995 Port Vale (A) L 0-1
1995/1996 20/02/1996 Sheffield United (A) W 2-1 Burgess, Hunt
1996/1997 01/02/1997 Port Vale (A) D 2-2 Peschisolido (2)
1997/1998 07/02/1998 Swindon Town (A) W 2-0 Carbon, Evans
1998/1999 30/01/1999 Grimsby Town (H) D 1-1 Hughes
1999/2000 05/02/2000 Fulham (A) L 0-1
2000/2001 03/02/2001 Crystal Palace (A) D 2-2 Sneekes, Hughes
2001/2002 20/01/2002 Walsall (H) W 1-0 Roberts
2003/2004 07/02/2004 Preston North End (A) L 0-3
2006/2007 31/01/2007 Plymouth Argyle (H) W 2-1 Kamara (2, 1 pen)
2007/2008 02/02/2008 Burnley (H) W 2-1 Cesar, Bednár
2009/2010 09/02/2010 Scunthorpe United (H) W 2-0 Bednár, Zuiverloon
2018/2019 09/02/2019 Stoke City (A) W 1-0 Gayle
2019/2020 01/02/2020 Luton Town (H) W 2-0 Daniels (o.g.), Ajayi
2021/2022 09/02/2022 Sheffield United (A) L 0-2
2022/2023 10/02/2023 Birmingham City (A) L 0-2
2023/2024 10/02/2024 Ipswich Town (A) D 2-2 Fellows, Swift
2024/2025 01/02/2025 Plymouth Argyle (A)

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