Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 34 games

Albion’s fifth successive away defeat leaves them in 11th place some six points off the play-offs with twelve games of the season to play. Five away defeats on the trot is generally pretty rare for the Baggies in the second tier, although they did manage six on the bounce last season either side of Steve Bruce’s appointment, a run that was ended, ironically, with victory at Hull City in March.

The club record for successive away defeats is still some way off. In 1926/27, the Baggies lost every away game from a 3-0 defeat at Spurs in September 1926 to a 1-0 defeat at Birmingham City the following February, a run of eleven games in all competitions. For successive away league defeats, the club record is also eleven taking in the last six away games of the 1890/91 season and the first five of the following campaign.

The lowest number of points that an Albion side has had at this stage and still made the play-offs is 58, some ten more than Corberán’s team have at the moment. While the Baggies are by no means out of it, it will take a fantastic run of form, both home and away, for them to make the top six.

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 34 14 13 7 52 32 55 3rd 10 5 2 32 12 35 4 8 5 20 20 20 9th 72
1989/1990 34 9 12 13 52 53 39 17th 5 6 6 30 27 21 4 6 7 22 26 18 20th 51
1990/1991 34 8 11 15 40 46 35 21st 5 8 4 19 15 23 3 3 11 21 31 12 23rd 48
1993/1994 34 9 10 15 45 51 37 19th 6 7 4 28 22 25 3 3 11 17 29 12 21st 51
1994/1995 34 10 8 16 30 43 38 19th 9 2 5 18 15 29 1 6 11 12 28 9 19th 58
1995/1996 34 10 7 17 42 56 37 21st 7 5 6 25 23 26 3 2 11 17 33 11 11th 60
1996/1997 34 9 14 11 54 60 41 15th 3 7 7 26 28 16 6 7 4 28 32 25 16th 57
1997/1998 34 14 8 12 35 35 50 10th 8 4 6 18 18 28 6 4 6 17 17 22 10th 61
1998/1999 34 13 8 13 56 53 47 9th 9 2 5 33 23 29 4 6 8 23 30 18 12th 59
1999/2000 34 6 15 13 27 45 33 22nd 3 9 5 14 19 18 3 6 8 13 26 15 21st 49
2000/2001 34 17 8 9 47 39 59 5th 11 4 3 30 18 37 6 4 6 17 21 22 6th 74
2001/2002 34 18 6 10 38 24 60 4th 11 2 4 20 7 35 7 4 6 18 17 25 2nd 89
2003/2004 34 17 10 7 46 30 61 2nd 9 5 3 24 13 32 8 5 4 22 17 29 2nd 86
2006/2007 34 18 8 8 61 38 62 2nd 13 3 1 39 14 42 5 5 7 22 24 20 4th 76
2007/2008 34 17 7 10 70 42 58 4th 11 5 2 43 17 38 6 2 8 27 25 20 1st 81
2009/2010 34 18 9 7 67 38 63 3rd 10 2 4 34 16 32 8 7 3 33 22 31 2nd 91
2018/2019 34 17 9 8 67 43 60 4th 7 6 4 37 24 27 10 3 4 30 19 33 4th 80
2019/2020 34 18 12 4 62 36 66 1st 7 7 2 34 22 28 11 5 2 28 14 38 2nd 83
2021/2022 34 12 10 12 35 32 46 13th 8 6 2 21 10 30 4 4 10 14 22 16 10th 67
2022/2023 34 13 9 12 44 38 48 11th 8 5 4 24 15 29 5 4 8 20 23 19
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 15/03/1989 Blackburn Rovers (H) W 2-0 West (2)
1989/1990 14/03/1990 Bradford City (H) W 2-0 Ford, McNally
1990/1991 16/03/1991 Oldham Athletic (A) L 1-2 Ford
1993/1994 12/03/1994 Crystal Palace (A) L 0-1
1994/1995 04/03/1995 Burnley (A) D 1-1 Hunt
1995/1996 12/03/1996 Watford (H) D 4-4 Taylor (3), Sneekes
1996/1997 22/02/1997 Portsmouth (H) L 0-2
1997/1998 24/02/1998 Portsmouth (H) L 0-3
1998/1999 27/02/1999 Bradford City (A) L 0-1
1999/2000 04/03/2000 Birmingham City (H) L 0-3
2000/2001 24/02/2001 Portsmouth (H) W 2-0 Roberts, Chambers
2001/2002 19/02/2002 Millwall (A) L 0-1
2003/2004 02/03/2004 Norwich City (A) D 0-0
2006/2007 20/02/2007 Cardiff City (H) W 1-0 Ellington
2007/2008 01/03/2008 Plymouth Argyle (H) W 3-0 Gera, Miller, Bednár
2009/2010 06/03/2010 Queen’s Park Rangers (A) L 1-3 Brunt
2018/2019 23/02/2019 Sheffield United (H) L 0-1
2019/2020 22/02/2020 Bristol City (A) W 3-0 Robinson, Robson-Kanu (2)
2021/2022 28/02/2022 Swansea City (H) L 0-2
2022/2023 03/03/2023 Hull City (A) L 0-2

Next Matches

1988/1989 18/03/1989 Brighton & Hove Albion (H) W 1-0 Bartlett
1989/1990 17/03/1990 Watford (H) W 2-0 Hackett, Whyte
1990/1991 20/03/1991 Brighton & Hove Albion (A) L 0-2
1993/1994 16/03/1994 Notts County (H) W 3-0 Taylor (2), Hunt
1994/1995 08/03/1995 Portsmouth (A) W 2-1 Taylor (2)
1995/1996 16/03/1996 Barnsley (H) W 2-1 Raven, Sneekes
1996/1997 02/03/1997 Bolton Wanderers (A) L 0-1
1997/1998 28/02/1998 Manchester City (A) L 0-1
1998/1999 02/03/1999 Stockport County (H) W 3-1 Kilbane, De Freitas, Hughes
1999/2000 07/03/2000 Tranmere Rovers (H) W 2-0 Flynn, Hughes
2000/2001 03/03/2001 Blackburn Rovers (A) L 0-1
2001/2002 23/02/2002 Portsmouth (H) W 5-0 Roberts (2), Sigurðsson, Dobie, Bališ
2003/2004 06/03/2004 Coventry City (H) W 3-0 Hughes, Hulse, Kinsella
2006/2007 24/02/2007 Leicester City (A) D 1-1 Kamara (pen)
2007/2008 04/03/2008 Sheffield Wednesday (A) W 1-0 Phillips
2009/2010 09/03/2010 Sheffield Wednesday (H) W 1-0 Koren
2018/2019 01/03/2019 Leeds United (A) L 0-4
2019/2020 25/02/2020 Preston North End (H) W 2-0 Robson-Kanu, Livermore
2021/2022 05/03/2022 Hull City (A) W 2-0 Grant (2, 1 pen)
2022/2023 07/03/2023 Wigan Athletic (H)

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