Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 37 games

A stunning second half display saw the Baggies earn their sixth away win of the season and open up a five point game on the teams in 6th and 7th spot.

Corberán’s Baggies move on to 63 points which is one more that Mowbray’s title-winning side in 2008, although that year, Albion were in fourth spot and just five points off the lead with two games in hand – this season, Leicester City are a remarkable 19 points ahead of Corberán’s team.

Four years ago, it was at this stage of the season that football was halted as a result of the COVID pandemic. Slaven Bilić’s team were in second spot with 70 points, a point behind Leeds United, six points clear of Fulham in third and ten points ahead of Brentford and Nottingham Forest below them. Despite holding on to second place, they would pick up only 13 points in the final nine games of the campaign, fewer than the 14 points that Steve Bruce’s side picked up in 2022 and well below the 23 points that Megson’s side picked up from the 27 available in the run-in of 2001/02 campaign.

The four goals scored at Huddersfield means that the Baggies have scored 28 goals on the road this season. Surprisingly, only twice in the comparison seasons has an Albion side scored more away goals at this stage of the season – Di Matteo’s team in 2009/10 had found the net on 35 occasions away from home by this stage (in 19 matches) while in 2018/19, the Baggies had scored 30 goals away from home under Darren Moore although game 37 was the first under caretaker boss, Jimmy Shan, a 3-0 home win over Swansea City.

    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 37 16 14 7 56 33 62 3rd 12 5 2 36 13 41 4 9 5 20 20 21 9th 72
1989/1990 37 10 13 14 56 56 43 16th 6 7 6 33 28 25 4 6 8 23 28 18 20th 51
1990/1991 37 8 11 18 40 51 35 22nd 5 8 5 19 16 23 3 3 13 21 35 12 23rd 48
1993/1994 37 10 10 17 49 56 40 20th 7 7 5 32 24 28 3 3 12 17 32 12 21st 51
1994/1995 37 12 8 17 36 49 44 16th 10 2 6 22 20 32 2 6 11 14 29 12 19th 58
1995/1996 37 11 9 17 46 59 42 18th 8 5 6 27 24 29 3 4 11 19 35 13 11th 60
1996/1997 37 10 14 13 58 62 44 17th 4 7 7 30 28 19 6 7 6 28 34 25 16th 57
1997/1998 37 14 9 14 36 42 51 10th 8 5 6 19 19 29 6 4 8 17 23 22 10th 61
1998/1999 37 15 8 14 61 58 53 8th 11 2 5 38 24 35 4 6 9 23 34 18 12th 59
1999/2000 37 8 15 14 30 46 39 21st 4 9 6 16 20 21 4 6 8 14 26 18 21st 49
2000/2001 37 18 8 11 49 42 62 5th 11 4 4 31 20 37 7 4 7 18 22 25 6th 74
2001/2002 37 20 6 11 44 25 66 3rd 12 2 4 25 7 38 8 4 7 19 18 28 2nd 89
2003/2004 37 20 10 7 53 32 70 2nd 11 5 3 29 14 38 9 5 4 24 18 32 2nd 86
2006/2007 37 18 9 10 63 42 63 5th 13 3 2 40 16 42 5 6 8 23 26 21 4th 76
2007/2008 37 18 8 11 73 47 62 4th 11 6 3 45 22 39 7 2 8 28 25 23 1st 81
2009/2010 37 21 9 7 73 40 72 2nd 12 2 4 38 18 38 9 7 3 35 22 34 2nd 91
2018/2019 37 18 10 9 71 48 64 4th 8 7 4 41 25 31 10 3 5 30 23 33 4th 80
2019/2020 37 19 13 5 64 37 70 2nd 8 7 3 36 23 31 11 6 2 28 14 39 2nd 83
2021/2022 37 14 11 12 40 34 53 12th 9 7 2 24 12 34 5 4 10 16 22 19 10th 67
2022/2023 37 15 10 12 47 39 55 8th 10 5 4 26 15 35 5 5 8 21 24 20 9th 66
2023/2024 37 18 9 10 57 36 63 5th 12 3 3 29 14 39 6 6 7 28 22 24    
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

1988/1989 27/03/1989 Oldham Athletic (H) W 3-1 West, Bartlett, Anderson (pen)
1989/1990 24/03/1990 Stoke City (H) D 1-1 Ford
1990/1991 30/03/1991 Charlton Athletic (A) L 0-2  
1993/1994 26/03/1994 Derby County (H) L 1-2 Donovan
1994/1995 19/03/1995 Swindon Town (H) L 2-5 Hunt, Rees
1995/1996 23/03/1996 Watford (A) D 1-1 Taylor
1996/1997 08/03/1997 Oxford United (A) L 0-1  
1997/1998 07/03/1998 Bradford City (H) D 1-1 Burgess
1998/1999 13/03/1999 Birmingham City (A) L 0-4  
1999/2000 18/03/2000 Huddersfield Town (H) L 0-1  
2000/2001 10/03/2001 Sheffield Wednesday (H) L 1-2 Hughes
2001/2002 02/03/2002 Wimbledon (A) W 1-0 Dichio
2003/2004 16/03/2004 Wigan Athletic (H) W 2-1 Hughes (pen), Gaardsøe
2006/2007 11/03/2007 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) L 0-1  
2007/2008 15/03/2008 Leicester City (H) L 1-4 Koren
2009/2010 16/03/2010 Swansea City (A) W 2-0 Dorrans (pen), Miller
2018/2019 13/03/2019 Swansea City (H) W 3-0 Brunt, Holgate, Rodriguez
2019/2020 07/03/2020 Swansea City (A) D 0-0  
2021/2022 15/03/2022 Fulham (H) W 1-0 Robinson
2022/2023 15/03/2023 Cardiff City (A) D 1-1 Dike
2023/2024 10/03/2024 Huddersfield Town (A) W 4-1 Johnston (2), Bartley, Yokuşlu

Next Matches

1988/1989 01/04/1989 Walsall (A) D 0-0  
1989/1990 31/03/1990 Hull City (A) W 2-0 Goodman, Hackett
1990/1991 01/04/1991 Swindon Town (H) W 2-1 Parkin, Roberts (pen)
1993/1994 30/03/1994 Charlton Athletic (H) W 2-0 Donovan, Hunt
1994/1995 22/03/1995 Millwall (H) W 3-0 Hunt (3, 1 pen)
1995/1996 30/03/1996 Portsmouth (A) W 2-0 Sneekes (2)
1996/1997 16/03/1997 Birmingham City (H) W 2-0 Sneekes, Hamilton
1997/1998 14/03/1998 Norwich City (A) D 1-1 Hughes
1998/1999 20/03/1999 Ipswich Town (H) L 0-1  
1999/2000 21/03/2000 Portsmouth (A) L 0-2  
2000/2001 18/03/2001 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) L 1-3 Clement
2001/2002 05/03/2002 Watford (H) D 1-1 Dichio
2003/2004 27/03/2004 Crystal Palace (H) W 2-0 Moore, Dyer
2006/2007 14/03/2007 Crystal Palace (H) L 2-3 Clement, Phillips
2007/2008 21/03/2008 Charlton Athletic (A) D 1-1 Phillips
2009/2010 20/03/2010 Preston North End (H) W 3-2 Watson, Brunt, Dorrans
2018/2019 16/03/2019 Brentford (A) W 1-0 Edwards
2019/2020 20/06/2020 Birmingham City (H) D 0-0  
2021/2022 19/03/2022 Bristol City (A) D 2-2 Grant (pen), Reach
2022/2023 01/04/2023 Millwall (H) D 0-0  
2023/2024 16/03/2024 Bristol City (H)      

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