Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 38 games

A goalless draw was not the result that Albion were looking for but with other clubs chasing the play-offs also dropping points, they remain in the hunt for the play-offs albeit they will need an excellent run of form in the remaining eight games to get there.

It extends the Baggies’ unbeaten home run in all competitions to twelve games, their best such run since 2010 when they managed 14 unbeaten at home spreading across from the promotion season under Roberto di Matteo and the first four home games of the following season.

The last time Albion had such a run within a season was at the start of Brian Talbot’s tenure in the 1988/89 campaign. From his first home game against Bradford City in October 1988, the Baggies were unbeaten in 16 home games until finally being beaten at the Hawthorns by Chelsea in April 1989.

Obviously, another clean sheet extends the record of conceding just one goal at home in twelve games.

    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 38 16 15 7 56 33 63 3rd 12 5 2 36 13 41 4 10 5 20 20 22 9th 72
1989/1990 38 11 13 14 58 56 46 15th 6 7 6 33 28 25 5 6 8 25 28 21 20th 51
1990/1991 38 9 11 18 42 52 38 22nd 6 8 5 21 17 26 3 3 13 21 35 12 23rd 48
1993/1994 38 11 10 17 51 56 43 20th 8 7 5 34 24 31 3 3 12 17 32 12 21st 51
1994/1995 38 13 8 17 39 49 47 14th 11 2 6 25 20 35 2 6 11 14 29 12 19th 58
1995/1996 38 12 9 17 48 59 45 19th 8 5 6 27 24 29 4 4 11 21 35 16 11th 60
1996/1997 38 11 14 13 60 62 47 14th 5 7 7 32 28 22 6 7 6 28 34 25 16th 57
1997/1998 38 14 10 14 37 43 52 10th 8 5 6 19 19 29 6 5 8 18 24 23 10th 61
1998/1999 38 15 8 15 61 59 53 10th 11 2 6 38 25 35 4 6 9 23 34 18 12th 59
1999/2000 38 8 15 15 30 48 39 21st 4 9 6 16 20 21 4 6 9 14 28 18 21st 49
2000/2001 38 18 8 12 50 45 62 6th 11 4 4 31 20 37 7 4 8 19 25 25 6th 74
2001/2002 38 20 7 11 45 26 67 3rd 12 3 4 26 8 39 8 4 7 19 18 28 2nd 89
2003/2004 38 21 10 7 55 32 73 2nd 12 5 3 31 14 41 9 5 4 24 18 32 2nd 86
2006/2007 38 18 9 11 65 45 63 6th 13 3 3 42 19 42 5 6 8 23 26 21 4th 76
2007/2008 38 18 9 11 74 48 63 4th 11 6 3 45 22 39 7 3 8 29 26 24 1st 81
2009/2010 38 22 9 7 76 42 75 2nd 13 2 4 41 20 41 9 7 3 35 22 34 2nd 91
2018/2019 38 19 10 9 72 48 67 4th 8 7 4 41 25 31 11 3 5 31 23 36 4th 80
2019/2020 38 19 14 5 64 37 71 1st 8 8 3 36 23 32 11 6 2 28 14 39 2nd 83
2021/2022 38 14 12 12 42 36 54 12th 9 7 2 24 12 34 5 5 10 18 24 20 10th 67
2022/2023 38 15 11 12 47 39 56 9th 10 6 4 26 15 36 5 5 8 21 24 20    
* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.

Results

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  

Next Matches

1988/1989 04/04/1989 Stoke City (A) D 0-0  
1989/1990 04/04/1990 West Ham United (H) L 1-3 Goodman
1990/1991 06/04/1991 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) D 2-2 Goodman, Ford
1993/1994 02/04/1994 Bristol City (A) D 0-0  
1994/1995 25/03/1995 Grimsby Town (A) W 2-0 Hunt, Donovan
1995/1996 02/04/1996 Luton Town (H) L 0-2  
1996/1997 22/03/1997 Charlton Athletic (H) L 1-2 Hunt
1997/1998 21/03/1998 Port Vale (H) D 2-2 Flynn, Taylor
1998/1999 03/04/1999 Sunderland (A) L 0-3  
1999/2000 25/03/2000 Manchester City (A) L 1-2 Hughes
2000/2001 25/03/2001 Tranmere Rovers (H) W 2-1 Taylor (2)
2001/2002 16/03/2002 Sheffield United (A) W 3-0 Dobie (2), McInnes
2003/2004 04/04/2004 Ipswich Town (A) W 3-2 Koumas, Dyer, Horsfield
2006/2007 18/03/2007 Birmingham City (H) D 1-1 McShane
2007/2008 29/03/2008 Colchester United (H) W 4-3 Phillips, Brunt, Bednár, Morrison
2009/2010 24/03/2010 Coventry City (H) W 1-0 Reid
2018/2019 29/03/2019 Birmingham City (H) W 3-2 Gayle, Rodriguez (pen), Livermore
2019/2020 26/06/2020 Brentford (A) L 0-1  
2021/2022 03/04/2022 Birmingham City (A) L 0-1  
2022/2023 07/04/2023 Rotherham United (A)      

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