The Baggies moved into third place in the table after a 4-2 win over Bristol City that wasn’t as straightforward as the result might suggest. The Robins had some excellent chances before a Rodriguez penalty put the Baggies ahead, and some great attacking play and clinical finishing put Albion three up at the break.
I doubt that any Albion fans really thought that this season would see a straightforward return to Premier League, and Friday’s performance at Birmingham was yet more proof that Moore’s team are yet capable of mounting a serious challenge for the top two despite a run of decent results.
Matty Phillips’s goal was enough to salvage a point that Albion scarcely deserved at St Andrew’s on Friday night, but getting points when you don’t deserve them is certainly a good sign.
Championship football returns on Friday evening with a televised fixture at St Andrew’s between Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion. Blues are still looking for their first win of the season having drawn four and lost two of their opening half dozen league games, and also lost to Reading in the Carabao Cup.
There were three excellent goals at the Hawthorns resulting in three valuable points for the Baggies as they got back to winning ways in the league defeating pre-season promotion favourites, Stoke City.