Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 14 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Albion’s winless run in the Premier League extended to twelve games as they threw away a two-goal lead against Newcastle United at the Hawthorns. It was the 26th time that the Baggies had played a Premier League game on a Tuesday, and they are yet to win – this week’s result makes it 11 draws and 15 defeats. Furthermore, it was Albion’s eleventh game in the Premier League under a caretaker manager and eight of those matches have ended all square.

It seems certain that Alan Pardew will be unveiled as the Baggies’ new head coach today in time to take on his former club, Crystal Palace, on Saturday. Megson’s name was being sung around the Hawthorns last night ahead of the late equaliser, but one decision he made late on seemed to contribute to Albion’s failure to hold on. It’s perhaps unfair to single out one thing that led to the goal, but his decision to replace Gibbs with McClean was certainly an eyebrow-raiser, and it was McClean’s rash challenge that led to the free-kick from which Newcastle scored.

We are a third of the way through the season, and the current points tally is the worst for Albion since Tony Mowbray was in charge. The run up to Christmas has traditionally been a bad time for the Baggies in the Premier League – like game 14, game 15 has only produced one victory in our eleven Premier League seasons.

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
2002/2003 14 3 3 8 10 21 12 18th 2 2 3 5 8 8 1 1 5 5 13 4 19th 26
2004/2005 14 1 7 6 13 25 10 19th 1 4 2 7 10 7 0 3 4 6 15 3 17th 34
2005/2006 14 3 3 8 15 24 12 17th 3 0 4 12 12 9 0 3 4 3 12 3 19th 30
2008/2009 14 3 2 9 10 25 11 20th 2 1 4 8 14 7 1 1 5 2 11 4 20th 32
2010/2011 14 4 4 6 16 25 16 14th 3 2 2 8 9 11 1 2 4 8 16 5 11th 47
2011/2012 14 4 3 7 13 21 15 12th 2 1 4 6 9 7 2 2 3 7 12 8 10th 47
2012/2013 14 8 2 4 24 18 26 4th 6 0 1 14 5 18 2 2 3 10 13 8 8th 49
2013/2014 14 3 6 5 17 19 15 13th 2 2 3 10 9 8 1 4 2 7 10 7 17th 36
2014/2015 14 3 4 7 14 20 13 16th 1 3 4 11 13 6 2 1 3 3 7 7 13th 44
2015/2016 14 5 3 6 13 18 18 13th 2 1 4 9 13 7 3 2 2 4 5 11 14th 43
2016/2017 14 5 5 4 20 17 20 6th 3 2 2 13 10 11 2 3 2 7 7 9 10th 45
2017/2018 14 2 6 6 12 21 12 16th 1 4 2 8 12 7 1 2 4 4 9 5

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^
Pld W D L F A Pts
2016/2017 14 7 3 4 21 21 24
2016/2017 Results Hull City (H) W 3-1
Crystal Palace (H) L 0-2

 

Results

2002/2003 16/11/2002 Aston Villa (H) D 0-0
2004/2005 20/11/2004 Arsenal (A) D 1-1 Earnshaw
2005/2006 27/11/2005 Middlesbrough (A) D 2-2 Ellington, Kanu
2008/2009 22/11/2008 Stoke City (A) L 0-1
2010/2011 20/11/2010 Stoke City (H) L 0-3
2011/2012 03/12/2011 Queen’s Park Rangers (A) D 1-1 Long
2012/2013 28/11/2012 Swansea City (A) L 1-3 Lukaku
2013/2014 03/12/2013 Manchester City (H) L 2-3 Pantilimon (o.g.), Anichebe
2014/2015 02/12/2014 West Ham United (H) L 1-2 Dawson
2015/2016 29/11/2015 West Ham United (A) D 1-1 Reid (o.g.)
2016/2017 03/12/2016 Watford (H) W 3-1 Evans, Brunt, Phillips
2017/2018 28/11/2017 Newcastle United (H) D 2-2 Robson-Kanu, Field

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 23/11/2002 Everton (A) L 0-1
2004/2005 27/11/2004 Manchester United (H) L 0-3
2005/2006 03/12/2005 Fulham (H) D 0-0
2008/2009 29/11/2008 Wigan Athletic (A) L 1-2 Miller
2010/2011 27/11/2010 Everton (A) W 4-1 Scharner, Brunt, Tchoyi, Distin (o.g.)
2011/2012 10/12/2011 Wigan Athletic (H) L 1-2 Reid
2012/2013 01/12/2012 Stoke City (H) L 0-1
2013/2014 07/12/2013 Norwich City (H) L 0-2
2014/2015 06/12/2014 Hull City (A) D 0-0
2015/2016 05/12/2015 Tottenham Hotspur (H) D 1-1 McClean
2016/2017 11/12/2016 Chelsea (A) L 0-1
2017/2018 02/12/2017 Crystal Palace (H)

* Positions are recorded as Albion’s position in the Premier League table after all fixtures for that day have been completed.
^ Fixtures against promoted clubs are compared against fixtures against the relegated clubs from last season with the club finishing 1st in the Championship compared against the club finishing 18th in the Premier League, 2nd compared with 19th and the play-off winners compared against the club who finished bottom.