Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 33 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Big Dave’s first game in charge almost produced the victory that Albion fans craved, but a point at least brought the losing streak to an end.

The Baggies deserved the lead when Rodriguez scored and Swansea equalised from one of their rare forays forward at that point, although they improved afterwards and could’ve grabbed all three points. The result means that Albion have now lost 26 points from winning positions this season.

In the Great Escape season, Albion faced a tricky trip to White Hart Lane in game 33 but came away with a precious point that could’ve been all three after Zoltan Gera had given the visitors the lead. Robbie Keane (who else?) got the equaliser which left Albion still in 17th place.

After that match the table stood as follows:

Premier League Relegation Battle – 20th April 2005
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
17. West Brom 33 5 14 14 32 53 -21 29
18. Southampton 34 5 13 16 37 55 -18 28
19. Crystal Palace 34 6 9 19 36 58 -22 27
20. Norwich City 34 5 12 17 37 67 -30 27

 
Here are the full season by season comparisons.

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 33 5 6 22 22 52 21 19th 3 4 9 13 23 13 2 2 13 9 29 8 19th 26
2004/2005 33 5 14 14 32 53 29 17th 4 7 5 14 21 19 1 7 9 18 32 10 17th 34
2005/2006 33 7 7 19 28 49 28 18th 6 1 10 21 23 19 1 6 9 7 26 9 19th 30
2008/2009 33 6 7 20 30 63 25 20th 5 3 8 20 30 18 1 4 12 10 33 7 20th 32
2010/2011 33 10 9 14 47 62 39 11th 6 6 5 27 29 24 4 3 9 20 33 15 11th 47
2011/2012 33 11 6 16 39 47 39 13th 5 2 9 18 19 17 6 4 7 21 28 22 10th 47
2012/2013 33 13 6 14 43 44 45 8th 9 3 5 25 17 30 4 3 9 18 27 15 8th 49
2013/2014 33 6 15 12 40 51 33 16th 3 9 5 22 25 18 3 6 7 18 26 15 17th 36
2014/2015 33 9 9 15 32 46 36 13th 6 3 8 21 26 21 3 6 7 11 20 15 13th 44
2015/2016 33 10 10 13 31 40 40 14th 6 4 7 19 22 22 4 6 6 12 18 18 14th 43
2016/2017 33 12 8 13 39 42 44 8th 9 2 6 27 20 29 3 6 7 12 22 15 10th 45
2017/2018 33 3 12 18 26 52 21 20th 2 8 7 18 27 14 1 4 11 8 25 7

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^
Pld W D L F A Pts
2016/2017 33 11 6 16 40 48 39
2016/2017 Results Swansea City (H) W 3-1
Manchester United (A) D 0-0

 

Results

2002/2003 12/04/2003 Everton (H) L 1-2 Balis (pen)
2004/2005 20/04/2005 Tottenham Hotspur (A) D 1-1 Gera
2005/2006 09/04/2006 Aston Villa (A) D 0-0
2008/2009 19/04/2009 Manchester City (A) L 2-4 Brunt (2)
2010/2011 16/04/2011 Chelsea (H) L 1-3 Odemwingie
2011/2012 11/04/2012 Manchester City (A) L 0-4
2012/2013 20/04/2013 Newcastle United (H) D 1-1 Jones
2013/2014 12/04/2014 Tottenham Hotspur (H) D 3-3 Vydra, Brunt, Sessègnon
2014/2015 18/04/2015 Crystal Palace (A) W 2-0 Morrison, Gardner
2015/2016 16/04/2016 Watford (H) L 0-1
2016/2017 16/04/2017 Liverpool (H) L 0-1
2017/2018 07/04/2018 Swansea City (H) D 1-1 Rodriguez

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 19/04/2003 Sunderland (A) W 2-1 McInnes (2)
2004/2005 23/04/2005 Middlesbrough (A) L 0-4
2005/2006 15/04/2006 Arsenal (A) L 1-3 Quashie
2008/2009 25/04/2009 Sunderland (H) W 3-0 Olsson, Brunt, Menseguez
2010/2011 23/04/2011 Tottenham Hotspur (A) D 2-2 Odemwingie, Cox
2011/2012 14/04/2012 Queen’s Park Rangers (H) W 1-0 Dorrans
2012/2013 27/04/2013 Southampton (A) W 3-0 Fortuné, Lukaku, Long
2013/2014 21/04/2014 Manchester City (A) L 1-3 Dorrans
2014/2015 25/04/2015 Liverpool (H) D 0-0
2015/2016 21/04/2016 Arsenal (A) L 0-2
2016/2017 29/04/2017 Leicester City (H) L 0-1
2017/2018 15/04/2018 Manchester United (A)

* 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.