Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 34 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

That’s football for you. Albion manage to get their fourth win Premier League win of the season at Old Trafford, of all places, and thereby confirm Manchester City as champions.

It was a fantastic performance from the Baggies, and it leaves me frustrated that the club didn’t get rid of Pardew earlier. Big Dave has obviously had an impact, as that level of commitment and desire has been missing for pretty much the entire campaign. Yes, United were below par, but the Baggies’ display was excellent. Unfortunately, they have barely had a mention on Sky Sports with the focus being on City’s achievements and United’s Jekyll-and-Hyde week.

It has perhaps provided a glimmer of hope, but with Liverpool and Spurs still to play, the chances of Albion getting the 12 points they will almost certainly need to be in with a shout remain remote.

In 2005, the Great Escape effort took a bit of a blow in game 34 on St George’s Day as Albion travelled to the Riverside and were hammered 4-0 by Middlesbrough. With Norwich and Palace claiming 1-0 wins over Charlton and Liverpool respectively, the Baggies dropped back into the bottom three.

After that match the table stood as follows:

Premier League Relegation Battle – 23rd April 2005
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
17. Crystal Palace 35 7 9 19 37 58 -21 30
18. Norwich City 35 6 12 17 38 67 -29 30
19. West Brom 34 5 14 15 32 57 -25 29
20. Southampton 34 5 13 16 37 55 -18 28

 
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 34 6 6 22 24 53 24 19th 3 4 9 13 23 13 3 2 13 11 30 11 19th 26
2004/2005 34 5 14 15 32 57 29 19th 4 7 5 14 21 19 1 7 10 18 36 10 17th 34
2005/2006 34 7 7 20 29 52 28 19th 6 1 10 21 23 19 1 6 10 8 29 9 19th 30
2008/2009 34 7 7 20 33 63 28 20th 6 3 8 23 30 21 1 4 12 10 33 7 20th 32
2010/2011 34 10 10 14 49 64 40 12th 6 6 5 27 29 24 4 4 9 22 35 16 11th 47
2011/2012 34 12 6 16 40 47 42 13th 6 2 9 19 19 20 6 4 7 21 28 22 10th 47
2012/2013 34 14 6 14 46 44 48 8th 9 3 5 25 17 30 5 3 9 21 27 18 8th 49
2013/2014 34 6 15 13 41 54 33 16th 3 9 5 22 25 18 3 6 8 19 29 15 17th 36
2014/2015 34 9 10 15 32 46 37 13th 6 4 8 21 26 22 3 6 7 11 20 15 13th 44
2015/2016 34 10 10 14 31 42 40 15th 6 4 7 19 22 22 4 6 7 12 20 18 14th 43
2016/2017 34 12 8 14 39 43 44 8th 9 2 7 27 21 29 3 6 7 12 22 15 10th 45
2017/2018 34 4 12 18 27 52 24 20th 2 8 7 18 27 14 2 4 11 9 25 10

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^
Pld W D L F A Pts
2016/2017 34 11 7 16 40 48 40
2016/2017 Results Manchester United (A) D 0-0
Liverpool (H) L 0-1

 

Results

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) W 1-0 Rodriguez

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 21/04/2003 Tottenham Hotspur (H) L 2-3 Dichio, Clement
2004/2005 26/04/2005 Blackburn Rovers (H) D 1-1 Richardson
2005/2006 17/04/2006 Bolton Wanderers (H) D 0-0
2008/2009 02/05/2009 Tottenham Hotspur (A) L 0-1
2010/2011 30/04/2011 Aston Villa (H) W 2-1 Odemwingie, Mulumbu
2011/2012 21/04/2012 Liverpool (A) W 1-0 Odemwingie
2012/2013 04/05/2013 Wigan Athletic (H) L 2-3 Long, McAuley
2013/2014 26/04/2014 West Ham United (H) W 1-0 Berahino
2014/2015 02/05/2015 Manchester United (A) W 1-0 Olsson
2015/2016 25/04/2016 Tottenham Hotspur (A) D 1-1 Dawson
2016/2017 06/05/2017 Burnley (A) D 2-2 Rondón, Dawson
2017/2018 21/04/2018 Liverpool (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.