Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 36 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Darren Moore’s stock continues to rise with each game as the Baggies recorded another excellent result and prolonged their hopes of avoiding relegation for another week at least.

It is still a very faint hope and you can still get odds as long as 200/1 against Albion avoiding relegation, but Big Dave’s transformation of the team means that the hope has remained for much longer than was expected a few short weeks ago.

It was a victory that the Baggies deserved, and one that should have been more comfortable, but was decided by Matt Phillips’ strike that capped an excellent performance by the Scotland international.

Two tough games remain for the Baggies, with next week’s home match with fourth-placed Spurs followed by a trip to Selhurst Park to take on Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace who all but secured their Premier League status with a 5-0 thumping of Leicester City on Saturday.

In the Great Escape season, second-placed Arsenal beat the Baggies at the Hawthorns thanks to goals from Robin van Persie and Edu. That left Albion in 19th place while Southampton beat Norwich City 4-3 to move out of the relegation zone having been bottom of the table at the start of the weekend.

The bottom four clubs were now separated by just one point.

After that match the table stood as follows:

Premier League Relegation Battle – 26th April 2005
Pld W D L F A GD Pts
17. Southampton 36 6 13 17 42 62 -20 31
18. Crystal Palace 36 7 10 19 37 58 -21 31
19. West Brom 36 5 15 16 33 60 -27 30
20. Norwich City 36 6 12 18 41 71 -30 30

 
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 36 6 6 24 26 62 24 19th 3 4 11 15 32 13 3 2 13 11 30 11 19th 26
2004/2005 36 5 15 16 33 60 30 19th 4 8 6 15 24 20 1 7 10 18 36 10 17th 34
2005/2006 36 7 8 21 29 55 29 19th 6 2 10 21 23 20 1 6 11 8 32 9 19th 30
2008/2009 36 8 7 21 36 65 31 20th 7 3 8 26 31 24 1 4 13 10 34 7 20th 32
2010/2011 36 11 10 15 52 68 43 13th 7 6 5 29 30 27 4 4 10 23 38 16 11th 47
2011/2012 36 13 7 16 41 47 46 10th 6 3 9 19 19 21 7 4 7 22 28 25 10th 47
2012/2013 36 14 6 16 48 48 48 8th 9 3 6 27 20 30 5 3 10 21 28 18 8th 49
2013/2014 36 7 15 14 42 55 36 16th 4 9 5 23 25 21 3 6 9 19 30 15 17th 36
2014/2015 36 10 11 15 34 47 41 13th 6 4 8 21 26 22 4 7 7 13 21 19 13th 44
2015/2016 36 10 11 15 32 46 41 13th 6 4 8 19 25 22 4 7 7 13 21 19 14th 43
2016/2017 36 12 9 15 41 46 45 8th 9 2 8 27 22 29 3 7 7 14 24 16 10th 45
2017/2018 36 5 13 18 30 54 28 20th 2 9 7 20 29 15 3 4 11 10 25 13

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^
Pld W D L F A Pts
2016/2017 36 11 8 17 41 50 41
2016/2017 Results Hull City (A) D 1-1
Tottenham Hotspur (H) D 1-1

 

Results

2002/2003 26/04/2003 Liverpool (H) L 0-6
2004/2005 02/05/2005 Arsenal (H) L 0-2
2005/2006 22/04/2006 Newcastle United (A) L 0-3
2008/2009 09/05/2009 Wigan Athletic (H) W 3-1 Fortuné (2), Brunt
2010/2011 08/05/2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) L 1-3 Odemwingie
2011/2012 28/04/2012 Aston Villa (H) D 0-0
2012/2013 07/05/2013 Manchester City (A) L 0-1
2013/2014 04/05/2014 Arsenal (A) L 0-1
2014/2015 09/05/2015 Newcastle United (A) D 1-1 Anichebe
2015/2016 30/04/2016 West Ham United (H) L 0-3
2016/2017 12/05/2017 Chelsea (H) L 0-1
2017/2018 28/04/2018 Newcastle United (A) W 1-0 Phillips

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 03/05/2003 Blackburn Rovers (A) D 1-1 Koumas
2004/2005 07/05/2005 Manchester United (A) D 1-1 Earnshaw (pen)
2005/2006 01/05/2006 West Ham United (H) L 0-1
2008/2009 17/05/2009 Liverpool (H) L 0-2
2010/2011 14/05/2011 Everton (H) W 1-0 Mulumbu
2011/2012 06/05/2012 Bolton Wanderers (A) D 2-2 Brunt, Morrison
2012/2013 12/05/2013 Norwich City (A) L 0-4
2013/2014 07/05/2014 Sunderland (A) L 0-2
2014/2015 18/05/2015 Chelsea (H) W 3-0 Berahino (2, 1 pen), Brunt
2015/2016 07/05/2016 AFC Bournemouth (A) D 1-1 Rondón
2016/2017 16/05/2017 Manchester City (A) L 1-3 Robson-Kanu
2017/2018 05/05/2018 Tottenham Hotspur (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.