Albion face a second newly-promoted side in a matter of days on Sunday as Middlesbrough visit the Hawthorns for the lunchtime televised fixture, with Tony Pulis looking for a better result than was achieved against Northampton on Tuesday evening.
On Tuesday evening, the Baggies visit Sixfields Stadium for just the second time in their history to take on Northampton Town for just the seventh meeting between the two sides. Albion have won all four games they have played away to Northampton, and drawn both meetings at the Hawthorns.
The Baggies’ home campaign kicks off against Everton on Saturday with the hosts looking to win their first two games of a Premier League season for the first time, but a lack of new signings means that the over-riding emotion at the Hawthorns is frustration rather than the optimism that a new season normally brings.
West Bromwich Albion’s disappointing season comes to a close on Sunday at the Hawthorns with a match against Europa League finalists, Liverpool. The Baggies are on a run of eight games without a win, and they have failed to score in any of the last three games at the Hawthorns since the 1-0 win over… Continue reading And so to the final act in a frustrating season at the Hawthorns
Both sides in Saturday’s encounter between Bournemouth and Albion are mathematically safe following Norwich’s defeat at Arsenal last weekend, and both will breathe a sigh of relief as they are sitting 18th and 19th in the Premier League form table with only rock bottom Villa (11 consecutive defeats) below them.
The Hawthorns welcomes high-flying West Ham United to the Hawthorns this weekend, with both sides on a league unbeaten run, although Albion’s one-match unbeaten run pales into insignificance against the Hammers’ stretch of nine Premier League games without defeat.