Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 1 game

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Albion open a Premier League season with a victory for only the second time, and the first time that the Baggies have won their opening away game of a Premier League season.

The last time Albion won their opening game, it was 3-0 at home to Liverpool in 2012, a season that Albion went on to finish in 8th position, and that was the only time since 2006 that the Baggies won on the opening day. That year, Albion beat Hull City 2-0 at the Hawthorns as they embarked on a Championship campaign that ended in a play-off final defeat to Derby County.

Opening day victories have been extraordinarily rare for the Baggies, with the win at Palace being just the 7th time it has happened in the 37 attempts since the great Albion side of 1978/9 won their opening fixture at home to Ipswich by two goals to one with the Brown boys, Ally and Tony, grabbing a goal each.

You have to go back even further for the last time that Albion won away from home on the first day of the season; that was in 1973 when Don Howe’s Baggies won 3-2 at Blackpool in a Division Two fixture thanks to a brace from Bomber Brown. The last time it happened in the top flight was also in London, a 1-0 at West Ham in 1971 with Bomber the scorer once again.

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 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 18th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19th 26
2004/2005 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 14th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 17th 34
2005/2006 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 12th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 19th 30
2008/2009 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 19th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20th 32
2010/2011 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 20th 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 11th 47
2011/2012 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 19th 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10th 47
2012/2013 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3rd 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8th 49
2013/2014 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 17th 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th 36
2014/2015 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 9th 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13th 44
2015/2016 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 20th 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14th 43
2016/2017 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 4th 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures
Pld W D L F A Pts
2015/2016 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
2015/2016 Results Crystal Palace (A) L 0-2
Everton (H) L 2-3

 

Results

2002/2003 17/08/2002 Manchester United (A) L 0-1
2004/2005 14/08/2004 Blackburn Rovers (A) D 1-1 Clement
2005/2006 13/08/2005 Manchester City (A) D 0-0
2008/2009 16/08/2008 Arsenal (A) L 0-1
2010/2011 14/08/2010 Chelsea (A) L 0-6
2011/2012 14/08/2011 Manchester United (H) L 1-2 Long
2012/2013 18/08/2012 Liverpool (H) W 3-0 Gera, Odemwingie (pen), Lukaku
2013/2014 17/08/2013 Southampton (H) L 0-1
2014/2015 16/08/2014 Sunderland (H) D 2-2 Berahino (2, 1 pen)
2015/2016 10/08/2015 Manchester City (H) L 0-3
2016/2017 13/08/2016 Crystal Palace (A) W 1-0 Rondón

 

Next Matches

2002/2003 24/08/2002 Leeds United (H) L 1-3 Marshall
2004/2005 22/08/2004 Aston Villa (H) D 1-1 Clement
2005/2006 20/08/2005 Portsmouth (H) W 2-1 Horsfield (2)
2008/2009 23/08/2008 Everton (H) L 1-2 Bednar (pen)
2010/2011 21/08/2010 Sunderland (H) W 1-0 Odemwingie
2011/2012 20/08/2011 Chelsea (A) L 1-2 Long
2012/2013 25/08/2012 Tottenham Hotspur (A) D 1-1 Morrison
2013/2014 24/08/2013 Everton (A) D 0-0
2014/2015 23/08/2014 Southampton (A) D 0-0
2015/2016 15/08/2015 Watford (A) D 0-0
2016/2017 20/08/2016 Everton (H)