It was a better performance than against Huddersfield, but ultimately it was the same result. A story of Albion’s season as they failed to take their chances and one mistake cost them.
At the time of writing, Alan Pardew is still in a job, but reports suggest that situation might not last too long. Games are now fact running out for the Baggies and they are now eight points off safety with just nine games to go.
In the Great Escape season, game 29 saw Albion go down to a 1-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge as they caught up their game in hand on their rivals. That left them in 19th place, five points off 17th.
After that match the table stood as follows:
| Premier League Relegation Battle – 6th March 2005 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | ||
| 17. | Crystal Palace | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 45 | -13 | 26 |
| 18. | Southampton | 29 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 30 | 44 | -14 | 24 |
| 19. | West Brom | 29 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 50 | -25 | 21 |
| 20. | Norwich City | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 58 | -29 | 20 |
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 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 44 | 21 | 19th | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 19th | 26 |
| 2004/2005 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 25 | 50 | 21 | 19th | 3 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 17th | 34 |
| 2005/2006 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 43 | 27 | 17th | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 8 | 19th | 30 |
| 2008/2009 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 54 | 23 | 20th | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 20th | 32 |
| 2010/2011 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 39 | 54 | 32 | 16th | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 11th | 47 |
| 2011/2012 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 12th | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 10th | 47 |
| 2012/2013 | 29 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 7th | 9 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 8th | 49 |
| 2013/2014 | 29 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 28 | 16th | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 17th | 36 |
| 2014/2015 | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 36 | 33 | 13th | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 13th | 44 |
| 2015/2016 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 36 | 39 | 11th | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 14th | 43 |
| 2016/2017 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 38 | 43 | 8th | 9 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 14 | 10th | 45 |
| 2017/2018 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 22 | 43 | 20 | 20th | 2 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 7 | ||
| Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures^ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | |
| 2016/2017 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 45 | 33 |
| 2016/2017 Results | Watford (A) | L | 0-2 | ||||
| Leicester City (H) | L | 0-1 | |||||
Results
| 2002/2003 | 01/03/2003 | Southampton (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2004/2005 | 15/03/2005 | Chelsea (A) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2005/2006 | 11/03/2006 | Birmingham City (A) | D | 1-1 | Ellington |
| 2008/2009 | 16/03/2009 | West Ham United (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2010/2011 | 05/03/2011 | Birmingham City (A) | W | 3-1 | Mulumbu, Morrison, Scharner |
| 2011/2012 | 17/03/2012 | Wigan Athletic (A) | D | 1-1 | Scharner |
| 2012/2013 | 09/03/2013 | Swansea City (H) | W | 2-1 | Lukaku, De Guzman (o.g.) |
| 2013/2014 | 15/03/2014 | Swansea City (A) | W | 2-1 | Sessègnon, Mulumbu |
| 2014/2015 | 14/03/2015 | Stoke City (H) | W | 1-0 | Ideye |
| 2015/2016 | 06/03/2016 | Manchester United (H) | W | 1-0 | Rondón |
| 2016/2017 | 18/03/2017 | Arsenal (H) | W | 3-1 | Dawson (2), Robson-Kanu |
| 2017/2018 | 03/03/2018 | Watford (A) | L | 0-1 |
Next Matches
| 2002/2003 | 16/03/2003 | Chelsea (H) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2004/2005 | 19/03/2005 | Charlton Athletic (A) | W | 4-1 | Horsfield, Earnshaw (3) |
| 2005/2006 | 18/03/2006 | Manchester United (H) | L | 1-2 | Ellington |
| 2008/2009 | 21/03/2009 | Bolton Wanderers (H) | D | 1-1 | Shittu (o.g.) |
| 2010/2011 | 19/03/2011 | Arsenal (H) | D | 2-2 | Reid, Odemwingie |
| 2011/2012 | 25/03/2012 | Newcastle United (H) | L | 1-3 | Long |
| 2012/2013 | 16/03/2013 | Stoke City (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2013/2014 | 22/03/2014 | Hull City (A) | L | 0-2 | |
| 2014/2015 | 21/03/2015 | Manchester City (A) | L | 0-3 | |
| 2015/2016 | 19/03/2016 | Norwich City (H) | L | 0-1 | |
| 2016/2017 | 01/04/2017 | Manchester United (A) | D | 0-0 | |
| 2017/2018 | 10/03/2018 | Leicester City (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.