Albion’s Premier League Season Comparison – 38 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Albion’s 14th place finish was not confirmed until Tuesday evening when Manchester United defeated Bournemouth in the re-arranged game from Saturday.

In terms of points and finishing position, 2015/16 goes down as the Baggies’ fifth best Premier League season and only twice, in 2005 and 2014, have they finished lower, or with fewer points, and survived. The goals scored tally of 34 has been bettered in every Premier League season bar two (2003 and 2005), and Albion were relegated in 2004 and 2008 having scored more goals – only Aston Villa scored fewer goals this season. However, no club outside the top six conceded fewer goals than Albion this season and it is the club’s record low goals against figure in their Premier League history.

This season’s home record is the joint fifth best in the Premier League in terms of points (23), matching the total achieved in 2005 although the goal difference this season is better by one, but some way short of the 30 points achieved in 2011. The away record (20 points), however, is the second best although the 2012 total of 26 was far more impressive.

Albion were defeated 15 times this season, which is also a joint record low in the Premier League (matching 2011) and they have also never lost fewer games away from home (7).

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 38 6 8 24 29 65 26 19th 3 5 11 17 34 14 3 3 13 12 31 12 19th 26
2004/2005 38 6 16 16 36 61 34 17th 5 8 6 17 24 23 1 8 10 19 37 11 17th 34
2005/2006 38 7 9 22 31 58 30 19th 6 2 11 21 24 20 1 7 11 10 34 10 19th 30
2008/2009 38 8 8 22 36 67 32 20th 7 3 9 26 33 24 1 5 13 10 34 8 20th 32
2010/2011 38 12 11 15 56 71 47 11th 8 6 5 30 30 30 4 5 10 26 41 17 11th 47
2011/2012 38 13 8 17 45 52 47 10th 6 3 10 21 22 21 7 5 7 24 30 26 10th 47
2012/2013 38 14 7 17 53 57 49 8th 9 4 6 32 25 31 5 3 11 21 32 18 8th 49
2013/2014 38 7 15 16 43 59 36 17th 4 9 6 24 27 21 3 6 10 19 32 15 17th 36
2014/2015 38 11 11 16 38 51 44 13th 7 4 8 24 26 25 4 7 8 14 25 19 13th 44
2015/2016 38 10 13 15 34 48 43 14th 6 5 8 20 26 23 4 8 7 14 22 20 14th 43

 

Comparison of Equivalent Fixtures
Pld W D L F A Pts
2014/2015 38 11 11 16 38 51 44
2014/2015 Results Liverpool (H) D 0-0

 

Results

2002/2003 11/05/2003 Newcastle United (H) D 2-2 Dobie (2)
2004/2005 15/05/2005 Portsmouth (H) W 2-0 Horsfield, Richardson
2005/2006 07/05/2006 Everton (A) D 2-2 Gera, Martinez
2008/2009 24/05/2009 Blackburn Rovers (A) D 0-0
2010/2011 22/05/2011 Newcastle United (A) D 3-3 Tchoyi (3)
2011/2012 14/05/2012 Arsenal (H) L 2-3 Long, Dorrans
2012/2013 19/05/2013 Manchester United (H) D 5-5 Morrison, Lukaku (3), Mulumbu
2013/2014 11/05/2014 Stoke City (H) L 1-2 Sessègnon
2014/2015 24/05/2015 Arsenal (A) L 1-4 McAuley
2015/2016 15/05/2016 Liverpool (H) D 1-1 Rondón