Albion’s Promotion Challenge Season Comparison – 9 games

Published on: Author: Jon Want

Albion don’t really do regulation 2-0 wins at the moment, but that’s what we saw at the Hawthorns on Saturday moving the Baggies back into third place but now just a point behind the leaders.

It wasn’t like the exciting game we saw on Tuesday, but Albion rarely looked troubled at the back with the exception of Sam Johnstone’s rush of blood which saw Craig Dawson clear off the line.

Chris Brunt did little to justify Moore’s decision to recall him to the starting line up and, up front, the Baggies struggled before the break but looked far more dangerous in the second half. Ahmed Hegazi had probably his best game of the season and it was his header that eventually made it’s way to Gayle via ‘keeper and bar for the on loan striker to open the scoring. A first clean sheet of the season was, perhaps, the most pleasing aspect of the afternoon.

When compared with previous promotion challenges, the class of 2018 are now only bettered by their 2003 and 2009 counterparts in terms of points. The omens for game 10, however, are not great with four home wins and two away defeats in the past six second tier campaigns, and we’re on the road next weekend at Preston.

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
2000/2001 9 4 2 3 7 9 14 6th 2 1 1 4 4 7 2 1 2 3 5 7 6th 74
2001/2002 9 5 1 3 13 7 16 5th 3 0 2 7 2 9 2 1 1 6 5 7 2nd 89
2003/2004 9 6 1 2 15 9 19 3rd 4 0 0 10 2 12 2 1 2 5 7 7 2nd 86
2006/2007 9 3 4 2 10 8 13 10th 3 1 0 7 2 10 0 3 2 3 6 3 4th 76
2007/2008 9 5 2 2 19 8 17 3rd 4 1 0 14 2 13 1 1 2 5 6 4 1st 81
2009/2010 9 6 2 1 20 8 20 2nd 3 1 1 9 4 10 3 1 0 11 4 10 2nd 91
2018/2019 9 5 2 2 22 12 17 3rd 4 0 1 16 6 12 1 2 1 6 6 5

 
 

Results

2000/2001 23/09/2000 Portsmouth (A) W 1-0 Roberts
2001/2002 25/09/2001 Portsmouth (A) W 2-1 Clement, Dobie
2003/2004 27/09/2003 Stoke City (H) W 1-0 Dobie
2006/2007 23/09/2006 Luton Town (A) D 2-2 Carter, Gera
2007/2008 03/10/2007 Stoke City (H) D 1-1 Barnett
2009/2010 26/09/2009 Crystal Palace (H) L 0-1
2018/2019 22/09/2018 Millwall (H) W 2-0 Gayle, Gibbs

 

Next Matches

2000/2001 30/09/2000 Blackburn Rovers (H) W 1-0 Hughes
2001/2002 29/09/2001 Burnley (H) W 1-0 Dobie
2003/2004 30/09/2003 Millwall (H) W 2-1 Koumas, Dobie
2006/2007 30/09/2006 Leeds United (H) W 4-2 Albrechtsen, Kamara (2), Phillips
2007/2008 06/10/2007 Southampton (A) L 2-3 Koren (2)
2009/2010 29/09/2009 Barnsley (A) L 1-3 Brunt
2018/2019 29/09/2018 Preston North End (A)