Albion’s Second Tier Season Comparison – 30 games | OneFootball

Albion’s sixth defeat of the season leaves them hanging on to a top six spot and has somewhat blunted the optimism felt after last weekend’s victory over Portsmouth. For me, the Baggies played OK but struggled to break down a resolute Plymouth defence – having found the breakthrough, the game turned on a controversial penalty decision and the visitors can count themselves unfortunate to have come away with nothing.

With 16 games left, the Baggies are five points worse off than they were at the same time last season and will probably need to average around 1.8 points per game if they are to be sure of a top six spot – they are currently averaging less than 1.5. No Albion side in our comparison seasons has made the top six with as few points as this year’s team at the same stage.

Looking ahead to game 31, it has been pretty successful for the Baggies over the years – they haven’t been beaten in the 31st match of a second tier season since Mowbray was last in charge in 2008, and they haven’t been beaten at home in game 31 since February 1994 when goals from Iwan Roberts and Ian Ormondroyd cancelled out Graham Fenton’s opener for the Baggies to send Brian Little’s Leicester City home with all three points despite them having Simon Grayson sent off with the game at 1-1.

One memorable game 31 came in February 2020 just a few weeks before lockdown when Storm Ciara was ravaging the country – Albion’s game at Millwall survived the weather and Slaven Bilić’s team adapted to the conditions superbly to defeat the Lions 2-0 thanks to goals from Filip Krovinović and Dara O’Shea.

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