Focussing On Our Promotion Rivals – WBA

In the tenth of our series, covering the clubs listed below and how I believe the promotion shake up will end, it is time to feature West Bromwich Albion.

• AFC Bournemouth
• Luton Town
• Huddersfield Town
• Sheffield United
• Blackburn Rovers
• Middlesbrough
• Queens Park Rangers
• Nottingham Forest
• Millwall
• Coventry
• West Bromwich Albion

Yesterday we covered – Coventry City – and with Luton Town being left to last, let’s look how the season, I believe, will pan out for West Bromwich Albion, who currently sit in 12th place in the Championship table.

West Bromwich Albion have played 38 games, the same as Luton and have accumulated 54 points, 9 fewer than Luton.

With 8 games left, West Bromwich Albion enter the final phase of the season with a record, in their last 5 games reading – LWDWD – meaning they have accumulated 8 points from the last 15 available.

Their final 8 games are as thus:

• Birmingham City (a)
• AFC Bournemouth (h)
• Stoke City (h)
• Blackpool (h)
• Nottingham Forest (a)
• Coventry City (h)
• Reading (a)
• Barnsley (h)

5 home games and 3 away games with 3 of those 8 games coming against promotion rivals.

With 24 points available to play for, my view is that West Bromwich Albion will earn a further 15 points, 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, this season, leaving them with a total of 69 points, but will that be enough to clinch a play-off place, I seriously doubt it.

COYH’s