2018–19 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is West Bromwich Albion's first season in the Championship since 2009–10 and their 141st year in existence. In this season the club participated in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup. On 18 May 2018, caretaker manager and former player Darren Moore was given the permanent job, after earning 11 points from 6 games in the previous season.[2] He was sacked on 9 March 2019, despite the club sitting fourth in the table, a series of poor results forced the board to make the decision and the club 'will always hold Darren in such high regard'.[3] First team coach James Shan took over as caretaker manager, who has been working for the club academy from under-7s age group all the way to under-23s.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.
2018–19 season
OwnerLai Guochuan
Head CoachDarren Moore (until 9 March)[1]
James Shan (caretaker, from 9 March)
StadiumThe Hawthorns
Championship4th
FA CupFourth round replay
EFL CupThird round
Play-offsSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Dwight Gayle (23 goals)
All: Dwight Gayle (24 goals)
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 26,548 v. Sheffield Wednesday
(29 December 2018)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 20,282 v. Swansea City
(13 March 2019)
All: 8,645 v. Brighton & Hove Albion
(6 February 2019, FA Cup R4 replay)
Average home league attendance24,148
Biggest win7–1 v. Queens Park Rangers
(18 August 2018)
Biggest defeat0–4 v. Leeds United
(1 March 2019)

They lost to local rivals Aston Villa on penalties in the play-offs semi-final on 14 May, failing to make an immediate return to the Premier League.[4]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, with competitive matches played between August and May.

Background edit

Albion unveiled new kits for the season, manufactured by Puma. The home kit featured the team's traditional navy blue and white vertical striped shirts, white shorts and white socks. The wide vertical stripes on the jersey and italic WBA lettering on the socks were designed as a tribute to the club's "iconic" kit of the late 1970s.[5][6] Two change kits were produced, which the club intended to be worn "as much as possible in equal measure" throughout the season.[7] One of the change kits featured yellow and green stripes, while an alternative change kit had a black and cyan design.[8] The goalkeeper kit was black with grey trim at home and purple for away matches.[9] Ideal Boilers were the club's main shirt sponsor, in the first year of a two-year deal;[10] this led to the introduction of a new mascot, a combi boiler character nicknamed "Boiler Man" by fans, though "Baggie Bird" remained Albion's main mascot.[11] 10Bet provided secondary shirt sponsorship worth £1 million.[10]

Graeme Jones left his position with the Belgium national team to join Albion as assistant head coach.[12]

Immediately prior to the start of the season, most bookmakers listed Albion as second favourites (behind Stoke City) to win promotion, quoting odds of promotion between 2/1 and 10/3.[13] Odds of the club being relegated were between 22/1 and 40/1.[14][15]

First team edit

Squad No. Name Nationality Position (s) Date of Birth (Age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Sam Johnstone   GK (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31)   Manchester United
13 Boaz Myhill   GK (1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 41) Free agent
23 Jonathan Bond   GK (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 30)   Reading
Defenders
3 Kieran Gibbs   LB (1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 34)   Arsenal
5 Kyle Bartley   CB (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 32)   Swansea City
12 Tyrone Mears   RB (1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 41) Free agent
14 Conor Townsend   LB (1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 31)   Scunthorpe United
24 Tosin Adarabioyo   RB/CB (1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 26)   Manchester City (on loan)
25 Craig Dawson   RB/CB (1990-05-06) 6 May 1990 (age 33)   Rochdale
26 Ahmed Hegazi   CB (1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 33)   Al Ahly
68 Mason Holgate   RB/CB (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 27)  Everton (on loan)
Midfielders
6 Stefan Johansen   CM (1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33)   Fulham (on loan)
7 James Morrison   AM (1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 37) Middlesbrough
8 Jake Livermore   CM (1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 34)   Hull City
10 Matt Phillips   RM (1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 33)   Queens Park Rangers
11 Chris Brunt (captain)   CM (1984-12-14) 14 December 1984 (age 39)   Sheffield Wednesday
15 Jefferson Montero   LW (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 34)   Swansea (on loan)
17 Oliver Burke   RM (1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 27)   RB Leipzig
18 Gareth Barry   CM (1981-02-23) 23 February 1981 (age 43)   Everton
20 Jonathan Leko   RM (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 25) Academy
22 Wes Hoolahan   AM (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 41) Free agent
28 Sam Field   CM (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 25) Academy
34 Rekeem Harper   CM (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 24) Academy
70 Jacob Murphy   RW (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29)   Newcastle United (on loan)
Forwards
4 Hal Robson-Kanu   ST (1989-05-21) 21 May 1989 (age 34) Free agent
16 Dwight Gayle   ST (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 34)  Newcastle United (on loan)
19 Jay Rodriguez   ST (1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 34)   Southampton
21 Kyle Edwards   ST (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26) Academy

Competitions edit

Pre-season edit

Albion faced Barnet, Swindon Town, Aberdeen, Barnsley and Coventry City in pre-season friendly matches.[16]

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly Barnet 0–3 West Bromwich Albion Canons Park
12:30 BST Report Edwards   67'
Robson-Kanu   75' (pen.), 78'
Stadium: The Hive Stadium
14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly Swindon Town 1–3 West Bromwich Albion Swindon
15:00 BST Elijah Adebayo   44' Report Rodriguez   30'
Edwards   69'
Jameson   82'
Stadium: County Ground
20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Friendly Aberdeen 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Aberdeen, Scotland
19:30 BST Cosgrove   37' Report Livermore   41' Stadium: Pittodrie
24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly Barnsley 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Barnsley
19:30 BST Isgrove   6'
Moore   11'
Report Robson-Kanu   44'
Morrison   46'
Cavaré   51' (o.g.)
Stadium: Oakwell
28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Regis Shield West Bromwich Albion 5–2 Coventry City West Bromwich
15:00 BST Barnes   6'
Barnes   8'
Robson-Kanu   31', 40'
Livermore   51'
Report Allassani   44'
Thompson   78'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 7,590
Note: Playing for the inaugural Regis Shield

Championship edit

West Bromwich Albion will compete in the 2018–19 EFL Championship, the third season of English football's second division under the EFL Championship name. It was Albion's first season back in the Championship following the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2017–18, their 39th season in the second tier of English football and their 120th season of league football in all.[17] West Brom's provisional fixture list was announced on 21 June 2018,[18][19] but a number of matches were subsequently rescheduled for live broadcast on Sky Sports. The away matches at Middlesbrough, Birmingham City, Ipswich Town and Sheffield United, as well as the home match against Aston Villa, were moved from a Saturday afternoon to the preceding Friday night. The home games versus Leeds United and Brentford were also moved from Saturday afternoon, the former to a Saturday early evening kickoff and the latter to Monday night. The away games at Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday and the home match against Derby County were televised by Sky Sports on their originally scheduled dates, with the Derby game changed to an 8pm kickoff.[20] In addition, all midweek games were made available live via the red button.[21]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Norwich City (C, P) 46 27 13 6 93 57 +36 94 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Sheffield United (P) 46 26 11 9 78 41 +37 89
3 Leeds United 46 25 8 13 73 50 +23 83 Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4 West Bromwich Albion 46 23 11 12 87 62 +25 80
5 Aston Villa (O, P) 46 20 16 10 82 61 +21 76
6 Derby County 46 20 14 12 69 54 +15 74
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 13 13 49 41 +8 73
Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 23 11 12 87 62  +25 80 12 7 4 53 31  +22 11 4 8 34 31  +3

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday edit

Matchday12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHA
ResultLDWWLWDWWWDWLLDLWWWDDWWWDLDWLWDWWLLDWWWLLWWDWL
Position221783785331423457524333333443444444444444444444
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1 West Bromwich Albion 1–2 Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich
15:00 BST Barnes   45+1' Report Magennis   18'
Wildschut   89'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,901 (2,519 away)
Referee: Geoff Eltringham
7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 2 Nottingham Forest 1–1 West Bromwich Albion West Bridgford
19:45 BST Guedioura   59' Report Phillips   87' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,850 (1,957 away)
Referee: Darren England
11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 3 Norwich City 3–4 West Bromwich Albion Norwich
15:00 BST Rhodes   24'
Pukki   70'
Hanley   82'
Report Rodriguez   33' (pen.), 47'
Barnes   65'
Robson-Kanu   79'
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 25,144 (1,483 away)
Referee: Lee Mason
18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 4 West Bromwich Albion 7–1 Queens Park Rangers West Bromwich
19:45 BST Phillips   29', 88'
Gibbs   53'
Rodriguez   56' (pen.), 82' (pen.)
Gayle   67'
Robson-Kanu   90+1'
Report Lynch   34' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,753 (1,169 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 5 Middlesbrough 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
19:45 BST Ayala   90+1' Report Stadium: Riverside Stadium
Attendance: 22,906 (652 away)
Referee: John Brooks
1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Stoke City West Bromwich
15:00 BST Gayle   16', 59' Report Pieters   90+5' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,183 (2,600 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 7 Birmingham City 1–1 West Bromwich Albion Birmingham
19:45 BST Jota   27' (pen.) Report Phillips   39' Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 22,715 (2,984 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley
18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8 West Bromwich Albion 4–2 Bristol City West Bromwich
19:45 BST Rodriguez   16' (pen.), 28'
Gayle   24'
Barnes   63'
Report Kelly   60'
Diédhiou   68'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,051 (1,824 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Millwall West Bromwich
15:00 BST Gayle   68'
Gibbs   76'
Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,563 (2,299 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10 Preston North End 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Preston
15:00 BST Hughes   71'
Browne   90+6'
Report Rodriguez   48'
Davies   73' (o.g.)
Gayle   88'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 14,099 (3,192 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 11 Sheffield Wednesday 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Owlerton
19:45 BST Reach   24'
Forestieri   41'
Report Pelupessy   85' (o.g.)
Barnes   87'
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 22,150 (814 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
6 October 2018 12 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Reading West Bromwich
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Dawson   41'
Gayle   49', 65'
Barry   52'
Barnes   72'
Bartley   80'
Report Bacuna   6'
Swift   51'
Ilori   56'
Moore   82'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,865 (907 away)
Referee: Darren England
20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13 Wigan Athletic 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Wigan
15:00 BST Morsy   18'
James   19'
Dunkley   59'
Windass   74'
Report Dawson   24'
Rodriguez   28'
Livermore   34'   84'
Barnes   48'
Brunt   58'
Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,739 (3,750 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14 West Bromwich Albion 1–4 Derby County West Bromwich
20:00 BST Rodriguez   83' Report Marriott   10'
Lawrence   15'
Wilson   51'
Malone   71'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,848 (1,813 away)
Referee: Robert Jones
27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
15:00 BST Dawson   40' Report Reed   71' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,820 (1,978 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16 Hull City 1–0 West Bromwich Albion Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT Campbell   38'
de Wijs   60'
Report Stadium: KCOM Stadium
Attendance: 11,916 (1,727 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Leeds United West Bromwich
17:30 GMT Robson-Kanu   51'
Phillips   67'
Barnes   82'
Gayle   83'
Report Hernández   90+2' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,661 (2,600 away)
Referee: Lee Mason
23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 18 Ipswich Town 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Ipswich
19:45 GMT Jackson   85' Report Rodriguez   26'
Barnes   77'
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,995 (1,073 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19 Swansea City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Swansea
19:45 GMT McBurnie   10' Report Dawson   13'
Hegazi   44'
Stadium: Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 17,865 (685 away)
Referee: James Linington
3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 20 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Brentford West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Barnes   77' Report Macleod   90+1' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 20,949 (665 away)
Referee: Darren Bond
7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 21 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Aston Villa West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Gayle   28'
Rodriguez   90+1'
Report El Ghazi   12', 59' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,513 (2,600 away)
Referee: Darren England
14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 22 Sheffield United 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Sheffield
19:45 GMT McGoldrick   12' Report Barry   41'
Gibbs   76'
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,400 (1,396 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23 Rotherham United 0–4 West Bromwich Albion Rotherham
15:00 GMT Mattock   44' Report Gayle   6',   44',   54'
Barnes   20'
Barry   29'
Johnstone   31'
Stadium: New York Stadium
Attendance: 10,593 (2,597 away)
Referee: Tony Harrington
26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Rodriguez   8', 69'
Gibbs   57'
Livermore   64'
Report Connolly   17'
Garner   28'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,555 (1,105 away)
Referee: Robert Jones
29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Sheffield Wednesday West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Rodriguez   63'
Dawson   89'
Johnstone   90+3'
Jones   90+5' (o.g.)
Report Nuhiu   5'
Matias   71'
Bannan   82'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,548 (2,600 away)
Referee: Andy Davies
1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Blackburn
15:00 GMT Bennett   52'
Mulgrew   53'
Dack   58'
Brereton   89'
Reed   90+2'
Report Adarabioyo   41'
Rodriguez   63' (pen.)
Dawson   77'
Livermore   87'
Barry   90+3'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 14,258 (1,744 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Norwich City West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Gayle   12'
Barry   61'
Rodriguez   62'
Holgate   85'
Report Tettey   56'
Buendía   62'
Rhodes   83'
Vrančić   90+4'
Krul   90+5'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 26,544 (2,600 away)
Referee: Darren England
21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) 28 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 West Bromwich Albion Bolton
20:00 GMT Olkowski   38'
Donaldson   45+1'
Report Rodriguez   19'
Holgate   45+1'
Barry   73'
Field   75'
Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium
Attendance: 14,750 (858 away)
Referee: David Webb
2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 29 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Middlesbrough West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Holgate   39'
Rodriguez   42'
Gayle   63'
Report Saville   17'   36'
Wing   46'
Shotton   55'
Assombalonga   75', 83'
Hugill   90+6'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,863 (1,749 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 30 Stoke City 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 GMT Edwards   40' Report Gayle   25'   90+1'
Johansen   45'
Stadium: bet365 Stadium
Attendance: 26,828 (2,921 away)
Referee: Jeremy Simpson
12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 31 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Nottingham Forest West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Livermore   40'
Murphy   54'
Rodriguez   89' (pen.)
Dawson   90+3'
Report Johansen   6' (o.g.)
Watson   16'
Yates   65'
Milošević   73'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 22,691 (2,205 away)
Referee: Lee Mason
16 February 2019 32 Aston Villa 0–2 West Bromwich Albion Aston
15:00 GMT Mings   31'
Hause   38'
McGinn   51'
Report Holgate   29'
Robson-Kanu   41'
Barry   43'
Rodriguez   45'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 39,263 (2,167 away)
Referee: James Linington
19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 33 Queens Park Rangers 2–3 West Bromwich Albion Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT Freeman   35'
Hemed   75' (pen.)
Report Montero   5'
Murphy   61'
Livermore   77'   90+4'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,257 (1,492 away)
Referee: John Brooks
23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Sheffield United West Bromwich
17:30 GMT Dawson   82'
Rodriguez   84'
Report Dowell   14'   19'
Stevens   80'
Madine   90+5'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,928 (2,600 away)
Referee: Oliver Langford
1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 35 Leeds United 4–0 West Bromwich Albion Leeds
19:45 GMT Hernández   1'
Bamford   28', 63'
Alioski   90+2'
Report Barry   50' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,888 (2,357 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson
9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Ipswich Town West Bromwich
15:00 GMT Johansen   4'
Murphy   70'
Field   87'
Morrison   90'
Report Knudsen   33'
Edwards   47'
Nolan   48'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,973 (1,246 away)
Referee: Andy Woolmer
13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) 37 West Bromwich Albion 3–0 Swansea City West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Brunt   19'
Holgate   54'
Rodriguez   85'
Report Celina   40' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 20,282 (1,103 away)
Referee: Scott Duncan
16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38 Brentford 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Brentford
15:00 GMT Odubajo   58'
Jeanvier   65'
Report Gayle   33'
Edwards   51'
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 11,488 (1,598 away)
Referee: Andrew Madley
29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 39 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Birmingham City West Bromwich
20:00 GMT Dawson   30'
Gayle   47'
Rodriguez   65' (pen.)
Livermore   74'
Brunt   90+8'
Report Gardner   7'
Dean   24'
Pedersen   46'
Jutkiewicz   59'
G.Gardner   68'
C.Gardner   84'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,789 (2,569 away)
Referee: David Webb
6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40 Millwall 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Bermondsey
15:00 BST Tunnicliffe   30'
Meredith   51'
Cooper   60'
Hegazi   66' (o.g.)
Leonard   90'
Report Johansen   44'
Hegazi   45+2'   80'
Rodriguez   61'
Adarabioyo   67'
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 15,303 (2,018 away)
Referee: James Linington
9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41 Bristol City 3–2 West Bromwich Albion Bristol
19:45 BST Brownhill   2'
Hunt   13'   19'
Weimann   16'
Taylor   90+4'
Report Gayle   47'
Holgate   70'
Rodriguez   74'
Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium
Attendance: 20,581 (1,621 away)
Referee: Simon Hooper
13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42 West Bromwich Albion 4–1 Preston North End West Bromwich
15:00 BST Gayle   27', 31', 71'
Rodriguez   43'
Livermore   57'
Dawson   90'
Report Fisher   74' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,088 (2,600 away)
Referee: Roger East
19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Hull City West Bromwich
15:00 BST Gibbs   42'
Gayle   62', 85'
Report Kane   48', 59' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,501 (734 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44 Reading 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Reading
15:00 BST McCleary   84'
Yiadom  90+4'
Report Harper   79' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 17,255 (2,084 away)
Referee: Gavin Ward
27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45 West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Rotherham United West Bromwich
15:00 BST Rodriguez   77' (pen.)
Harper   79'
Report Mattock   37'
Robertson   50'
Jones   66'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 24,534 (904 away)
Referee: Robert Jones
5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46 Derby County 3–1 West Bromwich Albion Derby
12:30 BST Waghorn   19'
Bennett   70'
Wilson   73' (pen.)
Johansen   47'
Robson-Kanu   90+2'
Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 32,055 (3,128 away)
Referee: Tim Robinson

Play-offs edit

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) Semi-final first leg Aston Villa 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Aston
12:30 BST Hourihane   75'
Abraham   79' (pen.)
Report Gayle   16'   62'   88'
Holgate   33'
Hegazi   48'
Gibbs   77'
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 40,754 (2,000 away)
Referee: Graham Scott
14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) Semi-final second leg West Bromwich Albion 1–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(3–4 p)
Aston Villa West Bromwich
20:00 BST Dawson   29'
Johansen   58'
Brunt   66'   80'
Morrison   97'
Report Mings   16'
Taylor   74'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,702 (2,000 away)
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Penalties
Holgate  
Hegazi  
Adarabioyo  
Gibbs  
Morrison  
Hourihane  
Jedinak  
Grealish  
Adomah  
Abraham  

FA Cup edit

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Wigan Athletic West Bromwich
12:30 GMT Sako   31'
Brunt   79'
Field   90+5'
Report Connolly   29'
Byrne   58'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 15,465 (1,034 away)
Referee: Keith Stroud
26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Falmer
15:00 GMT Locadia   59' Report Stadium: Falmer Stadium
Attendance: 27,001 (3,181 away)
Referee: Lee Mason
6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Fourth round replay West Bromwich Albion 1–3 (a.e.t.) Brighton & Hove Albion West Bromwich
19:45 GMT Bartley   77' Report Bissouma   81'
Andone   82'
Murray   104', 117'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 8,645 (943 away)
Referee: Paul Tierney

EFL Cup edit

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Luton Town West Bromwich
20:00 BST Burke   62' Report Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,404 (1,682 away)
Referee: Robert Jones
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round West Bromwich Albion 2–1 Mansfield Town West Bromwich
20:00 BST Leko   26'
Edwards   75'
Report Bishop   69' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,574 (1,588 away)
Referee: Steve Martin
25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Third round West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Crystal Palace West Bromwich
19:45 BST Report Townsend   6', 81'
Van Aanholt   76'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,818 (1,663 away)
Referee: Peter Bankes

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
3 July 2018 GK   Sam Johnstone Manchester United £6,500,000 [23]
16 July 2018 CB   Kyle Bartley   Swansea City £4,000,000 [24]
16 July 2018 GK   Jonathan Bond Reading Free transfer [25]
28 July 2018 LB   Conor Townsend Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [26]
28 August 2018 RB   Tyrone Mears   Minnesota United Free transfer [27]
14 September 2018 MF   Wes Hoolahan Norwich City Free transfer [28]
2 October 2018 MF   Bakary Sako Crystal Palace Free transfer [29]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2018 CF   Tahvon Campbell Forest Green Rovers Free transfer [30]
1 July 2018 CB   Jonny Evans Leicester City £3,500,000 [31]
1 July 2018 CM   Mylo Hall Free agent Released [32]
1 July 2018 RW   Kieran Holsgrove Free agent Released [32]
1 July 2018 CB   Gareth McAuley   Rangers Released [33][34]
1 July 2018 LB   Jack McCourt   Ross County Released [32][35]
1 July 2018 LB   Robert McCourt   Bohemians Released [33][36]
1 July 2018 LM   Taylor Morrison Free agent Released [32]
1 July 2018 CF   Evan Pierce Free agent Released [33]
1 July 2018 GK   Ethan Ross Colchester United Free transfer [37]
1 July 2018 RB   Aram Soleman Free agent Released [32]
1 July 2018 DM   Claudio Yacob Nottingham Forest Released [33][38]
5 July 2018 GK   Ben Foster Watford Undisclosed [39]
22 July 2018 LW   James McClean Stoke City Undisclosed [40]
30 August 2018 LW   Nacer Chadli   Monaco Undisclosed [41]
27 January 2019 LW   Bakary Sako Crystal Palace Free transfer [42]
23 February 2019 CF   Zhang Yuning   Beijing Sinobo Guoan Undisclosed [43]

Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
24 July 2018 LM   Harvey Barnes Leicester City 11 January 2019 [44][45]
3 August 2018 CB   Tosin Adarabioyo Manchester City 31 May 2019 [46]
6 August 2018 CF   Dwight Gayle Newcastle United 31 May 2019 [47]
1 January 2019 CB   Mason Holgate Everton 31 May 2019 [48]
31 January 2019 CM   Stefan Johansen Fulham 31 May 2019 [49]
31 January 2019 LW   Jefferson Montero Swansea 31 May 2019 [50]
31 January 2019 RW   Jacob Murphy Newcastle United 31 May 2019 [51]

Loans out edit

Start date Position Nationality Name To End date Ref.
1 July 2018 CF   Zhang Yuning   ADO Den Haag 22 February 2019 [52][43]
26 July 2018 LB   Max Melbourne   Partick Thistle January 2019 [53]
3 August 2018 CB   Jack Fitzwater Walsall 3 January 2019 [54][55]
3 August 2018 RB   Kane Wilson Walsall 3 January 2019 [56][55]
6 August 2018 CF   Salomón Rondón Newcastle United 31 May 2019 [47]
7 August 2018 CB   Dara O'Shea Exeter City 31 May 2019 [57][58]
9 August 2018 CB   Kyle Jameson Barrow January 2019 [59]
10 August 2018 GK   Ben Pierce Redditch United January 2019 [60]
17 August 2018 RB   Allan Nyom   Leganés 31 May 2019 [61]
12 October 2018 CM   Alex Bradley Havant & Waterlooville November 2018 [62]
26 October 2018 GK   Adam Przyek Gloucester City 30 November 2018 [63]
14 November 2018 GK   Alex Palmer Oldham Athletic 22 November 2018 [64]
5 January 2019 RW   Oliver Burke   Celtic 31 May 2019 [65]
14 January 2019 RB   Kane Wilson Exeter City 31 May 2019 [66]
22 January 2019 DM   Sam Wilding Leamington February 2019 [67]
26 January 2019 RB   Dan Meredith Maidstone United February 2019 [68]
31 January 2019 CM   Alex Bradley Burton Albion 31 May 2019 [69]
31 January 2019 CB   Jack Fitzwater Walsall 31 May 2019 [70]
31 January 2019 CB   Kyle Howkins Port Vale 31 May 2019 [70]
12 April 2019 GK   Alex Palmer Notts County 19 April 2019 [71]

Squad statistics edit

As of 16 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship play-offs FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Sam Johnstone 48 0 46 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   ENG Kieran Gibbs 38 4 36 4 2 0 0 0 0 0
4 FW   WAL Hal Robson-Kanu 40 4 35 4 0 0 3 0 2 0
5 DF   ENG Kyle Bartley 34 2 28 1 2 0 3 1 1 0
6 MF   NOR Stefan Johansen 14 2 12 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO James Morrison 24 0 19 0 2 0 1 0 2 0
8 MF   ENG Jake Livermore 39 2 38 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO Matt Phillips 33 5 30 5 2 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF   NIR Chris Brunt 35 1 31 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
12 DF   ENG Tyrone Mears 14 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
13 GK   WAL Boaz Myhill 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
14 DF   ENG Conor Townsend 18 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
15 MF   ECU Jefferson Montero 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   ENG Dwight Gayle 42 24 40 23 1 1 0 0 1 0
18 MF   ENG Gareth Barry 27 1 25 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 FW   ENG Jay Rodriguez 47 22 44 22 2 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF   ENG Jonathan Leko 7 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 1
21 FW   ENG Kyle Edwards 11 2 6 1 0 0 2 0 3 1
22 MF   IRL Wes Hoolahan 10 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 1 0
23 GK   ENG Jonathan Bond 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
24 DF   ENG Tosin Adarabioyo 36 0 29 0 1 0 3 0 3 0
25 DF   ENG Craig Dawson 45 3 41 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
26 DF   EGY Ahmed Hegazi 43 1 38 1 2 0 1 0 2 0
28 MF   ENG Sam Field 18 1 12 1 0 0 3 0 3 0
31 MF   ENG Rayhaan Tulloch 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
34 MF   ENG Rekeem Harper 23 1 16 1 1 0 3 0 3 0
40 DF   ENG Kyle Howkins 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
51 MF   ENG Morgan Rogers 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
68 DF   ENG Mason Holgate 23 1 19 1 2 0 2 0 0 0
70 MF   ENG Jacob Murphy 15 2 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Player(s) out on loan
2 DF   CMR Allan Nyom 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
6 MF   MLI Bakary Sako 6 1 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
15 MF   ENG Harvey Barnes 27 9 25 9 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 MF   SCO Oliver Burke 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

Goals record edit

As of 5 May 2019
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 16   CF Dwight Gayle 23 0 0 23
2 19   CF Jay Rodriguez 22 0 0 22
3 15   AM Harvey Barnes 9 0 0 9
4 10   RM Matt Phillips 5 0 0 5
5 3   LB Kieran Gibbs 4 0 0 4
4   CF Hal Robson-Kanu 4 0 0 4
7 5   CB Kyle Bartley 1 1 0 2
6   CM Stefan Johansen 2 0 0 2
11   CM Chris Brunt 2 0 0 2
21   CF Kyle Edwards 1 0 1 2
25   CB Craig Dawson 2 0 0 2
70   LM Jacob Murphy 2 0 0 2
8   CM Jake Livermore 2 0 0 2
14 6   CF Bakary Sako 0 1 0 1
17   RM Oliver Burke 0 0 1 1
15   RM Jefferson Montero 1 0 0 1
18   CM Gareth Barry 1 0 0 1
20   CM Jonathan Leko 0 0 1 1
26   CB Ahmed Hegazi 1 0 0 1
28   CM Sam Field 1 0 0 1
34   CM Rakeem Harper 1 0 0 1
68   CB Mason Holgate 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 87 2 3 92

Disciplinary record edit

As of 5 May 2019
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
                               
1 8   CM Jake Livermore 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 1
2 25   CB Craig Dawson 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
3 18   CM Gareth Barry 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
4 1   GK Sam Johnstone 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5   CB Kyle Bartley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
19   CF Jay Rodriguez 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
7 68   RB Mason Holgate 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
8 11   CM Chris Brunt 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
26   CB Ahmed Hegazi 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
10 3   LB Kieran Gibbs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
4   CF Hal Robson-Kanu 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
6   CM Stefan Johansen 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
16   CF Dwight Gayle 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
24   RB Tosin Adarabioyo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
15 10   RM Matt Phillips 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
28   CM Sam Field 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
17 7   AM James Morrison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11   CM Chris Brunt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
12   RB Tyrone Mears 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
14   LB Conor Townsend 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15   AM Harvey Barnes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21   CF Kyle Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
34   CM Rekeem Harper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
70   LM Jacob Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 75 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 79 2 3

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