[Albion] Our 7 year record v "The Big 6" by comparison to the others

[WASH]

So although it proved to be a bit of a damp squib ending to the season and noting that our record v the Big 6 was our 3rd worse during our Premier League period (only the first 2 seasons were worse in terms of pts return), our overall record during our time in the Premier League, when compared to the other teams, shows we still have a great record against the top sides and actually sit 4th in the points per game table. We have the most points against the other 4 sides, (Everton, West Ham, Newcastle and Palace, who have played the same no. of games, 84) over the 7 years. We have scored the most goals (88) and have the joint most overall wins (20) and joint most away wins (8) and 2nd most home wins (12).
But looking at the results by the other 14 as a whole this year shows a general decline in results over the past 7 seasons as the win% although weirdly the 2nd best at 19% (best was last season at 20.8%), the actual defeats % came in at 70.8% which was the 2nd worst! So this year seemed to be shit or bust for "The Others" v "The Big 6".
So hopeful optimism that the newbie in charge can arrest our decline seen this year and get us back to a decent return against the perceived bigger teams next season.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

But looking at the results by the other 14 as a whole this year shows a general decline in results over the past 7 seasons as the win% although weirdly the 2nd best at 19% (best was last season at 20.8%), the actual defeats % came in at 70.8% which was the 2nd worst! So this year seemed to be shit or bust for "The Others" v "The Big 6".
So hopeful optimism that the newbie in charge can arrest our decline seen this year and get us back to a decent return against the perceived bigger teams next season.

Surely that is more to do with key players being injured and missing those games against the top 6, especially at the end of the season when we had a run of games against those sides without the likes of Mitoma, March, (and Man Utd, we were without our strongest back 4 through injury, as well as missing a lot vs Man City and Chelsea, etc)

 

[warmleyseagull]

Good work that supports my anecdotal notion that we are fine against better teams but a problem in most seasons is more that we fail to take enough points against relegated teams (except in 22/23). This season was only 9 points against arguably the worst bottom 3 there has been. Have you done any work on that?