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
Owner	Lai Guochuan
Head Coach	Darren Moore (until 9 March)[1] James Shan (caretaker, from 9 March)
Stadium	The Hawthorns
Championship	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round replay
EFL Cup	Third round
Play-offs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dwight Gayle (23 goals) All: Dwight Gayle (24 goals)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 26,548 v. Sheffield Wednesday (29 December 2018)
Lowest home attendance	League: 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 attendance	24,148
Biggest win	7–1 v. Queens Park Rangers (18 August 2018)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v. Leeds United (1 March 2019)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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

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

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

Competitions

Pre-season

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

7 July 2018 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 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 Friendly	Aberdeen	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:30 BST	Cosgrove  37'	Report	Livermore  41'	Stadium: Pittodrie

24 July 2018 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 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

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

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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[23]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.
2. Aston Villa were promoted to the Premier League after beating Derby County in the play-off final.[22]

Results summary

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

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L
Position	22	17	8	3	7	8	5	3	3	1	4	2	3	4	5	7	5	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

4 August 2018 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

11 May 2019 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 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

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.[24] The fourth round draw was made live on BBC by Robbie Keane and Carl Ikeme from Wolverhampton on 7 January 2019.[25]

5 January 2019 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 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 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

On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.[26] The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August.[27] The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.[28]

14 August 2018 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 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 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

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2018	GK		Sam Johnstone	Manchester United	£6,500,000	[29]
16 July 2018	CB		Kyle Bartley	Swansea City	£4,000,000	[30]
16 July 2018	GK		Jonathan Bond	Reading	Free transfer	[31]
28 July 2018	LB		Conor Townsend	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[32]
28 August 2018	RB		Tyrone Mears	Minnesota United	Free transfer	[33]
14 September 2018	MF		Wes Hoolahan	Norwich City	Free transfer	[34]
2 October 2018	MF		Bakary Sako	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[35]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Tahvon Campbell	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	[36]
1 July 2018	CB		Jonny Evans	Leicester City	£3,500,000	[37]
1 July 2018	CM		Mylo Hall	Free agent	Released	[38]
1 July 2018	RW		Kieran Holsgrove	Free agent	Released	[38]
1 July 2018	CB		Gareth McAuley	Rangers	Released	[39][40]
1 July 2018	LB		Jack McCourt	Ross County	Released	[38][41]
1 July 2018	LB		Robert McCourt	Bohemians	Released	[39][42]
1 July 2018	LM		Taylor Morrison	Free agent	Released	[38]
1 July 2018	CF		Evan Pierce	Free agent	Released	[39]
1 July 2018	GK		Ethan Ross	Colchester United	Free transfer	[43]
1 July 2018	RB		Aram Soleman	Free agent	Released	[38]
1 July 2018	DM		Claudio Yacob	Nottingham Forest	Released	[39][44]
5 July 2018	GK		Ben Foster	Watford	Undisclosed	[45]
22 July 2018	LW		James McClean	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[46]
30 August 2018	LW		Nacer Chadli	Monaco	Undisclosed	[47]
27 January 2019	LW		Bakary Sako	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[48]
23 February 2019	CF		Zhang Yuning	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Undisclosed	[49]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
24 July 2018	LM		Harvey Barnes	Leicester City	11 January 2019	[50][51]
3 August 2018	CB		Tosin Adarabioyo	Manchester City	31 May 2019	[52]
6 August 2018	CF		Dwight Gayle	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[53]
1 January 2019	CB		Mason Holgate	Everton	31 May 2019	[54]
31 January 2019	CM		Stefan Johansen	Fulham	31 May 2019	[55]
31 January 2019	LW		Jefferson Montero	Swansea	31 May 2019	[56]
31 January 2019	RW		Jacob Murphy	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[57]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Zhang Yuning	ADO Den Haag	22 February 2019	[58][49]
26 July 2018	LB		Max Melbourne	Partick Thistle	January 2019	[59]
3 August 2018	CB		Jack Fitzwater	Walsall	3 January 2019	[60][61]
3 August 2018	RB		Kane Wilson	Walsall	3 January 2019	[62][61]
6 August 2018	CF		Salomón Rondón	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[53]
7 August 2018	CB		Dara O'Shea	Exeter City	31 May 2019	[63][64]
9 August 2018	CB		Kyle Jameson	Barrow	January 2019	[65]
10 August 2018	GK		Ben Pierce	Redditch United	January 2019	[66]
17 August 2018	RB		Allan Nyom	Leganes	31 May 2019	[67]
12 October 2018	CM		Alex Bradley	Havant & Waterlooville	November 2018	[68]
26 October 2018	GK		Adam Przyek	Gloucester City	30 November 2018	[69]
14 November 2018	GK		Alex Palmer	Oldham Athletic	22 November 2018	[70]
5 January 2019	RW		Oliver Burke	Celtic	31 May 2019	[71]
14 January 2019	RB		Kane Wilson	Exeter City	31 May 2019	[72]
22 January 2019	DM		Sam Wilding	Leamington	February 2019	[73]
26 January 2019	RB		Dan Meredith	Maidstone United	February 2019	[74]
31 January 2019	CM		Alex Bradley	Burton Albion	31 May 2019	[75]
31 January 2019	CB		Jack Fitzwater	Walsall	31 May 2019	[76]
31 January 2019	CB		Kyle Howkins	Port Vale	31 May 2019	[76]
12 April 2019	GK		Alex Palmer	Notts County	19 April 2019	[77]

Squad statistics

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		Sam Johnstone	48	0	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Kieran Gibbs	38	4	36	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	FW		Hal Robson-Kanu	40	4	35	4	0	0	3	0	2	0
5	DF		Kyle Bartley	34	2	28	1	2	0	3	1	1	0
6	MF		Stefan Johansen	14	2	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		James Morrison	24	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF		Jake Livermore	39	2	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF		Matt Phillips	33	5	30	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF		Chris Brunt	35	1	31	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
12	DF		Tyrone Mears	14	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
13	GK		Boaz Myhill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	DF		Conor Townsend	18	0	12	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
15	MF		Jefferson Montero	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW		Dwight Gayle	42	24	40	23	1	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Gareth Barry	27	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW		Jay Rodriguez	47	22	44	22	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF		Jonathan Leko	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1
21	FW		Kyle Edwards	11	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	3	1
22	MF		Wes Hoolahan	10	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
23	GK		Jonathan Bond	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF		Tosin Adarabioyo	36	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	3	0
25	DF		Craig Dawson	45	3	41	2	2	1	1	0	1	0
26	DF		Ahmed Hegazi	43	1	38	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF		Sam Field	18	1	12	1	0	0	3	0	3	0
31	MF		Rayhaan Tulloch	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF		Rekeem Harper	23	1	16	1	1	0	3	0	3	0
40	DF		Kyle Howkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
51	MF		Morgan Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
68	DF		Mason Holgate	23	1	19	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
70	MF		Jacob Murphy	15	2	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) out on loan
2	DF		Allan Nyom	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
6	MF		Bakary Sako	6	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF		Harvey Barnes	27	9	25	9	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Oliver Burke	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

Goals record

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

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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