WEST BROMWICH ALBION v BURNLEY
Barclays Premier League Sunday 28th September 2014,
4:00pm The Hawthorns
MATCH
NOTES
The game will be the
126th competitive meeting between
Albion and Burnley. The Baggies currently have 53 wins to their name
compared to The Clarets' 45.
The meeting comes almost exactly 126 years on from
the day of the first league game between the clubs which Albion won 4-3 at
Stoney Lane.
The game is the first ever Premier League meeting
of the two clubs and the first top-flight fixture between them since 1971.
Albion's last game on this date came as recently as
last year when Steve Clarke's Baggies recorded a memorable 2-1 victory against
Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Burnley's last game on September 28 also came last
year, the Clarets beating Charlton Athletic 3-0 in a Championship clash at Turf
Moor.
Albion are looking to win three games in a row for
the first time since November 2012.
The Baggies have won seven and drawn one of the
last eight league meetings with Burnley at The Hawthorns.
Albion's
last six games: Hull City (H, LC) 3-2; Tottenham Hotspur (A) 1-0; Everton (H)
0-2;
Swansea City (A) 0-3; Oxford United (H, LC) 1-1
(7-6 after pens);
Southampton (A) 0-0.
Burnley's last six games: Sunderland (H) 0-0;
Crystal Palace (A) 0-0; Manchester United (H) 0-0; Sheffield Wednesday (H, LC)
0-1; Swansea City (A) 0-1; Chelsea (H) 1-3.
TEAM
NEWS
Albion
Baggies' boss Alan Irvine is sweating on the
fitness of strikers Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe after both players picked up
injuries in the midweek League Cup win over Hull City.
Utility man Chris Baird, who spent a short spell at
Turf Moor last season, is also a doubt due to illness.
Burnley
Star striker Danny Ings is missing for the Clarets
along with Matt Taylor and Sam Vokes.
The visitors also have doubts over the fitness of
David Jones, Dean Marney and Kieran Tripper.
MATCH
ODDS
Result
Albion Win: 21/20, Burnley Win: 3/1, Draw:
21/10.
First Goalscorer Albion:
Ideye 5/1, Berahino 5/1, Anichebe 11/2, Samaras 6/1, Sessegnon 13/2, Varela 8/1,
Blanco 17/2, Gardner 9/1, Morrison 11/1, Brunt 11/1, Dorrans 12/1, Mulumbu 16/1,
Lescott 20/1, Dawson 20/1, McAuley 25/1, Baird 25/1, Yacob 33/1, Olsson 33/1,
Pocognoli 33/1, Wisdom 33/1.
Burnley: Jutkiewicz 6/1, Barnes 7/1, Sordell 7/1,
Boyd 9/1, Arfield 10/1, Kightly 11/1, Wallace 12/1, Taylor 16/1, Marney 16/1,
Jones 20/1, Keane 25/1, Chalobah 33/1, Shackell 33/1, Ward 33/1.
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REFEREE
Jonathan Moss (West Yorkshire)
Moss took charge of three Albion games last season
- the 3-0 defeat at home to Manchester United in March, the 1-1 draw at home to
Hull in December and the 4-1 defeat at Liverpool in October.
The West Yorkshire official last took charge of a
Burnley game on the opening day of the 2012/13 season for their Championship
clash with Bolton Wanderers which the Clarets won 2-0.
Moss has handed out 18 yellow cards and three red
in the four games he has refereed so far this season.
A full run-down of Moss' history refereeing the
Baggies can be found here
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are currently on general sale to home supporters
priced at £25 adults, £20 over 60s, £15 under 21s/students and £1 for under 17s.
WEATHER FORECAST
Light cloud, 18°C.
FIXTURE HISTORY
The two clubs first ever meeting came in a friendly
fixture at Stoney Lane in November 1885, the visitors running out 3-0 winners.
Albion's first league meetings with Burnley took place
in 1888 during the Football League's inaugural season. The first game between the sides,
in September at Stoney Lane, ended in a 4-3 home win for the Baggies, Walter
Perry, Billy Bassett, Billy Hendry and Charlie Shaw the goalscorers. Six weeks
later Burnley won
the return fixture at Turf Moor 2-0.
The Baggies' biggest win against Burnley came in
November 1967 when they recorded a 8-1 victory at The Hawthorns, Bobby
Hope (2), Clive Clark (2), Tony Brown, Eddie Colquhoun, John Kaye and Jeff
Astle were the Albion goalscorers.
The Lancashire side's best win of 6-1 came at Turf Moor
in September
1951 with Billy Morris scoring four of the Burnley goals.
Albion's last victory over the 'Clarets' came at The Hawthorns
on February 2, 2008 when goals from Bostjan Cesar and
Roman Bednar helped the Baggies to a 2-1 victory. Albion's last victory at
Turf Moor came in February 2002 when two goals from Jason Roberts saw Gary
Megson's men claim all three points with a 2-0 win.
Burnley's last league win against the Baggies came in August 2007, a 2-1
victory at Turf Moor. The Clarets last win at The Hawthorns came almost 45
years ago in December 1969 when a Steve Kindon goal was enough to give the
visitors a 1-0 win.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Saturday 24 January 2009 - Albion 2-2 Burnley - FA Cup 4th Round - The Hawthorns
Saturday 2 February 2008 - Albion 2-1 Burnley - League Championship - The Hawthorns
Saturday 16 August 2003 - Albion 4-1 Burnley - League Division One - The Hawthorns
Saturday 6 March 1993 - Albion 2-0 Burnley - League Division Two - The Hawthorns
LAST
MEETING AT THE HAWTHORNS
Albion
2-2 Burnley FA Cup 4th Round Saturday 24 January 2009, 3:00pm
Albion: Carson, Hoefkens,
Pele, Donk (Zuiverloon 72), Robinson, Kim, Greening (Borja Valero 40), Filipe
Teixeira (Brunt 71), Koren, Simpson, Bednar. Subs not used: Kiely, Cech,
Dorrans, Fortune.
Goalscorers:
Koren 31, Kim 45+3
Burnley: Jensen, Duff
(Thompson 66), Carlisle, Caldwell, Kalvenes (Rodriguez 86), Elliott, Alexander,
McCann, Eagles (Gudjonsson 60), Blake, Paterson. Subs not used: Penny,
McDonald, Mahon, MacDonald.
Goalscorers: Alexander
25 (pen), Paterson 89
Attendance: 18,294
Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
Burnley came from behind late-on
to force a replay and go into the hat for the FA Cup fifth-round draw. Graham
Alexander thumped Burnley into the lead from the penalty spot after Jonathan
Greening had pushed Robbie Blake over in the area. Robert Koren pulled West Brom
level, crashing home a 25-yard volley before Do-heon Kim's deflected free-kick
put West Brom ahead in the first-half. Burnley levelled on 89 minutes when
Martin Paterson turned in a low cross.
A buoyant
Burnley showed no signs of fatigue after their mid-week Carling Cup
semi-final game against Tottenham and stunned the Premier League side by taking
the lead early on at The Hawthorns. The Clarets have already beaten Premier
League sides Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal in the League Cup this season but had
to come from behind late on to keep their FA Cup hopes alive. The opening goal
came when West Brom captain Greening was adjudged to have fouled Blake and
Burnley's spot-kick specialist Alexander stepped up to drill home a rising shot
which Scott Carson had no chance with. Koren pulled the Baggies level 10 minutes
later. Greening stroked a corner into the
Burnley box which Steven
Caldwell headed away from goal but it fell invitingly for Koren and the
Slovenian international rifled a blistering volley into the top corner. Only the
woodwork stopped Blake restoring Burnley's lead after his powerful left-footed
drive thumped against the crossbar. Four minutes into first-half injury-time Kim
put the Baggies ahead with a 20-yard deflected free-kick after he had been
fouled by Clarke Carlisle which wrong footed goalkeeper Brian Jensen.
In a dramatic second half both sides created chances and West
Brom could have wrapped the game up when Roman Bednar burst past Michael Duff,
rounded Jensen but he could not find the finish as his shot rebounded off the
post. Burnley upped the
tempo late on and West Brom had Carson to thanks for keeping the home side's
lead intact as he saved acrobatically from Steve Thompson's drive. With two
minutes to play Burnley forced the replay that their endeavour deserved. Blake found Elliott and
the Burnley winger ran at
the West Brom defence driving over a low cross which found Paterson who poked
home.
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CURRENT CONNECTIONS
Albion's Chris Baird spent a short spell as
a Burnley player towards the end of the 2013/14 season.
Burnley defender Steven Reid spent four years at The Hawthorns before
moving to Turf Moor in the summer following his release by Albion.
PAST
CONNECTIONS
Amongst the
players to have turned out at various levels for both clubs are: Colin
Anderson, Henry Boyd, David Campbell, Len Cantello, Bill Chambers, Richard Chaplow,
Paul Crichton, Delroy Facey, Ronnie Fenton, Gary
Germaine, Tony Grant, Brian Jensen, Tommy Jones, Joey Law, Andy Marriott,
Mickey Mellon, Len Moorwood, Tony Morley, James O'Connor, Mike
Phelan, Stuart Robertson, Artim Sakiri, Barry Siddall, Frank Sinclair, Wilf
Smith, John Talbut, Stanislav Varga, Gavin Ward, Winston White and Jason Withe.
Bob
Brocklebank played over 100 games for Burnley in the 1930s, later
becoming an Albion scout; Alan Stevenson was Commercial Manager at
The Hawthorns having earlier been a Burnley player.
ALL-TIME LEAGUE & CUP RECORD VS BURNLEY
VENUE |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Home |
63 |
34 |
13 |
16 |
131 |
71 |
Away |
62 |
19 |
14 |
29 |
78 |
111 |
Total |
125 |
53 |
27 |
45 |
209 |
182 |
LAST
TEN MATCHES AGAINST BURNLEY
DATE |
COMPETITION |
H/A |
F-A |
GOALSCORERS |
GATE |
Tue 03 Feb 2009 |
FA Cup |
A |
1-3 |
Zuiverloon - Elliott, Thompson 2 |
6,635 |
Sat 24 Jan 2009 |
FA Cup |
H |
2-2 |
Koren, Kim - Alexander (pen), Paterson |
18,294 |
Sat 02 Feb 2008 |
Championship |
H |
2-1 |
Cesar, Bednar - O'Connor |
22,206 |
Sat 11 Aug 2007 |
Championship |
A |
1-2 |
Phillips - Duff, Gray (pen) |
15,337 |
Mon 23 Apr 2007 |
Championship |
A |
2-3 |
Koumas, Ellington - Gray 2, McCann |
12,500 |
Sat 18 Nov 2006 |
Championship |
H |
3-0 |
Koumas, Ellington, Carter |
18,707 |
Sat 17 Jan 2004 |
League Division 1 |
A |
1-1 |
Horsfield - Blake |
13,106 |
Sat 16 Aug 2003 |
League Division 1 |
H |
4-1 |
Sakiri, Hulse, Hughes 2 - Blake |
22,489 |
Sun 03 Feb 2002 |
League Division 1 |
A |
2-0 |
Roberts 2 |
15,846 |
Sat 29 Sep 2001 |
League Division 1 |
H |
1-0 |
Dobie |
21,422 |
|