2021–22 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

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West Bromwich Albion
2021–22 season
ChairmanLi Piyue
Head coachValérien Ismaël
StadiumThe Hawthorns
Championship2nd
EFL CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Callum Robinson (3)
All: Callum Robinson (3)
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is West Bromwich Albion's 144th year in their history and first season back in the Championship since the 2019–20 season following relegation in the previous season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Managerial changes[]

On 24 June 2021, Valérien Ismaël was appointed as the club's new head coach on a four-year contract after a compensation package with Barnsley was agreed for his services.[1]

Pre-season friendlies[]

WBA announced they will play a friendly against Woking,[2] Watford,[3] Walsall[4] and Birmingham City[2] as part of the pre-season preparations.

16 July 2021 Friendly Woking 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Woking
19:45 BST Report Zohore Goal 90' (pen.) Stadium: Laithwaite Community Stadium
20 July 2021 Friendly West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Walsall
14:00 BST Phillips Goal 5'36' Report Stadium: Palm Training Ground
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
24 July 2021 Friendly Watford 0–0 West Bromwich Albion Watford
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Vicarage Road
27 July 2021 Friendly Walsall Cancelled West Bromwich Albion Bescot
19:30 BST Stadium: Banks's Stadium
Note: Match was cancelled due to waterlogged pitch.[5]
31 July 2021 Friendly Birmingham City 0–4 West Bromwich Albion Bordesley
15:00 BST Report Diangana Goal 50'
Clarke Goal 68'
Grant Goal 72' (pen.)
TullochGoal 86'
Stadium: St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium

Competitions[]

Championship[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bournemouth 8 5 3 0 14 6 +8 18 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Fulham 8 5 1 2 18 7 +11 16
3 West Bromwich Albion 8 4 4 0 14 7 +7 16 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Coventry City 8 5 1 2 9 6 +3 16
5 Stoke City 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1 14
6 Blackburn Rovers 8 3 4 1 11 8 +3 13
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2021. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[6]

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
7 4 3 0 13 6  +7 15 2 2 0 8 3  +5 2 1 0 5 3  +2

Last updated: 14 September 2021.
Source:[citation needed]

Results by matchday[]

Matchday1234567
GroundAHHAAHH
ResultDWWWWDD
Position241221
Updated to match(es) played on 14 September 2021. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[]

WBA's fixtures were confirmed on 24 June 2021.[7]

6 August 2021 1 Bournemouth 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Kings Park
19:45 BST Marcondes Goal 12'
Mepham Yellow card 20'
Billing Goal 52'
Report O'Shea Goal 33'
Bartley Yellow card 60'
Robinson Goal 67'
Mowatt Yellow card 80'
Livermore Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Vitality Stadium
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Note: Live on Sky Sports
14 August 2021 2 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Luton Town West Bromwich
15:00 BST Naismith Goal 5' (o.g.)
Mowatt Yellow card 29'
Robinson Goal 36'
Grant Goal 66'
Zohore Yellow card 90+5'
Report Campbell Yellow card 15'
Cornick Goal 70'
Osho Yellow card 74'
Mpanzu Goal 90+8'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Referee: Tim Robinson
18 August 2021 3 West Bromwich Albion 4–0 Sheffield United West Bromwich
20:00 BST Robinson Goal 26' (o.g.)
O'Shea Goal 47'
Mowatt Goal 53'
Robinson Goal 59'
Report McGoldrick Yellow card 30' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Referee: Matt Donohue
Note: Live on Sky Sports
21 August 2021 4 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Blackburn
15:00 BST Brereton Goal 51'
Travis Yellow card 58'
Report Mowatt Goal 1'
Livermore Yellow card 18'
Phillips Goal 45+4'
Furlong Yellow card 81'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 11,926
Referee: Tony Harrington
28 August 2021 5 Peterborough United 0–1 West Bromwich Albion Peterborough
20:00 BST Norburn Yellow card 8'
Thompson Yellow card 71'
Report Johnstone Yellow card 64'
Mowatt Yellow card 70'
Furlong Yellow card 82'
Ajayi Goal 90+4'
O'Shea Yellow card 90+5'
Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium
Referee: James Linington
Note: Live on Sky Sports
11 September 2021 6 West Bromwich Albion 1–1 Millwall West Bromwich
15:00 BST Kipré Yellow card 20'
Grant Penalty missed 45+4'
Bartley Goal 49'
Report Mitchell Yellow card 43'
Ballard Goal 55'
Wallace Yellow card 60'
Smith Yellow card 90+3'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 23,142
Referee: Andy Woolmer
14 September 2021 7 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Derby County West Bromwich
20:00 BST Livermore Yellow card 45+2' Report Buchanan Yellow card 33' Stadium: The Hawthorns
Referee: Kevin Friend

FA Cup[]

EFL Cup[]

WBA entered the competition in the second round and were drawn at home to Arsenal.[8][9]

25 August 2021 Second round West Bromwich Albion 0–6 Arsenal West Bromwich
20:00 BST Castro Yellow card 2' Report Aubameyang Goal 17'45'62'
Holding Yellow card 27'
Kolašinac Yellow card 39'
Pépé Goal 45+1'
Saka Goal 50'
Lacazette Goal 69'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Transfers[]

Transfers in[]

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
2 July 2021 CM England Alex Mowatt England Barnsley Free transfer [10]
13 July 2021 CM Portugal Quevin Castro Unattached Free transfer [11]
2 August 2021 LM England Adam Reach England Sheffield Wednesday Free transfer [12]
7 September 2021 CB England Kean Bryan England Sheffield United Free transfer [13]

Loans in[]

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date until Ref.
13 July 2021 CB England Matthew Clarke England Brighton & Hove Albion End of season [14]
25 August 2021 CF England Jordan Hugill England Norwich City End of season [15]
27 August 2021 CM Republic of Ireland Jayson Molumby England Brighton & Hove Albion End of season [16]

Loans out[]

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref.
24 July 2021 GK England Josh Griffiths England Lincoln City End of season [17]
27 July 2021 CF England Callum Morton England Fleetwood Town End of season [18]
20 August 2021 CM Saint Kitts and Nevis Romaine Sawyers England Stoke City End of season [19]
31 August 2021 CF England Jovan Malcolm England Accrington Stanley End of season [20]

Transfers out[]

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
25 June 2021 CM England Rekeem Harper England Ipswich Town Undisclosed [21]
1 July 2021 CF England Charlie Austin England Queens Park Rangers Released [22][23]
1 July 2021 GK Poland Maks Boruc Poland Śląsk Wrocław Free transfer [24]
1 July 2021 CM England Zak Brown Released [22]
1 July 2021 LW England Nick Clayton-Phillips England Stourbridge FC Released [22]
1 July 2021 CF France Cheikh Diaby Released [22]
1 July 2021 DF Republic of Ireland Vinnie Dwyer England Sutton Coldfield Town Released [22][25]
1 July 2021 LB England Tyrese Dyce England Sunderland Released [22][26]
1 July 2021 LM England Kyle Edwards England Ipswich Town Released [22][27]
1 July 2021 GK England Jamie Emery EnglandKidderminster Harriers Released [22]
1 July 2021 CM England Sam Field England Queens Park Rangers Free transfer [28]
1 July 2021 GK England Sam French Released [22]
1 July 2021 LB England Kieran Gibbs United States Inter Miami Free transfer [29]
1 July 2021 CB England Ryan Grant Released [22]
1 July 2021 LW Poland Kamil Grosicki Poland Pogoń Szczecin Released [22][30]
1 July 2021 LB England George Harmon England Oxford City Released [22][31]
1 July 2021 CB Serbia Branislav Ivanović Released [22]
1 July 2021 GK England Andy Lonergan England Everton Released [22][32]
1 July 2021 RB England Lee Peltier England Middlesbrough Released [22][33]
1 July 2021 CF Wales Hal Robson-Kanu Released [22]
1 July 2021 CB England Thomas Sharpe England Banbury United Released [22]
1 July 2021 DM England Tom Solanke England Stourbridge FC Released [22]
1 July 2021 AM England Finley Thorndike England Aston Villa Released [22]
1 July 2021 RB England Aksum White England Tamworth Released [22]
1 July 2021 CB England Harry Williams England Burnley Released [22][34]
26 July 2021 CM England Finn Azaz England Aston Villa Free transfer [35]
29 July 2021 CM England Tim Iroegbunam England Aston Villa Undisclosed [36]
6 August 2021 RW Brazil Matheus Pereira Saudi Arabia Al Hilal Undisclosed [37]

Statistics[]

As of 19 September 2021
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Sam Johnstone 7 0 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England Darnell Furlong 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England Conor Townsend 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland Dara O'Shea 5 2 5+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF England Kyle Bartley 8 1 8+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Nigeria Semi Ajayi 7 1 4+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Republic of Ireland Callum Robinson 7 3 5+2 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England Jake Livermore 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW Denmark Kenneth Zohore 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
10 MF Scotland Matt Phillips 8 2 4+4 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England Grady Diangana 8 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF England Matthew Clarke 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England Jordan Hugill 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW England Karlan Grant 8 1 7+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF England Adam Reach 5 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
21 DF Ivory Coast Cédric Kipré 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
23 MF Scotland Robert Snodgrass 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
25 GK England David Button 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Alex Mowatt 8 2 8+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 FW England Rayhaan Tulloch 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF England Taylor Gardner-Hickman 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 MF England Rico Richards 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
31 DF England Saul Shotton 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF Portugal Quevin Castro 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
33 DF England Caleb Taylor 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
34 DF England Ethan Ingram 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
36 GK England Alex Palmer 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
38 MF England Toby King 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
40 FW The Gambia Modou Faal 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
41 MF England Tom Fellows 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Goals record[]

As of 19 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 7 Republic of Ireland RW Callum Robinson 3 0 0 3
2 4 Republic of Ireland CB Dara O'Shea 2 0 0 2
10 Scotland LW Matt Phillips 2 0 0 2
27 England CM Alex Mowatt 2 0 0 2
5 5 England CB Kyle Bartley 1 0 0 1
6 Nigeria CB Semi Ajayi 1 0 0 1
18 England CF Karlan Grant 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 2 0 0 2
Total 14 0 0 14

Disciplinary record[]

As of 19 September 2021
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 8 England CM Jake Livermore 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
27 England CM Alex Mowatt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
3 2 England RB Darnell Furlong 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 England CB Kyle Bartley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
5 1 England GK Sam Johnstone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4 Republic of Ireland CB Dara O'Shea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 Denmark CF Kenneth Zohore 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Ivory Coast CB Cédric Kipré 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 Portugal CM Quevin Castro 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Total 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 0

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