2019–20 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was West Bromwich Albion's second consecutive season in the Championship since 2017–18 and their 142nd year in existence. This season, the club participated in the Championship, the FA Cup and the League Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 22 July 2020.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

2019–20 season
Owner	Lai Guochuan
Head Coach	Slaven Bilić
Stadium	The Hawthorns
Championship	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fifth round
EFL Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Hal Robson-Kanu Charlie Austin (10 each) All: Charlie Austin (11)
Average home league attendance	24,153
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Albion finished as runners-up in the Championship, thus gaining automatic promotion to the Premier League. They became the first club to achieve a fifth Premier League promotion.^[1]

Pre-season

Villarreal v West Bromwich Albion

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) Friendly	Villarreal	3–0	West Bromwich Albion	La Nucia, Spain
19:00 CEST	Moreno 9' Trigueros 45+4' (pen.) Bacca 82'	Report		Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Camilo Cano Attendance: 1,900 (est)

Bury v West Bromwich Albion

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) Friendly	Bury	P–P	West Bromwich Albion	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane
Note: Match cancelled due to West Brom's pre season tour being extended.[2]

Scunthorpe United v West Bromwich Albion

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) Friendly	Scunthorpe United	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Scunthorpe
15:00 BST		Report	Phillips 47', 51' Krovinović 50' Robson-Kanu 83'	Stadium: Glanford Park

Rotherham United v West Bromwich Albion

23 July 2019 Friendly	Rotherham United	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Rotherham
19:45 BST	Ladapo 3' (pen.)	Report	O'Shea 63'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 2,484

West Bromwich Albion v Bournemouth

26 July 2019 (2019-07-26) Friendly	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Bournemouth	West Bromwich
20:00 BST		Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns

Competitions

Championship

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C, P)	46	28	9	9	77	35	+42	93	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Bromwich Albion (P)	46	22	17	7	77	45	+32	83
3	Brentford	46	24	9	13	80	38	+42	81	Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4	Fulham (O, P)	46	23	12	11	64	48	+16	81
5	Cardiff City	46	19	16	11	68	58	+10	73
6	Swansea City	46	18	16	12	62	53	+9	70

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^[3]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

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	22	17	7	77	45	+32	83	10	10	3	44	28	+16	12	7	4	33	17	+16

Last updated: 22 July 2020.
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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	D
Position	8	5	3	6	8	4	6	4	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 22 July 2020. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.^[4]

Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Nottingham Forest	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
17:30 BST	Cash 8'	Report	Edwards 15' Phillips 26' Sawyers  85'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,582 (1,991 away) Referee: Darren England
Note: Live on Sky Sports

West Bromwich Albion v Millwall

10 August 2019 (2019-08-10) 2	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Millwall	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Bartley 57' Ajayi  67'	Report	Wallace  62' Thompson  69' Smith 75'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,305 (1,567 away) Referee: David Webb

Luton Town v West Bromwich Albion

17 August 2019 (2019-08-17) 3	Luton Town	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Luton
15:00 BST	Cornick 15' Potts  65' Shinnie  89'	Report	Diangana 48', 51'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,059 (1,033 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

West Bromwich Albion v Reading

21 August 2019 (2019-08-21) 4	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Reading	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Gibbs  40' Sawyers  49' Zohore 88' (pen.)	Report	Yiadom  50' Ejaria 71' Adam  90+4'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,803 (893 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Derby County v West Bromwich Albion

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24) 5	Derby County	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Derby
12:30 BST	Waghorn 6' (pen.) 43' Lawrence  90'	Report	Ferguson  37' Zohore 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 26,718 (2,384 away) Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: Live on Sky Sports

West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers

31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) 6	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Phillips 22' Livermore 31' Diangana 40' Ferguson  65' Pereira  79'	Report	Dack 1' Lenihan  40' Johnson 45+2' Travis  69'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,792 (1,333 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Fulham v West Bromwich Albion

14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) 7	Fulham	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Fulham
12:30 BST	Sessegnon  41' Knockaert 49' Odoi  90+4'	Report	Furlong  56' Ajayi 80'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 17,770 (1,900 away) Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports

West Bromwich Albion v Huddersfield Town

22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 8	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Huddersfield Town	West Bromwich
12:00 BST	Phillips 19', 74' Furlong 70' Ajayi 89'	Report	O'Brien 16' Grant 36'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,977 (1,107 away) Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion

29 September 2019 (2019-09-29) 9	Queens Park Rangers	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Shepherd's Bush
12:30 BST	Cameron  22' Barbet  34'  82'	Report	Furlong  16' Ferguson 53' Pereira 84' Robson-Kanu  89'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13,959 (2,568 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: Live on Sky Sports

Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion

1 October 2019 (2019-10-01) 10	Leeds United	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Leeds
19:45 BST	Alioski  18' 38'	Report	Robson-Kanu  23' Bartley  25' Sawyers  27' Ajayi  65' Diangana  90'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,648 (981 away) Referee: David Coote
Note: Live on Sky Sports

West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City

5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) 11	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Pereira 20' Livermore  32' Diangana 42' Austin 71' Sawyers 90'	Report	Ward 75', 86' Pack  88'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,140 (2,000 away) Referee: John Brooks

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion

19 October 2019 (2019-10-19) 12	Middlesbrough	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Tavernier  47' Howson  84'	Report	Austin  25' Ferguson  64' Livermore  80' Robson-Kanu 82' Hegazi  90+3'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 20,174 (1,651 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

West Bromwich Albion v Barnsley

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 13	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Barnsley	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Furlong  40' Sawyers  42' Diaby 68' (o.g.) Pereira 81' Townsend  90+5'	Report	Woodrow 18', 24' Brown  22' Andersen  32' Dougall  60' Cavaré  74' Collins  77' Chaplin  84' McGeehan  85' Mowatt  90+3'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,086 (835 away) Referee: Darren Bond

West Bromwich Albion v Charlton Athletic

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 14	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Charlton Athletic	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Livermore  2' Phillips 10' Ferguson  67' Robson-Kanu 81' Bartley  84'	Report	Lockyer  41' Bonne 60' Gallagher  76' Cullen 90+4' (pen.)  90+6'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,356 (1,972 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion

4 November 2019 (2019-11-04) 15	Stoke City	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Stoke-on-Trent
20:00 GMT	Clucas  29' Carter-Vickers  66'	Report	Phillips 8' Livermore  38' Robson-Kanu 69' (pen.)	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 22,360 (2,557 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion

9 November 2019 (2019-11-09) 16	Hull City	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Hull
15:00 GMT	Eaves  69' de Wijs  87' Lichaj  90+3'	Report	Livermore  16' 28' Sawyers  90' Johnstone  90+1'	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 13,866 (2,094 away) Referee: James Linington

West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

23 November 2019 (2019-11-23) 17	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Robson-Kanu 10' Phillips  63' Austin 88' (pen.)		Lee  23' Hutchinson  42' Fletcher 58' (pen.) Harris  60' Palmer  90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,566 (1,982 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City

27 November 2019 (2019-11-27) 18	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Bristol City	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Gibbs 10' Pereira 39' Robson-Kanu 82' Austin 87'	Report	Williams  52' Smith  56' Diédhiou 80'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,197 (1,374 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion

2 December 2019 (2019-12-02) 19	Preston North End	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
19:45 GMT		Report	Ajayi  50' Austin 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,015 (1,357 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

8 December 2019 (2019-12-08) 20	West Bromwich Albion	5–1	Swansea City	West Bromwich
12:00 GMT	Ajayi 25' Pereira 34' Robson-Kanu 44' Ferguson  53' Phillips 70' Edwards 74'	Report	Surridge 39' Grimes  40' Fulton  50'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,927 (1,803 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Wigan Athletic v West Bromwich Albion

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 21	Wigan Athletic	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Wigan
19.45 GMT	Johnstone 50' (o.g.) Massey  82'	Report	Austin 59' Sawyers  73' Bartley  90+3'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 9,444 (1,367 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion

14 December 2019 (2019-12-14) 22	Birmingham City	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	Birmingham
12.30 BST	Jutkiewicz 3' Dean 47'	Report	Diangana 10' Austin 73', 81'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,796 (2,768 away) Referee: Darren England

West Bromwich Albion v Brentford

21 December 2019 (2019-12-21) 23	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Brentford	West Bromwich
15.00 BST	Furlong 45+1' Livermore  56' Ferguson  76'	Report	Mbeumo  37' Dalsgaard 43'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,961 (1,465 away) Referee: Darren Bond

Barnsley v West Bromwich Albion

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 24	Barnsley	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Diaby  11' Halme 90'	Report	Krovinović 5'  63' Robson-Kanu  85' Hegazi  90+2'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 17,049 (3,579 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough

29 December 2019 (2019-12-29) 25	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich
15.00 BST	Livermore  57' Phillips  69' Austin  72' Furlong  82'	Report	Ayala 17' Howson  48' Spence  69' Coulson  85' Fletcher 90+4'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,077 (1,232 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United

1 January 2020 (2020-01-01) 26	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Leeds United	West Bromwich
17:15 GMT	Ajayi 2' Krovinović  40' Bartley  72'	Report	Ajayi 52' (o.g.) Cooper  67' Ayling  70' Costa  87'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,618 (1,989 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Charlton Athletic v West Bromwich Albion

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 27	Charlton Athletic	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Davison 28' Lockyer  43' Johnstone 76' (o.g.) Green  90'	Report	Ajayi  12' Zohore 22' Robson-Kanu  43' 46' Sawyers  45' Phillips  85' Pereira  90' Diangana  90'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 19,720 (3,154 away) Referee: Jarred Gillett

West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City

20 January 2020 (2020-01-20) 28	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Stoke City	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Bartley  45+1'	Report	Campbell 9' Lindsay  28' Allen  45+1' Smith  90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,199 (1,483 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) 29	Cardiff City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Paterson 46' Nelson  65' Tomlin 76'	Report	Austin 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 22,516 (1,138 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 30	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Luton Town	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Daniels 14' (o.g.) Ajayi 70'	Report	Potts  24'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,141 (1,534 away) Referee: Steve Martin

Millwall v West Bromwich Albion

9 February 2020 (2020-02-09) 31	Millwall	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Bermondsey
13:30 GMT	Smith  23' Böðvarsson  90+2'	Report	Krovinović 42' Robinson  50' O'Shea 84'  90+2'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,818 (1,382 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

12 February 2020 (2020-02-12) 32	Reading	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
20:00 GMT	Pușcaș 11' (pen.) Yiadom  20' Obita  38'	Report	Bartley  10' 49' Pereira 26' Sawyers  31'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 13,942 (1,403 away) Referee: Matt Donohue

West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) 33	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Nottingham Forest	West Bromwich
12:30 GMT	Robinson 37' Figueiredo 65' (o.g.) Phillips  75'	Report	Cash  27' 90+1' Sow  40' Bartley 45' (o.g.) Samba  71'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,117 (1,977 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion

22 February 2020 (2020-02-22) 34	Bristol City	0–3	West Bromwich Albion	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Benković  29' Paterson  77'	Report	O'Shea  15' Robinson 32' Robson-Kanu 36', 79' Sawyers  77'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 24,022 (2,992 away) Referee: Darren England

West Bromwich Albion v Preston North End

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 35	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Preston North End	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Robson-Kanu 6' Livermore 45'	Report	Fisher  64'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,150 (925 away) Referee: Kevin Friend

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

29 February 2020 (2020-02-29) 36	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Townsend  86' Periera  90+3'	Report	Morsy 73' Williams  90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,942 (879 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

7 March 2020 (2020-03-07) 37	Swansea City	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Kalulu  61'	Report	O'Shea  20' Edwards  87'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 16,788 (2,077 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City

20 June 2020 (2020-06-20) 38	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Birmingham City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Edwards  75'	Report	Crowley  29' Clarke-Salter  65' Kieftenbeld  90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Bond
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The match was rescheduled to 20 June.

Brentford v West Bromwich Albion

26 June 2020 (2020-06-26) 39	Brentford	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Brentford
19:45 BST	Watkins 16' Nørgaard  45+2' Marcondes  55'	Report	Sawyers  55'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Keith Stroud
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The match was rescheduled to 26 June.

Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion

1 July 2020 (2020-07-01) 40	Sheffield Wednesday	0–3	West Bromwich Albion	Owlerton
19:45 BST		Report	Austin 37' (pen.)  66' Sawyers  53' Pereira 58', 85'  80' O'Shea  61'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 0 Referee: David Webb
Note: Season was suspended until 3 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] The match was rescheduled to 1 July.

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) 41	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Austin 4' Hegazi  12'  90+2' 37' Grosicki 49' Diangana 76' Bartley  78'	Report	Stewart 24' Wilks 48' Toral  79'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Oliver Langford
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 5 July.

West Bromwich Albion v Derby County

8 July 2020 (2020-07-08) 42	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Derby County	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Diangana 11' O'Shea 76'	Report	Shinnie  24' Whittaker  45+4' Knight  73' Bogle  88' Sibley  90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Jeremy Simpson
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 8 July.

Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion

11 July 2020 (2020-07-11) 43	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Rothwell 63' Travis  62' Lenihan  90+2'	Report	Livermore  31' Krovinović 41' Ajayi  90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillett
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 11 July.

West Bromwich Albion v Fulham

14 July 2020 (2020-07-14) 44	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Fulham	West Bromwich
17:00 BST	Pereira  50' Livermore  55' Townsend  86'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 14 July.

Huddersfield Town v West Bromwich Albion

17 July 2020 (2020-07-17) 45	Huddersfield Town	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Huddersfield
17:30 BST	Willock 4',  23' Chalobah  19' Campbell  60' Lössl  85' Smith Rowe 86'	Report	Phillips  30' Robson-Kanu  38' O'Shea 42' Townsend  53' Krovinović  81' Furlong  88' Austin  90+1'	Stadium: John Smith’s Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: John Brooks
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 17 July.

West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers

22 July 2020 (2020-07-22) 46	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	West Bromwich
19:30 BST	Diangana 44' Robinson 49'	Report	Manning 34' Eze 61'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
Note: On 3 April, the English Football League decided to postpone all football until safe to do so due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The match was rescheduled to 22 July.

FA Cup

Main article: 2019–20 FA Cup

The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw.^[7] The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.^[8] The draw for the fifth round was made on 27 January 2020, live on The One Show.^[9]

Charlton Athletic v West Bromwich Albion

5 January 2020 (2020-01-05) Third round	Charlton Athletic	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Sarpong-Wiredu  69'	Report	Zohore 32' Harper  72'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 6,426 Referee: David Webb

West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion

25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) Fourth round	West Ham United	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Stratford
15:00 GMT	Diop  49'	Report	Townsend 9' Barry  39' Ajayi  44'  72'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 58,911 (4,976 away) Referee: Stuart Attwell

West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United

3 March 2020 (2020-03-03) Fifth round	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Newcastle United	West Bromwich
19:45 GMT	Phillips 74' Zohore 90+3'	Report	Almirón 33', 45+1' Rose  43' Lazaro 47' Bentaleb  63' Darlow  78'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 21,557 Referee: Anthony Taylor

EFL Cup

Main article: 2019–20 EFL Cup

The first round draw was made on 20 June.^[10]

West Bromwich Albion v Millwall

13 August 2019 (2019-08-13) First round	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Millwall	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Austin 9'	Report	Bradshaw 28' O'Brien 55' Hutchinson  68' Thompson  90'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,704 Referee: Ross Joyce

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	FW		Owen Windsor	Cirencester Town	Undisclosed	[11]
19 July 2019	FW		Kenneth Zohore	Cardiff City	Undisclosed	[12]
20 July 2019	CB		Semi Ajayi	Rotherham United	Undisclosed	[13]
23 July 2019	RB		Darnell Furlong	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed	[14]
27 July 2019	AM		Romaine Sawyers	Brentford	Undisclosed	[15]
8 August 2019	CF		Charlie Austin	Southampton	Undisclosed	[16]
29 August 2019	GK		Ali Al-Habsi	Al-Hilal	Free transfer	[17]
21 September 2019	CB		Saul Shotton	Bury	Free transfer	[18]
16 October 2019	FW		Cheikh Diaby	Le Havre	Free transfer	[19]
31 January 2020	LW		Kamil Grosicki	Hull City	Undisclosed	[20]
31 January 2020	RB		Lee Peltier	Cardiff City	Free transfer	[21]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
5 July 2019	AM		Filip Krovinović	Benfica	30 June 2020	[22]
8 August 2019	RW		Grady Diangana	West Ham United	30 June 2020	[23]
8 August 2019	RW		Matheus Pereira	Sporting CP	30 June 2020	[24]
8 August 2019	LW		Chris Willock	Benfica	30 June 2020	[25]
29 January 2020	LW		Callum Robinson	Sheffield United	30 June 2020	[26]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 July 2019	GK		Alex Palmer	Plymouth Argyle	30 June 2020	[27]
1 August 2019	GK		Ted Cann	Worcester City	27 August 2019[28]	[29]
8 August 2019	CM		Sam Field	Charlton Athletic	30 June 2020	[30]
8 August 2019	RW		Jonathan Leko	Charlton Athletic	30 June 2020	[31]
9 August 2019	RB		Kane Wilson	Tranmere Rovers	1 January 2020	[32]
30 August 2019	RW		Oliver Burke	Alavés	30 June 2020	[33]
2 September 2019	LB		Max Melbourne	Lincoln City	6 January 2020	[34]
7 September 2019	RW		Owen Windsor	Cirencester Town	October 2019	[35]
29 October 2019	RW		Stanley Asomugha	Alvechurch	December 2019	[36]
9 November 2019	CM		Jack Chambers	Hednesford Town	December 2019	[37]
10 January 2020	GK		Ted Cann	Yeovil Town	6 February 2020	[38]
27 January 2020	CF		Callum Morton	Northampton Town	30 June 2020	[39]
13 February 2020	CF		Jamie Soule	Barrow	March 2020	[40]
14 February 2020	RB		Dan Meredith	Leamington	March 2020	[41]
21 February 2020	LW		Nick Clayton-Phillips	Solihull Moors	March 2020	[42]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2019	DM		Gareth Barry	Free agent	Released	[43]
1 July 2019	CM		Alex Bradley	Lincoln City	Mutual consent	[44][45]
1 July 2019	CB		Craig Dawson	Watford	£5,500,000	[46]
1 July 2019	AM		Wes Hoolahan	Newcastle Jets	Released	[43][47]
1 July 2019	CB		Kyle Howkins	Newport County	Free transfer	[48]
1 July 2019	CB		Kyle Jameson	AFC Fylde	Free transfer	[49]
1 July 2019	RB		Tyrone Mears	Free agent	Released	[43]
1 July 2019	CM		James Morrison	Free agent	Released	[43]
1 July 2019	GK		Boaz Myhill	Free agent	Released	[43]
1 July 2019	GK		Adam Przybek	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	[50]
9 July 2019	CF		Jay Rodriguez	Burnley	£10,000,000	[51]
9 July 2019	LW		Morgan Rogers	Manchester City	£4,000,000	[52]
11 July 2019	CF		Louie Barry	Barcelona	£235,000	[53]
19 July 2019	CF		Salomón Rondón	Dalian Yifang	£16,500,000	[54]
24 July 2019	DF		Allan Nyom	Getafe CF	Undisclosed	[55]
10 January 2020	LB		Max Melbourne	Lincoln City	Undisclosed	[56]

Appearances & Goals

As of 22 July 2020

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Sam Johnstone	46	0	46+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Darnell Furlong	33	2	22+9	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Kieran Gibbs	15	1	14+0	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	FW	WAL	Hal Robson-Kanu	39	10	24+15	10	0+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Kyle Bartley	40	2	37+1	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF	NGA	Semi Ajayi	45	5	42+1	5	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	CRO	Filip Krovinović	43	3	24+16	3	1+1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	45	3	43+2	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	DEN	Kenneth Zohore	20	5	5+12	3	1+2	2	0+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Matt Phillips	41	8	30+9	7	2+0	1	0+0	0
11	MF	NIR	Chris Brunt	11	0	0+7	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
12	FW	BRA	Matheus Pereira	43	8	38+4	8	0+0	0	0+1	0
13	MF	POL	Kamil Grosicki	14	2	4+10	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Conor Townsend	30	1	19+8	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Charlie Austin	38	11	18+16	10	3+0	0	1+0	1
16	MF	ENG	Rekeem Harper	13	0	4+6	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry	6	0	1+2	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	SKN	Romaine Sawyers	43	1	42+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
21	MF	ENG	Kyle Edwards	30	2	9+17	2	3+0	0	1+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Jonathan Bond	4	0	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
26	DF	EGY	Ahmed Hegazi	18	1	14+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
27	DF	IRL	Dara O'Shea	21	3	16+1	3	3+0	0	1+0	0
29	MF	ENG	Grady Diangana	31	8	23+7	8	0+0	0	1+0	0
31	FW	ENG	Rayhaan Tulloch	3	0	0+0	0	0+3	0	0+0	0
32	DF	ENG	Jack Fitzwater	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
36	DF	ENG	Nathan Ferguson	21	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF	ENG	Saul Shotton	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
47	FW	IRL	Callum Robinson	16	3	10+6	3	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players out on loan:
17	MF	SCO	Oliver Burke	3	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 22 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	15		CF	Charlie Austin	10	0	1	11
2	4		CF	Hal Robson-Kanu	10	0	0	10
3	10		RW	Matt Phillips	7	1	0	8
	12		RW	Matheus Pereira	8	0	0	8
	29		LW	Grady Diangana	8	0	0	8
6	6		CB	Semi Ajayi	5	0	0	5
	9		CF	Kenneth Zohore	3	2	0	5
8	8		CM	Jake Livermore	3	0	0	3
	7		AM	Filip Krovinović	3	0	0	3
	27		CB	Dara O'Shea	3	0	0	3
	47		LW	Callum Robinson	3	0	0	3
12	2		RB	Darnell Furlong	2	0	0	2
	5		CB	Kyle Bartley	2	0	0	2
	13		AM	Kamil Grosicki	2	0	0	2
	21		LM	Kyle Edwards	2	0	0	2
16	3		LB	Kieran Gibbs	1	0	0	1
	14		LB	Conor Townsend	0	1	0	1
	19		CM	Romaine Sawyers	1	0	0	1
	26		CB	Ahmed Hegazi	1	0	0	1
	36		RB	Nathan Ferguson	1	0	0	1
Total					72	4	1	76

Disciplinary record

As of 22 July 2020

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	19		CM	Romaine Sawyers	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	1
2	8		CM	Jake Livermore	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
3	5		CB	Kyle Bartley	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
	6		CB	Semi Ajayi	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0
5	36		RB	Nathan Ferguson	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
6	2		RB	Darnell Furlong	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	4		CF	Hal Robson-Kanu	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	10		RW	Matt Phillips	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	12		RW	Matheus Pereira	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	14		LB	Conor Townsend	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	15		CF	Charlie Austin	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
10	26		CB	Ahmed Hegazi	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
	27		CB	Dara O'Shea	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
15	7		AM	Filip Krovinović	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	21		LM	Kyle Edwards	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	29		LW	Grady Diangana	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	1		GK	Sam Johnstone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	3		LB	Kieran Gibbs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	16		CM	Rakeem Harper	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	47		LW	Callum Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					83	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	85	2	2

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