🚨 POINTLESS STAT OF THE DAY #220
THE MOST EXCITING 0-0 IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL? 😴
Forget the title races, promotion battles and relegation scraps. The game we are so excited about this weekend is West Brom v Millwall.
And that's despite desperately hoping nobody scores!
On Saturday, 7 November, the two sides meet at The Hawthorns with a rather extraordinary piece of English football history potentially up for grabs.
Thanks to
@WBAKitStats for flagging this one in October.
Just a reminder that the last SIX league meetings between these sides at The Hawthorns have all ended in draws:
1-1
1-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Those four consecutive goalless draws have put this fixture in some very unusual company.
In the entire history of English league football, only SIX other fixtures have managed FOUR consecutive 0-0s with exactly the same home and away teams:
⚽ Bristol Rovers v Brentford (1999/2000–2010/11)
⚽ Gillingham v AFC Bournemouth (1966/67–1969/70)
⚽ Hull City v Middlesbrough (1985/86–1990/91)
⚽ Mansfield Town v Cambridge United (2004/05–2016/17)
⚽ Oxford United v Swindon Town (1966/67–1970/71)
⚽ Swindon Town v Nottingham Forest (1972/73–1999/2000)
And, of course...
⚽ West Bromwich Albion v Millwall (2022/23–2025/26)
SO WHAT HAPPENS ON SATURDAY?
There are two particularly interesting possibilities.
😴 ANOTHER 0-0
@wba and
@millwallfc would become the FIRST fixture in English football league history to record FIVE consecutive goalless draws at the same ground.
Even better, it would be across FIVE CONSECUTIVE SEASONS (2022/23 to 2026/27) which some of the other tied fixtures are not.
Two potential records in one afternoon!
🤝 ANY OTHER DRAW
A 1-1, 2-2 or even a 3-3 would end the run of goalless draws but extend their remarkable sequence to EVEN CONSECUTIVE DRAWS!
That would put them just one short of the dataset's longest sequence of eight consecutive draws at the same ground, achieved by Rotherham United v Nottingham Forest.
@prodnose @blakeharrison23 @TheFrankSkinner @joelycett i'm sure you will be hoping for three points for your sides but just imagine the tension if this is still 0-0 after 80 minutes.
The longer it goes on, the more exciting it gets and it has the potentail to become an "I was there game" for many years to come.
A football match where absolutely nothing happening could be the biggest talking point of the weekend.
Boing boing v No one likes us we don't care.
I think we all care for one result tomorrow.
Use this information wisely. 🤓