'Just about': How many points do West Brom need to survive - and how many will they get?

Albion have 14 games to save their season and fight off relegation to League One - starting with Coventry City on Saturday.

Albion are bang in relegation trouble - and sit just two points above the drop zone heading into a busy three game week.

It could be a week that sets the tone for the rest of the season - and it will then leave Eric Ramsay and Albion with a further eleven games to ensure their survival.

It isn't an easy run of fixtures - but will they be able to pick up enough points to survive? Jonny Drury gives his opinion:

'They'll get enough - just'

Just over a dozen games to save Albion from relegation - who would have thought that back in August? No one.

But it is the reality of where Albion are. The confidence among the fans that Ramsay and the side can mount a survival push is low - but, there is a glimmer of hope from recent weeks.

Defensively Albion have looked a lot more solid against Birmingham and Stoke - and then even though they were beaten against Norwich, they had the ball in the net three times and had decent other opportunities.

It is about knitting that together now. Being tough to beat but also creating enough to win games.

The run of games is tough, it always will be. But will they be able to get enough points to get over the line? For me, I think they will, just about.

Coventry on Saturday is a game where they are underdogs and anything, be it a point, is a bonus.

Albion in action against Stoke earlier this month (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)placeholder image
Albion in action against Stoke earlier this month (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images)

Then it comes to Charlton and Oxford, similar games to Norwich and Portsmouth where Albion crumbled and faltered. You'd like to think they will make a better fist of it and if they do, and show their quality, they will have enough.

You'd always back Albion at home, but games like Hull and Wrexham are difficult, and Blackburn away on Easter Monday is a huge game.

In an ideal world safety is wrapped up before the last two games against Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday - but for me that looks unlikely.

It could have been sorted but the likelihood is they will still be vital games.

The usual Championship rule is that 50 points gets you over the line, but that won't be the case this year. Predictions are that it could be as high as 54. Here is how I see it playing out:

Coventry D

Charlton W

Oxford United W

Sheffield United L

Southampton L

Hull D

Bristol City D

Wrexham D

Blackburn Rovers W

Millwall D

Preston W

Watford W

Ipswich L

Sheffield Wednesday W

Total - 22

Final total - 56

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