Albion earned an excellent 0-4 win away at previously unbeaten Preston North End on Saturday afternoon.
First half goals by Darnell Furlong and Alex Mowatt gave the Baggies a commanding advantage, before Matty Phillips’ deflected strike and Kyle Bartley’s volley rounded-off an incredibly impressive performance.
The result means Carlos Corberán’s men are now four without defeat ahead of Tuesday night’s home game against Sheffield Wednesday.
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The boss made five changes following last weekend’s draw against Millwall, but his side began the game brilliantly at a wet and dreary Deepdale.
They took the lead just five minutes in thanks to a wonderful Furlong first-time finish – the defender coolly converting from the edge of the box to give Albion an early advantage.
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And the Baggies found a second on the half-hour mark. This time Alex Palmer sent an excellent long pass towards Grady Diangana, who linked up with John Swift to set up Mowatt’s fantastic left-footed effort.
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Albion were in total control and had two good chances ahead of half-time, however Okay Yokuslu headed Swift’s dangerous corner over and Jed Wallace fired straight at Freddie Woodman.
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The visitors came out full of the same intent and thought they had another six minutes into the second period – Swift’s superb cross deftly touched home by Diangana, only for the assistant referee to raise his flag.
Corberán’s side didn’t have to wait long, though, to grab a deserved third. Phillips, having caused the North End defence problems all afternoon, netted via a big deflection to send the 2,000 travelling supporters crazy.
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They were not done there, either – Bartley’s 88th minute close-range volley rounding off an emphatic showing in front of goal.
From there, the away team had no problems seeing out a comfortable victory in Lancashire, recording their third clean sheet from four fixtures and going back down the M6 with three eye-catching Sky Bet Championship points.
Albion: Palmer; Furlong, Kirpe, Bartley, Pieters (Townsend 78); Yokuslu (Molumby 67), Mowatt, Diangana (Sarmiento 67), Swift (Chalobah 78), Phillips (Pipa 85); Wallace.
Substitutes: Griffiths, Taylor, Fellows, Thomas-Asante.