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Potter: Everything is easier with home wins

Head coach wants current momentum to help turnaround fortunes at the Amex.

By Charlie Hanson • 26 January 2021

By Paul Hazlewood
Graham Potter wants to see Albion start to pick up home Premier League wins.

Graham Potter wants Albion to use the impetus they have found in recent games to push them towards their first home win of the season in the Premier League.

All three of Albion's top-tier victories against Newcastle, Aston Villa and Leeds have come on the road, and getting three points at home would make life a lot easier according to the head coach ahead of Wednesday's game against Fulham.

“Our away form has been really good. Even in the latter part of last season we didn't manage to get too many home wins, but because our away form was good we ended up with 41 points which was a good return in the end.

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Potter's Fulham press conference

“Anybody will say that if you're winning your home games, everything becomes a little bit easier. You can see how the games have gone this year though, the home advantage is less because there are no crowds.

“We just have to keep fighting and know that home or away there's an opportunity to win, as well as to lose. We will do our best to turn the home form around.”

While confidence has certainly grown in recent weeks, Potter believes there is a lot more to their run of three wins in five matches in all competitions.

By Paul Hazlewood
Yves Bissouma's thunderous effort against Blackpool helped Albion onto a third win of 2021.

“It is too simplistic to say it's just about confidence. Winning matches helps and it's certainly not a bad thing from my experience – I would have more of it if I could! It certainly makes my weekends a bit more bearable.

“The good thing is you can come through a really tough period and being tested on all sorts of levels when you don't win. You face criticism, you face feedback, doubt, all those things. You have to stay strong as a group and as individuals and that's why it is nice to come through that period.

“But you know difficult times are around the corner again because that's the nature of the league. You have to keep fighting, keep trying to progress, and wins help that process. It gives people belief and confidence.”