The Baggies have had eight major incorrect decisions awarded against them so far, but only benefitted from two going in their favour.

That puts them bottom of the table alongside West Ham, who have also had to contend with a swing of six decisions going against them.

Leicester and Liverpool are the teams who have benefitted most in the first half of the season from contentious refereeing decisions.

Tony Pulis has been incensed in recent weeks by penalty decisions in particular going against Albion.

There were two stonewall penalties against Leicester not given, and then another couple that could have been given against Swansea.

Pulis also believed Bournemouth's penalty which won the Cherries the game at the Hawthorns was outside the box.

"It's been the story of the season really," said Albion captain Darren Fletcher after the Swansea game.

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"We've had four stonewall penalties not given and two given against us that haven't been penalties, and that's six penalty swings that have been very costly in games.

"There's nothing we can do about it. We've got to keep going, we're an honest bunch of lads and we've just got to keep our heads down.

"It's very frustrating, and I think you can see that sometimes, the frustration in the players comes out which is understandable."