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Tony Pulis has been frustrated by referee decisions going against West Bromwich Albion this season - and now it seems there's evidence to support his grievance.

Sports website TEAMtalk has employed a five-man panel to run the rule over major refereeing decisions in every Premier League game this season.

Upto and including gameweek 19, the panel believe Albion have had only two key calls go their way, but eight against them.

That's a net loss of six decisions leaving the Baggies level with West Ham as the top flight's most hard done by team.

That said, TEAMtalk reckon the referee gods were on Albion's side in the 1-0 win over Newcastle on Monday. And it would be hard to disagree.

Jonny Evans practically rugby tackled Magpies striker Aleksander Mitrovic as he attempted to shoot in the box.

Evans did (well to) mask some of the contact from the man in black Mike Jones.

And perhaps Mitrovic's reputation as a whiner preceded him.

But there have been countless occasions when West Brom have come off badly.

The home game against Leicester City springs to mind when Albion were denied two penalties for fouls in the box, one of which, Pulis felt, should have led to a dismissal.

Neither were given as Albion lost 3-2.

Pulis angrily confronted referee Anthony Taylor immediately after the whistle - a violation for which he was later fined £8,000 by the FA.

And it's Leicester, aided by those two advantageous calls, who are at the right end of the wronged league table.

The Foxes are said to have had nine incorrect decisions work in their favour and four go against them at a net gain of five.

Liverpool have an identical record.