View: West Brom predicted XI v Wigan
West Brom welcome Wigan Athletic to The Hawthorns on Saturday as they aim to win a third match in a row to further strengthen their bid for automatic promotion to the Premier League.
Slaven Bilic has masterminded a major up-turn in his side’s form in February with the Baggies winning five and drawing one of their six league fixtures since the end of January.
Albion have the chance to end the month on a high this weekend with Wigan in town but the Latics are a team that have troubled the Black Country club already this season.
West Brom went through a sticky patch from mid-December until the end of January and that started when they only managed to earn a 1-1 draw away at the DW Stadium.
Bilic made a number of changes to his starting line-up ahead of that match and that is why we predict that the Baggies boss will named an unchanged side from the one that beat Preston 2-0 on Tuesday night.
Sam Johnstone is expected to start in goals behind a back-four of Dara O’Shea, Semi Ajayi, Ahmed Hegazi and Conor Townsend.
Hegazi has taken Kyle Bartley’s starting spot at centre-back off him in the last two games but with West Brom keeping two clean sheets and conceding just one shot on target in that time, it’s likely that the Egypt international will retain his spot ahead of the ex-Swansea man.
Jake Livermore has been in the best form of his Albion career in the last month and is predicted to start in the centre of the midfield along with Rekeem Harper and Filip Krovinovic.
Romaine Sawyers is suspended for this match after serving the first of a three-match ban on Tuesday night.
Callum Robinson and Matheus Pereira are both expected to start on the wings with Hal Robson-Kanu, who has scored three goals in his last two games, spearheading the attack as the centre-forward.
In other West Brom news, Kevin Phillips has reacted to footage of Charlie Austin storming off the pitch after the win over Preston.