View: Three changes, Grosicki to be axed – West Brom predicted XI v Huddersfield
West Brom manager Slaven Bilic is predicted to make three changes to his starting line-up for the trip to Huddersfield on Friday.
Albion players have just two full days to recover after drawing 0-0 with Fulham on Tuesday so it is likely that Bilic will shuffle the pack slightly in a bid to earn a win at the John Smith’s Stadium.
Filip Krovinovic, Callum Robinson and Hal Robson-Kanu could all return to the side at the expense of Grady Diangana, Kamil Grosicki and Charlie Austin.
Grosicki was hooked at half-time against Fulham after failing to have much of an impact in the first half. We predict that Robinson will replace him on the left.
Diangana was heavily involved in West Brom’s attacking play against the Cottagers but we don’t see him starting two matches in such quick succession due to his injury issues this season. It is also likely we’ll see Bilic revert to a 4-3-3 and that means Krovinovic might replace Diangana to slot into the centre of the midfield.
Austin’s in a similar situation to Diangana where we do not see him starting another match so soon after finishing the last one. He failed to impress versus Fulham so we could see Robson-Kanu return.
As for the rest of the starting line-up, the defence is predicted to be unchanged with Sam Johnstone starting in goals behind Dara O’Shea, Semi Ajayi, Ahmed Hegazi and Conor Townsend.
Jake Livermore and Romaine Sawyers are likely to join Krovinovic in the midfield trio.
In the attack, we predict that Robinson will line up on the left with Matheus Pereira moving out onto the right and Robson-Kanu starting as the lone striker.
West Brom go into their match against Huddersfield knowing that all they need to do is win their last two matches to confirm promotion to the Premier League.
Huddersfield, on the other hand, will be wanting to secure as many points as possible to ensure they do not suffer a second relegation in a row.
It is going to be a tough game for the Baggies but we are confident that Bilic and his players can grind out a positive result to take back to the Black Country before the weekend hits.
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