Kyle Bartley and Jake Livermore to start, Nathaniel Chalobah and Semi Ajayi axed – West Brom predicted XI v Queens Park Rangers
Carlos Corberan could be set to make several changes to his West Brom starting lineup for the Easter Monday clash with QPR in the Championship.
The Baggies all but blew their final chance of making it to the playoffs with a 3-1 defeat to Rotherham on Good Friday, leaving them five points adrift with seven games to play.
But the performance itself was terrible and the manager is unlikely to be happy about it so could look to bring in some experience to the side, with a victory needed to keep the slim chance of promotion alive.
Alex Palmer is edging closer to a return to fitness, but it seems more likely that Josh Griffiths will continue to start between the sticks until Palmer is 100% ready to return.
In defence Darnell Furlong and Conor Townsend remain the first choice full-backs, but there could be a change in the middle following the poor display of Semi Ajayi against Rotherham.
The Nigeria international is likely to step out of the team, and with Dara O’Shea out for the rest of the season it will be Kyle Bartley who gets the nod alongside Erik Pieters.
Okay Yokuslu missed the defeat to Rotherham with a knock but is expected to be fit to return at The Hawthorns in midfield, but with both Nathaniel Chalobah and Taylor Gardner-Hickman failing to impress it could open the door for Jake Livermore to come back into the side.
John Swift scored from the spot to take his season tally up to six in all competitions and should continue in that number ten role that he has made his own since joining the club in the summer.
Jed Wallace has been one of the players of the season for West Brom this year playing across the front three, and he’s likely to be fielded on the left in this game in the absence of Grady Diangana and Matt Phillips.
Marc Albrighton has featured regularly since joining in January and should come in on the right wing with Adam Reach out for the rest of the season too, although Karlan Grant could be pushing for a start too having recovered from injury.
Up front it’s a battle between Daryl Dike and Brandon Thomas-Asante for the starting role, but the American has looked more threatening and is the better overall player so should get the number nine position for the game.
In other West Brom news, Tony Brown was fuming at the “criminal” defending the team did against Rotherham.