West Brom v Hull City preview: Team News, lineups, head to head, where to watch
West Brom will be keen to return to winning ways as they prepare to face Hull City in the Championship on Saturday.
The Baggies secured a hard-fought point last time out against Burnley after John Swift scored the opener with a superb free kick.
Now attention will turn towards a return to The Hawthorns to face a resurgent Tigers side who will be hoping to make it three wins from their last three games.
Tony Mowbray’s job is to look to get the best out of his players as his side maintain their persuit of a place in the top six.
West Brom v Hull City preview
There were plenty of positive points to take away from Turf Moor on Tuesday (11 March) after seeing out a draw against a high-flying side.
Scott Parker’s men are hard to score against and have a knack for scoring important goals but Albion managed to keep them out.
They will be hoping to do so again in B71 as Hull turn up to the West Midlands and will be hopeful of claiming all three points.
This won’t necessarily be easy against Ruben Selles’ side who have looked much improved in the last six games despite still being close to the relegation zone.
The Yorkshire side will be confident in their chance of securing a positive result on their travels but shouldn’t be easy against the fifth place Baggies.
West Brom v Hull City team news
Mowbray is continuing to deal with a select few injury and suspension concerns, but nothing new from their draw against the Clarets.
Darnell Furlong is still absent due to the red card he picked up against Leeds United but will be able to return against Norwich City in two weeks.
The right back is set to be joined by Jed Wallace, Josh Maja and Semi Ajayi on the sidelines who are all set to miss out through injury.
It is fair to say that things are a lot worse for the Tigers who are without both Joao Pedro and Gustavo Puerta through suspension.
Selles is also dealing with six injury concerns with Mohamed Belloumi, Eliot Matazo and Liam Millar all set to miss the rest of the season.
Dogukan Sinik, Harvey Cartwright and Louie Barry are also set to miss the clash at The Hawthorns through shorter term injury concerns.
| West Brom injuries and suspensions | Hull City injuries and suspensions |
| Darnell Furlong | Joao Pedro |
| Jed Wallace | Gustavo Puerta |
| Josh Maja | Mohamed Belloumi |
| Semi Ajayi | Dogukan Sinik |
| Eliot Matazo | |
| Harvey Cartwright | |
| Liam Millar | |
| Louie Barry |
Predicted lineups
West Brom: Griffiths, Styles, Heggem, Bartley, Diakite, Price, Swift, Molumby, Johnston, Fellows, Armstrong
Hull City: Pandur, McLoughlin, Hughes, Jones, Coyle, Alzate, Slater, Joseph, Palmer, Kamara, Gelhardt
Betting Odds
West Brom: 9/10
Draw: 5/2
Hull City: 3/1
(All odds according to Bet365 as of 13 March).
Prediction: West Brom 2-1 Hull City
The Baggies have gone five unbeaten and won’t want that run to end any time soon with the playoffs in mind.
It was great to see Armstrong get on the scoresheet in the week and he will be hopeful of adding to his tally in the Black Country against the Tigers.
Mowbray will be keen for his side to score more but defensively an improvement could be seen if Griffiths was to come in to replace Joe Wildsmith after his error against Burnley.
With that being said, Hull do have plenty of attacking options who can be of danger to the Albion defence which could see them get on the scoresheet.