Fleetwood Town v West Brom injury news as 3 out and 2 doubts for Carabao Cup clash

The Baggies play Fleetwood Town in what will be the first competitive meeting between the two sides. It's been four years since West Brom faced opposition from League Two, with a 3-0 win over Harrogate Town being the result against fourth tier opposition that day.

A Josh Maja hat-trick gave WBA the perfect start in their first game of the campaign, as they recovered from QPR’s Lucas Andersen opening the scoring top win at Loftus Road. Charlie Adam's men also began their season with a win as they defeated Grimsby Town thanks to a goal from Mark Helm in the first-half.

West Brom have sold 1,130 tickets, selling out their allocation for the match. Supporters who were unable to get tickets for the match can watch it on Sky Sports + which launched last week.

West Brom team news

Summer signing Paddy McNair was not a part of the travelling contingent on Saturday. He is contending with a knee issue and like Grady Diangana who suffered a calf problem in July, they are now working together on a programme which will help cover for the lost time they had during pre-season. West Brom on their official club website said that McNair was available for selection prior to the QPR game.

In his pre-match press conference before QPR, Carlos Corberan said: "McNair started pre-season late, and he finished the season without the play-offs, so he had a more extended period off.

"When he started to work he felt something in the knee which made him stop. Similar to Grady, he will start 'pre-season' today with the group. McNair did two trainings with the club before. This is the situation.”

Daryl Dike is not in consideration after suffering a second successive Achilles injury in February. The 24-year-old is expected to be out until at least the end of the calendar year.

Club captain Jed Wallace is nursing an injury that will have him out from between a fortnight to three weeks. He has a calf problem, and is likely to miss all of the opening month of the season.

Providing more clarity on the situation, Corberan said: “Wallace felt something in the calves, before we played last weekend. It's between 2-3 weeks, now we are one week from when he had the injury, so he's one or two weeks away from coming back to the group.”

Out: Daryl Dike, Grady Diangana and Jed Wallace. Doubt: Paddy McNair.

Fleetwood Town team news

Summer signing James Bolton who joined from St Mirren was not a part of the match day squad on Saturday. The 29-year-old is apparently nursing a minor injury, and has not been involved from July 13 onwards.

The other players not to be included were goalkeeper Luke Hewitson, striker Theo Williams, centre-back Finley Potter and Pele Smith. Jay Lynch, Ryan Broom, Callum Dolan and Kayden Hughes were all unused substitutes at the weekend.

Doubt: James Bolton.