West Brom travel to Home Park to face Plymouth Argyle in a rearranged EFL Championship clash on Tuesday (February 20). The Baggies hope to pick themselves up after suffering defeat to Southampton on Friday night.
Manager Carlos Corberan was red carded for touching the ball when it hadn't gone out of play and that set the tone for the night. Ryan Fraser opened the scoring for the Saints and then David Brooks gave the away side the victory.
Tuesday's opponents Plymouth lost by the same scoreline but to Leeds United. Wilfried Gnonto broke the deadlock in the 10th minute and the game would be won by Georginio Rutter.
The Championship table still has West Brom on 52 points but now there are three teams; Coventry City, Norwich City and Hull City who are just a point behind them. West Brom will be motivated to win this fixture to restore a five-point lead over the chasing pack. Plymouth are 16th meanwhile and are five-points above the relegation zone after QPR defeated Bristol City at the weekend.
Plymouth haven't won against West Brom in the league in nearly 31-years. Their last victory came in April 1993 and in the five meetings since they've rawn two and lost five. West Brom's last two visits to Cornwall have seen them win twice, which is more than what they have managed in their last 13 trips.
The Baggies are decent in midweek and are unbeaten in their last three games during the week with their last success being against Cardiff City last week. Plymouth on the other hand have only won one of their last seven games in midweek in the second tier and their last win in a non-weekend fixture came against Sheffield Wednesday in October.
West Brom have had some rotten luck with injuries but thankfully nothing emerged from Friday's game. Here's the latest injury and team news ahead of the match with both teams missing players.
1. Kyle Bartley - out
Could come back in to contention in a fortnight. Been out with a calf injury and was given a timeline of two weeks.
2. Josh Maja - out
Damaged his ankle ligaments. Been nursing the problem since September and then suffered damage to it against Sunderland.
3. Josh Maja - out (continued)
"He continues to progress," Corberan said. " Maja, the injury he received in the kick against Sunderland was very aggressive which hurt the ligaments of the ankle. It's not something that you can decrease the timing of. You can work well or not, and he is working well. "A muscle injury is something that you can feel a good adaption with your body to surgery, the new type of muscle. One injury is about following the process and needs a lot of time, the other you can progress quickly or less quickly depending on the reaction of the body to the load of training you put on. "Maja is a normal process, meaning he can be ready around the last month, let's say April. Beginning or end of April? We will know more things in the next month and we can give more information then, but so far everything is normal."
4. Jayson Molumby - out
Suffered a foot injury over the festive period. Likely that he misses the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to rectify the problem.