West Brom team news vs Preston: No place for Sam Johnstone in Albion squad

West Bromwich Albion manager Valerien Ismael makes two changes to the Baggies side that won 3-0 against Peterborough United last time out.

Grady Diangana comes in to replace Daryl Dike who it was confirmed suffered a hamstring injury against the Posh whilst Alex Mowatt returns from suspension and plays in front of Matthew Clarke who drops to the bench.

The biggest news of the evening however comes in the shape of Sam Johnstone.

Johnstone, who was meant to return from his own respective suspension this evening not only finds himself not reinstated to the eleven but without a place in the squad at all.

Unless he has picked up a knock that we haven’t heard about, it very much looks like his time at the Hawthorns is coming to an end.

So, it’s David Button that retains his place in the sticks with Darnell Furlong, Cedric Kipre, Kyle Bartley and Conor Townsend looking like they make up a back four.

It appears to be a midfield three of Jake Livermore, Alex Mowatt and Adam Reach with Diangana, Matt Phillips and Karlan Grant forming an attacking trio.

Both teams in full

West Brom (4-3-3): Button; Furlong, Kipre, Bartley, Townsend; Mowatt, Reach, Livermore; Diangana, Grant, Phillips

Subs: Palmer, Clarke, Molumby, Robinson, Gardner-Hickman, Fellows, Faal

Preston North End (3-4-1-2): Iversen; Van den Berg, Bauer, Hughes; Potts, Whiteman, Browne, Cunningham; Ledson; Jakobsen, Evans

Subs: Rafferty, Ripley, Archer, Maguire, McCann, Sinclair, Lindsay

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