West Brom team news: James Morrison makes midfield call with full debut in Mowatt's place
Albion are in action at Norwich to kickstart their Championship campaign.
Boss James Morrison has handed summer recruit Felix Horn Myhre a full debut for the Championship opener at Norwich.
Horn Myhre, 27, was a high-profile £2.5million capture from Brann in Norway and has won the race to start instead of the departed Alex Mowatt, who completed his move to Derby on Friday.
Mowatt’s sudden exit opened the door for a change in Morrison’s midfield from last weekend’s EFL Cup curtain-raiser success at Rotherham.
Horn Myhre was competing with Jayson Molumby to land the midfield spot alongside Ousmane Diakite and the Norway international won the call.
He is the sole change from the win in Rotherham.
That means there are first Championship starts for three summer signings - Horn Myhre, Nolan Galves and Jimmy-Jay Morgan.
Matt Ingram, Conor Townsend, Rabby Nzingoula and Barney Stewart are among the substitutes.
Academy graduate Harry Whitwell has been rewarded for his fine form in pre-season and a goal in the Rotherham win with a full Championship debut.
Hosts Norwich enjoyed an excellent second half of the season under Philippe Clement and narrowly missed out on a play-off place.
Albion (4-4-2): O’Leary; Galves, Phillips, Campbell (c), Styles; Whitwell, Horn Myhre, Diakite, Price; Heggebo, Morgan.
Subs not used: Ingram (gk), Williams, Mepham, Bielik, Townsend, Nzingoula, Johnston, Molumby, Stewart.