Venue: The Hawthorns Kick-Off: 3pm West Brom have had an impressive start to the season under new manager Steve Clarke, and their opponents this week will not be looking forward to their visit to the Hawthorns as they currently prop up the rest of the table. It appears that so many signings in a short amount of time may have had a detrimental affect on Mark Hughe's squad, and after his promise to the fans of not being involved in a relegation dog-fight this time around, he will be hoping that those words do not come back to haunt him. It does not look pretty for QPR at the minute, with the team having conceded the second most goals (13) behind Southampton (18) so far this term, and added with the weight of history against them - Hughes has never won a match at the Baggies as a manager - the omens do not look good. West Brom fans are riding on the crest of a wave as they sit up in 6th place, and with a 100% home record to boast, including an opening day demolition of Liverpool, expectations will be high that they can pull another win out of the bag.
Team News
West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie returns after sitting out the last three games in punishment for his red card at Fulham, but Steve Clarke will be without Billy Jones (knee), Chris Brunt (hamstring), Steven Reid (hamstring), Boaz Myhill (hand) and Jerome Thomas's (illness). QPR manager Mark Hughes has doubts over both Jose Bosingwa and Anton Ferdinand are both doubts thanks to hamstring issues, as well as Armand Traore who hasn't trained all week, while Fabio and Andy Johnson are unavailable due to injury and Samba Diakite serves a one game suspension after being sent off against West Ham on Monday.
Likely Line-Ups
WBA (4-4-2): Foster; Ridgewell, McAuley, Olsson, Popov; Gera, Mulumbu, Yacob, Morrison; Odemwingie, Long.
QPR (4-4-2): Julio Cesar; Hill, Nelsen, Mbia, Onuoha; Wright-Phillips, Granero, Faurlin, Park; Cissé, Zamora.
Referee: Mick Jones
Prediction: 1-0 QPR will certainly win games this season, but there winless streak will have to continue, at least for another week.