Venue: The Hawthorns Date: Saturday, 20th April K/o: 15:00 West Brom will be without Peter Odemwingie and Izzy Brown for the visit of Newcastle to The Hawthorns this afternoon, with the pair ruled out with respective knee and groin injuries. Youssouf Mulumbu meanwhile will serve the second of his three-game suspension. Newcastle will be without Cheick Tiote and Sylvain Marveaux today with the duo sidelined by hamstring and groin injuries, while goalkeeper Tim Krul will sit out the rest of the season after dislocating his shoulder against Sunderland. Fabricio Coloccini is back in training but this game will come too soon for the Argentinian.
Key Stats
Newcastle have won the last two games between the pair, having ended a 6-game run without a win for the Magpies last season. West Brom have won just three of their last 13 games and have won just three of their subsequent eight league games at the Hawthorns. Defender James Perch could make his 300th appearance for Newcastle while Chris Brunt could make his 200th for West Brom. Newcastle have drawn only one of their last 23 league matches.
(bbc)
Likely Line-Ups
West Brom Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell, Brunt, Yacob, Thomas, Morrison, Dorrans, Lukaku
Newcastle Elliot, Debuchy, Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Haidara, Ben Arfa, Cabaye, Sissoko, Gutierrez, Cisse, Gouffran
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