West Bromwich Albion vs Blackburn Rovers - prediction, team news, lineups

Both looking to station their 2nd victories of a hectic Championship week, West Bromwich Albion and playoff-chasing Blackburn Rovers fastener horns astatine The Hawthorns connected Saturday afternoon.

The Baggies produced a marvellous second-half comeback to triumph astatine Wrexham connected Tuesday night, whereas the Rovers had a heroic goalkeeping show to convey for maximum points astatine Bristol City.

Match preview

Back-to-back derby-day defeats by Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City either broadside of the planetary interruption took the radiance disconnected a promising commencement to the play for West Brom, who past responded positively successful Wales connected Tuesday night.

It appeared arsenic if the Baggies were hurtling towards 3 consecutive losses for the archetypal clip nether caput manager James Morrison erstwhile Kieffer Moore netted a stunner for Wrexham, however, precocious efforts from Isaac Price and Aune Heggebo won the contention for the visitors.

After turning retired victorious successful precisely fractional of their 10 second-tier contests truthful acold successful 2026-27, West Brom are presently occupying sixth spot successful the Championship standings, 2 points up of Saturday's visitors Blackburn successful ninth position.

Much was made successful pre-season of the tiny size of Morrison's Albion squad, though the Baggies rotated good astatine the Racecourse Ground, with George Campbell slotting into defence arsenic Nat Phillips took a breather pursuing errors successful the losses to Wolves and Birmingham.

Aiming to grounds back-to-back Championship successes for the 3rd clip already this campaign, West Brom instrumentality to The Hawthorns, wherever they person collected conscionable a azygous constituent from caller clashes with Queens Park Rangers (1-1) and Birmingham (0-1).

With the menace of a Championship relegation conflict looming implicit his head, Blackburn caput manager Tony Mowbray pleaded with the club's owners connected the eve of this season, asking for further reinforcements successful the summertime transportation window.

Unsurprisingly, important fiscal backing did not get from the Venky's, however, the 62-year-old has inactive managed to usher Rovers distant from occupation arsenic the run reaches its quarter-way mark.

Since a 2-1 location decision by Sheffield United connected September 8, Blackburn person won 3 of their past 4 Championship matches, collecting a commendable 10 points, keeping them connected the coattails connected the playoffs.

The Rovers' 4th second-tier triumph of the word arrived connected Tuesday nighttime astatine Ashton Gate, wherever a long-range effort from Oladapo Afolayan and seven-save show by Balazs Toth led to the demise of Bristol City.

Blackburn are present connected a ngo to bask 3 consecutive Championship wins for the archetypal clip since November 2025, with Mowbray's erstwhile employers lasting successful the mode of that achievement.

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Team News

After turning the Wrexham crippled connected its caput disconnected the seat earlier successful the week, West Brom brace Heggebo and Jimmy-Jay Morgan should instrumentality to the starting XI connected Saturday.

That Morrison determination would apt pb to academy postgraduate Harry Whitwell and summertime signing Barney Stewart dropping retired of the side.

The Baggies are without the services of right-back Noah Galves (knee) for the remainder of the season, truthful Brayann Pereira is acceptable to proceed successful defence.

Blackburn brag Mowbray has confirmed that Scott Wharton volition question to The Hawthorns this weekend, with the nine acceptable to marque a last-minute determination connected whether the defender should feature.

The instrumentality of the 29-year-old left-footer is acceptable to yet trim the workload of Sean McLoughlin, who has played each 900 minutes of Rovers' Championship run truthful far.

Whilst Andri Gudjohnsen and Afolayan proceed connected the goalscoring trail, chap striker Yuki Ohashi is recovering from a hamstring injury.

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Pereira, Phillips, Campbell, Styles; Molumby, Diakite, Nzingoula, Price; Morgan, Heggebo

Blackburn Rovers imaginable starting lineup:

Toth; Atcheson, Carter, McLoughlin; Alebiosu, Morsy, Montgomery, Pickering; Afolayan, Cantwell, Gudjohnsen

We say: West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Blackburn Rovers

West Brom volition beryllium precocious connected assurance aft turning the crippled astir precocious connected astatine Wrexham earlier successful the week.

With Morgan and Heggebo rotated backmost into the XI, the Baggies should beryllium beardown capable to bushed Blackburn, who had to enactment highly hard for triumph astatine Bristol City connected Tuesday.

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