West Bromwich Albion vs Watford - prediction, team news, lineups

West Bromwich Albion play big to Watford looking to unafraid different potentially-pivotal triumph successful the contention to debar relegation.

At a clip erstwhile the Baggies beryllium successful 20th presumption successful the Championship table, the Hornets person precocious dropped down to 13th spot successful the standings.

Match preview

While West Brom person the menace of a points deduction hanging implicit them, they tin ill-afford to instrumentality their ft disconnected the state successful their conflict for Championship survival.

However, James Morrison's tally of 3 wins and 5 draws successful caretaker complaint has moved the Baggies 5 points wide of the relegation portion with 3 matches remaining.

On the transportation astatine least, West Brom fans volition beryllium encouraged by their performances, their latest occurrence coming by a 2-0 scoreline astatine Preston North End connected Saturday.

Not lone person West Brom present kept 3 distant cleanable sheets successful succession, they person recorded 5 shutouts successful six Championship fixtures.

Nevertheless, West Brom person lone recorded 1 triumph from their past 5 games astatine The Hawthorns, the different 4 fixtures ending successful draws.

Meanwhile, Watford's run appears acceptable to extremity successful a damp squib with a five-match winless streak leaving the Hornets successful the bottommost fractional of the standings.

Their lone draws during that clip came astatine location to struggling Leicester City and Charlton Athletic, portion they present recorded back-to-back 2-0 defeats to Oxford United and Sheffield United respectively.

With conscionable 3 wins and 13 points from 12 matches, Ed Still knows that helium is already warring to support his occupation astatine Vicarage Road.

Watford inactive stay with conscionable 4 wins from 21 distant encounters successful this season's Championship, albeit lone conceding 30 goals during those fixtures.

A 2-1 triumph astatine Bristol City connected February 27 was the past clip that they prevailed connected distant territory.

West Bromwich Albion Championship form:

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Watford Championship form:

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Team News

Barring immoderate caller wounded issues, Morrison whitethorn not marque immoderate changes to his West Brom XI.

However, Daryl Dike, who scored arsenic a substitute astatine Deepdale, could regenerate either Aune Heggebo oregon Josh Maja successful attack.

Despite their caller returns to the squad, Chris Mepham and Karlan Grant are apt to stay connected the substitutes' bench.

Still volition inevitably tinker with his Watford starting lineup, with Marc Bola, Giorgi Chakvetadze and Luca Kjerrumgaard each successful contention for recalls.

Jeremy Ngakia is besides an alternate astatine right-back aft his instrumentality to the squad astatine the weekend, but Stephen Mfuni and Rocco Vata are expected to miss out.

West Bromwich Albion imaginable starting lineup:

O'Leary; Imray, Phillips, Campbell, Styles; Molumby, Diakite, Mowatt, Price; Heggebo, Maja

Watford imaginable starting lineup:

Selvik; Petris, Pollock, Goglichidze, Bola; Irankunda, Mendy, Louza, Chakvetadze; Kayembe, Kjerrumgaard

We say: West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Watford

Although this crippled is of precocious stakes to West Brom, we cannot disregard that it is simply a fixture betwixt teams successful contrasting form. With West Brom showing ultimate battling qualities of late, we are backing a hard-fought location victory.

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