West Bromwich Albion host Birmingham City in an all West Midlands clash, at the Hawthorns tonight.
Blues come into the game as favourites as the newly promoted side sit 10th in the table, while the Baggies sit down in 17th after a poor start to the season with more defeats than wins this season. This will be a vital game for West Brom manager Ryan Mason as Albion have only won one game in their last five, leaving Mason as the bookies second favourite manager to be sacked in the championship. Birmingham City will hope to continue their good form after winning 3 from their last 5.
Players to watch
For West Brom this season, not much has gone right, but the two shining lights have been new signing Aunne Heggebo and Irish international Michael Johnstone. Heggebo has netted three goals in his last three games. This kind of form has been expected by Baggies fans after he joined for 4 million euros in the summer from Brann in the Norwegian first division. Michael Johnstone has been the other shining light for the Baggies as he is set to break Tom Fellows assist record from last season, with 5 assists in 15 games so far this season.
For Birmingham City this season, Jay Stansfield has took the championship by storm this season, he’s third in the golden boot race with 8 goals this season as well as grabbing two assists. He’s living up to breaking the league one transfer fee after joining blues for £15 million from Premier League outfit Fulham following a successful loan spell.
Head to Head and history
In terms of all time history, West Brom have the upper hand against blues. The form table and points table, lean into blues grabbing all three points. Not only that, but in the last five meetings between the two teams, Birmingham have won four, but West Brom did win the last meeting between the two teams through an Andy Weimann winner late in the game.
