West Brom host Southampton at The Hawthorns in the Friday Night Football in the Championship. Both sides are in the thick of the race for either automatic promotion or the Play-offs, needing a big three points this weekend.
West Brom currently sit fifth in the Championship after 31 games. The Baggies have 15 wins, seven draws and nine losses, leaving them on 52 points, four points within the Play-offs.
In their last five games in all competitions, West Brom have two wins, one draw and two losses.
Josh Sargent opened the scoring for Norwich in the 13th minute and Jonthan Rowe doubled the lead in a 2 - 0 win for The Canaries, despite West Brom having 61% of the possession and 15 shots. The Fourth Round of the FA Cup saw a fiery Black Country derby between West Brom and Wolves. Pedro Neto and Matheus Cunha both scored in the 2 - 0 win for Wolves.
Back in the Championship, West Brom bounced back against Birmingham. Andreas Weimann scored the only goal of the game in the 85th minute to give West Brom the 1 - 0 win despite only managing two shots on target. A big weekend saw West Brom take on fellow Play-off hopefuls Ipswich. Tom Fellows opened the scoring for West Brom but just one minute into the second half Nathan Broadhead equalised for Ipswich. John Swift regained the lead for West Brom but a 93rd minute goal from Omari Hutchinson grabbed a 2 - 2 draw for Ipswich.
The last time out for West Brom was against Cardiff on Tuesday. Michael Johnston opened the scoring in the first minute and Weimann doubled the lead late on for a 2 - 0 win.
Southampton sit just above West Brom in third in the Championship. In 31 games, The Saints have 19 wins, seven draws and five losses which leaves them on 64 points, just two points from Leeds in the last automatic promotion spot.
In their last five games in all competitions, Southampton have three wins, one draw and one loss.
The Fourth Round of the FA Cup saw an all Championship tie between Watford and Southampton. Matheus Martins gave Watford the early lead in the fifth minute but an 89th minute goal from Stuart Armstrong rescued a 1 - 1 draw for Southampton. Back in the Championship Southampton took on a struggling Rotherham. Jan Bednarek and Adam Armstrong both scored in the first half for a 2 - 0 Southampton win.
The Replay of the Fourth Round clash against Watford saw a brace from Sekou Mara and a goal from Che Adams all in the second half to give Southampton the 3 - 0 win and the spot in the next round. The return to the Championship saw an eight goal thriller against Huddersfield. Sorba Thomas and David Kasumu gave Huddersfield the 2 - 0 lead at halftime but a brace from Joe Rothwell in the first five minutes of the second half levelled the game. Alex Matos regained the lead for Huddersfield but an own goal from Tom Lees and goals from Mara and Samuel Edozie gave Southampton the 5 - 3 win.
The most recent outing for Southampton was against Bristol City on Tuesday. A 95th minute penalty from Adam Armstrong was just a consolation goal as goals from Sam Bell, Robert Dickie and Harry Cornick gave Bristol City the 3 - 1 win.
West Brom and Southampton have met 82 times in their histories, with the first meeting coming back in 1900. Southampton have the better record in the fixture with 33 wins in comparison to West Brom’s 25 wins, the other 24 games ending in a draw.
