The Baggies head to another away game after the back of our 3-0 win over Plymouth Argyle on Tuesday night? Can the Baggies pick up another win Saturday lunchtime at Hull City who also beat Southampton on Tuesday in the race for promotion?
5th V 6th in the Sky Bet Championship with just one point separating the both sides, whoever wins the early game on Saturday have got an advantage over the play-off chasing pack?
Away at Hull City will be a tough game for us despite winning at Plymouth 3-0 on Tuesday, Hull City have won 3 games in a row and I say it be a tricky place to go where we have not won an away game on a Saturday since September 30th against Preston.
The Baggies did win against Hull City 3-1 at The Hawthorns back in November but will be a different game this time around at the MKM Stadium.
Players To Watch – Hull City
Fábio Carvalho will be my player to watch for Hull City against the Baggies on Saturday. The on-loan winger from Liverpool joined in January and has scored 2 goals for the Tigers already and double the scoreline on Tuesday night at Southampton.
I think Carvalho could potentially give our players some headaches by Saturday afternoon and he has also helped Fulham get promoted 2 seasons ago where he scored 10 goals in 32 apps he can also provide assists where he got eight assists in 38 games. If it was one player I would of got in the last few seasons I would say Fabio Carvalho and personally I think he should be playing in the Premier League.
Can our wing backs and Alex Palmer stop Fabio Carvalho on Saturday?
Players To Watch – West Brom
Mikey Johnston after making an impact so far since joining us on loan from Celtic in January, he has put in some performances against Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle. He scored the best goal against Plymouth on Tuesday which I think could be one of the goals of the season for us so far.
Saturday afternoon I would play him in our first 11 and I think we got real competition in wingers as Jed Wallace, Tom Fellows and Grady Diangana are playing some good football also this season. I start him after he helped us secure wins against Cardiff City and Plymouth Argyle. He has also got a new chant from the Baggies Supporters “Three Little Birds by Bob Marley and I predict he will give his all against Hull City and hopefully get on the scoresheet again.
My Line Up against Hull City
Here will be my line-up on Saturday, I will bring Okay Yoksulu back into the fold and replace him with Nathaniel Chalobah. Mikey Johnston should deserve a start on Saturday and should play alongside John Swift and Tom Fellows.
I would give Semi Ajayi his first start since the African Cup of Nations Final and should start alongside Cedric Kipre for the test of Hull City.
Predictions
It will be difficult like I said before the Plymouth game we would draw 1-1, but this game against Hull will be another tough test for us. We have not won on the road on a Saturday since Preston North End in September and we have played 5 away games since then on the same day resulting in 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats in a row before drawing 2-2 to Ipswich a fortnight ago.
I said we draw to Plymouth and I am going to for the same again I am going for another 2-2 draw. I think we score first with Mikey Johnston scoring the opener, Hull will equalize before half time with Fabio Carvalho scoring. Second half we will get another away nightmare with Hull making it 2-1 and would go for the last 5 minutes into the game we grab a 2-2 draw with Brandon Thomas Asante scoring to grab us a draw away to Hull City.
Hull City 2-2 West Brom
Goalscorers for Hull City: Fabio Carvalho, Anass Zaroury
Goalscorers for West Brom: Mikey Johnston, Brandon Thomas Asante
A draw at Hull City I would take but a win would be a bonus and will help us get into the Play-Offs come May.
Lets hope the Baggies can get something out of this and come back home with smiles on our faces. Come on you Baggies!