West Brom are at home on Saturday against Bristol City following a wonderful second half display at Huddersfield last Sunday. Can the Baggies pick up here?
Last time out the Baggies won 4-1 at Huddersfield with a Mikey Johnston brace, Kyle Bartley header and a 25 yard goal by Okay Yokuslu. Bristol City also won last weekend with a 1-0 win over Swansea City.
Our opposition Bristol City back in September we drew 0-0 at Ashton Gate I expect this won’t be a repeat on Saturday as both teams can score goals and I am expecting there will be goals at The Hawthorns against the Robins.
The Baggies sit 5th still in the Championship where we are 5 points ahead in the play-off race with Norwich City, Hull City and Coventry looking under our shoulders. Bristol City sit in 13th place in the league where they are 11 points below 6th but 9 points above the relegation zone but I do expect them to not be relegated or get promoted this season.
This us going against Bristol City, I predict both teams to score and the Baggies picking up 11 points in 5 games I am going for us to win again on Saturday.
Player To Watch – Bristol City
Taylor Gardner-Hickman for Bristol City will be my player to watch on Saturday. After QPR’s Sam Field scoring a brace against us last week I think Taylor Gardner-Hickman could try and scare us on Saturday.
As he is an ex-Baggie and joining Bristol City in January he has only score 1 goal for the Robins since joining, but players who have played for us and not scored much for their team normally go on and score against us.
I personally thought we shouldn’t of sold him as he is still young and risen through the ranks with us under the Steve Bruce days, I say he was one of the players who gave his all and wanted to play for the Baggies.
However, I am sure Carlos Corberan and his players will know he could be the player they will watch out for on Saturday but I am expecting him to cause us a few problems and feel he could get an assist or score against us during the game.
Player To Watch – West Brom
Okay Yokuslu is going to be my player to watch for The Baggies on Saturday, following his strike over Huddersfield I am expecting him to carry on and cause Bristol City a few problems at The Hawthorns.
Yokuslu does make the most passes during games and does make them some good tackles which I believe he can stop Bristol City’s attackers on Saturday.
I hope he can make an impact in this game with him only scoring once this season against Huddersfield, I certainty think he can do a great job with his tackles against Bristol City.
My Line Up V Bristol City
My line-up I would make a few changes with Pipa replacing Adam Reach and Brandon Thomas Asante coming in for Andreas Weimann.
I also keep Kyle Bartley in defence alongside Cedric Kipre. Alex Mowatt and Okay Yoksulu will stay in midfield for me where Mikey Johnston and Tom Fellows will start in the wing where Fellows will replace Jed Wallace with Grady Diangana in attacking midfield with Thomas-Asante leading the attack.
Predictions
I did say there will be goals in this depsite us drawing 0-0 against the Robins in September as I feel both sides can score goals and expecting both teams to score in this encounter.
We finally won on the road in the weekend for the first time against Preston in September and with our home record looking strong I still feel we will win this game, I think it be like the Swansea game at the start of this season when we were 3-0 up before Swansea scored twice late on but we still won.
With Bristol City were close to beating us in September where they should of been 4-0 up at half time I expect them in this game to finally score but they would be unlucky to not get something against us, with Thomas-Asante back for us I am hoping he can make a strong impact back to the team and think he will score.
I said we would win 3-1 against Huddersfield and would be down 1-0 at half time in my match preview last week I was right about the half time score but not the full time score. I say we will score early on with Tom Fellows getting the opener and then Bristol to score before half time with Tommy Conway equalising to make the scoreline 1-1 at half time. I say second half we will score 2 goals with another goal by Mikey Johnston and Brandon Thomas Asante scoring late on in the game to win it for us.
Prediction: West Brom 3-1 Bristol City
Goalscorers for West Brom: Tom Fellows, Mikey Johnston, Brandon Thomas Asante
Goalscorers for Bristol City: Tommy Conway
I am going for another 3-1 win here like I did last weekend, it won’t be a easy game for us but it be a nice win that extends our position in the play-off places and could be on the same points (66 points) where we finished last season on 66 points and could match this with 9 games to go on Saturday.
Lets make it a great afternoon of football and see what happens so lets follow it up with another win. Come on you Baggies.