TEAM NEWS
Peter Odemwingie will miss West Brom's Premier League encounter with Newcastle. Odemwingie has picked up a knee injury. Teenager Izzy Brown has also been ruled out with a groin strain, while Youssouf Mulumbu serves the second game of his three-match suspension.
Rob Elliott deputises in goal for Newcastle after Tim Krul dislocated his shoulder against Sunderland. Right-back Davide Santon (hamstring) is still out while Ryan Taylor, who was hoping to make a return, faces a year out after a recurrence of a knee ligament injury.
MANAGER QUOTES
Steve Clarke: "There are a lot of teams below us who would like to be sitting where we are just now, with the confidence and security of knowing they were in the league next year. The work we did in the first-half of the season is paying dividends now. It is important we don't let the season just drift away... I read in the press that [Romelu Lukaku] is going to Swansea - but I would be very surprised if he ends up there. We're not concerned about losing players. It's a compliment. But if anyone comes for our players they will have to pay a lot of money."
Alan Pardew: "[Yohan] Cabaye is probably my biggest worry. The rest of them are really sound physically and mentally. But Cabaye is our best player in terms of intelligence on the pitch and he needs to play. That's why he has played almost every minute."
MATCH FACTS
West Brom have won just two of their 13 Barclays Premier League meetings with Newcastle United (D3 L8).
Newcastle have won three of their last four Premier League away trips at the Hawthorns, with each of these victories seeing the Magpies score exactly three times.
Papiss Demba Cissé has scored three and assisted one in his two Premier League appearances against WBA. Against no other side has the Senegalese striker scored more often.
Of West Brom’s last six Premier League goals, three have come from the penalty spot and another was an own goal.
Just one of Romelu Lukaku’s 13 Premier League goals this season have been scored in the opening 30 minutes of a match.
22 of Newcastle’s last 23 Premier League matches have produced a winner, with only one draw (W7 L15).
Romelu Lukaku has been offside more frequently than any other player in the Premier League this season (every 44 minutes).
The Baggies have scored a league-low of just two goals in the opening 15 minutes of Premier League games this season.
Newcastle have been forced in to making more clearances than any other team in the top-flight this season (1396).
West Brom players have been shown a league-high seven yellow cards for time wasting this campaign.
MATCH ODDS
West Brom 13/10 Newcastle 12/5 Draw 5/2
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