West Brom face Cardiff City in the Championship tonight.
West Brom make the trip to South Wales to face a Cardiff City side who’ve been in good form so far this season.
Erol Bulut took charge in the summer and his side have already put 27 points on the board, finding themselves in 7th place of the table and just two points behind West Brom in 5th.
The Baggies claimed an impressive 2-0 win over Ipswich Town last time out with Carlos Corberan‘s side having now won four of their last five.
The latest West Brom team news
As per Birmingham World, West Brom will be without Nathaniel Chalobah, though he’s not a long-term absentee, whilst the likes of Adam Reach, Daryl Dike, and Martin Kelly remain sidelined.
Josh Maja and John Swift returned to the side vs Ipswich Town and both came off the bench for their first minutes in several weeks, so both could be in starting contention tonight.
How will the Baggies line up vs Cardiff City?
As ever, West Brom have some key injuries and so we might not see too much rotation.
But having both Maja and Swift back and on the pitch is huge for Corberan and he’ll surely be eager to give Swift in particular a staring spot soon.
He won’t rush him back though, nor Maja, and Cardiff away would be a tricky game to make their returns to the XI.
Elsewhere, Conor Townsend seems to be nailing down the left-back spot after three-straight starts, whilst Kyle Bartley and Cedric Kipre are making for a solid centre pairing in defence.
Expect a mostly unchanged, if not completely unchanged line up tonight, barring potential starts for Swift and/or Maja should Corberan fancy freshening things up a bit.
Here’s how we think West Brom could line up vs Cardiff City tonight…
Palmer (GK)
Townsend
Kipre
Bartley
Furlong
Mowatt
Yokuslu
Phillips
Diangana
Wallace
Maja