West Brom return to Championship action with a trip to title hopefuls Leicester City this weekend.
Leicester City host West Brom in a lunch time kick off on Saturday.
It’s the first of three final games of the regular season for the Baggies, though Carlos Corberan will be hoping that his side have some play-off fixtures to come.
As things stand, West Brom sit in 5th place of the Championship table on 72 points, whilst Hull City in 7th are on 65 points.
A play-off finish is starting to look likely but Corberan won’t be counting on it just yet; the Baggies have slipped up before and they still have some tough fixtures.
Brandon Thomas-Asante suspended for West Brom vs Leicester City
For the trip to the King Power this weekend, West Brom will be without striker Brandon Thomas-Asante who is suspended for one game.
The striker picked up two yellow cards vs Sunderland, both in quick succession, and now leaves Corberan with a tricky selection call this weekend.
West Brom remain without Daryl Dike, whilst Josh Maja is on the comeback trail and tipped to feature at Leicester.
Maja though, having returned vs Rotherham United earlier in the month and then missing out at Sunderland, has been backed to start on the bench on Saturday.
And that could mean a rare start for Andi Weimann.
Andi Weimann at West Brom
West Brom turned heads when they signed veteran Football League forward Weimann, 32, on loan from Bristol City in January.
The Austrian has since received mixed reviews.
He’s featured 12 times in the Championship for West Brom with two goals and two assists to his name.
Though a poor performance in his last start for West Brom during the 1-1 draw at Millwall, in which Weimann was brought off at half time, has seen him fall out of contention.
He’s made a couple of substitute appearances since but hasn’t featured in the last two games now.
Weimann though remains an experienced and prolific striker; just two seasons ago he scored 22 goals in the Championship for Bristol City.
How Carlos Corberan can use Andi Weimann to unsettle Leicester City
Leicester have been shaky in recent weeks.
They’ve lost four of their last six in all competitions and have lost their last two in the Championship, both by 1-0 scorelines against Millwall and Plymouth Argyle respectively.
The Foxes may be there for the taking then, with their strikers having been a main source of criticism in recent weeks.
But Enzo Maresca still boasts a side who are very athletic at the back, albeit leaky of late, with names like Wout Faes and Jannik Vestergaard providing good ground coverage in the centre.
So for West Brom, using a pivoting striker like Weimann who holds the ball up and brings defenders out of position could be key.
Even with Thomas-Asante up top, running in behind Leicester might be difficult.
But in Weimann, Corberan has a different kind of striker, then with names like Mikey Johnston and Tom Fellows on the wing, West Brom could find luck in holding up the play and then running in behind with Johnston and Fellows.
It could be a rare chance to impress for Weimann who is out of contract at Ashton Gate this summer, and therefore stating his case for a new club in the summer.