West Brom vs Watford: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash at The Hawthorns

  • West Brom are likely to enter the tie unchanged from their recent trip to Arsenal
  • Record signing Nacer Chadli has returned to training but looks unable to play
  • Watford have the services of Miguel Britos back following his red card dismissal
  • The Baggies failed to score in three of their last four encounters with Watford

Ahead of this weekend's action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.

Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Watford.

 

West Brom vs Watford (The Hawthorns, Saturday 15:00)


Team news

West Brom 

West Brom boss Tony Pulis is likely to have an unchanged squad for the Premier League visit of Watford.

Nacer Chadli (thigh) and Oliver Burke (hamstring) have resumed training but are lacking match sharpness and Pulis hopes the pair can step up their fitness during the international break.

West Brom have the option to change things, with Salomon Rondon waiting to come back in

West Brom have the option to change things, with Salomon Rondon waiting to come back in

Pulis has options should he wish to make changes, with the likes of James Morrison, James McClean, Matt Phillips and Salomon Rondon ready to come into the team.

Provisional squad: Foster, Myhill, Nyom, Evans, Dawson, McAuley, Yuning, Hegazi, Gibbs, Brunt, Yacob, Morrison, Field, McClean, Barry, Rondon, Rodriguez, Burke, Robson-Kanu, Krychowiak.

Watford

Watford will have defender Miguel Britos available again following a three-match suspension for the Premier League match at West Brom.

Midfielder Nathaniel Chalobah faces a spell on the sidelines after it was confirmed he needed surgery on a knee injury.

Defender Sebastian Prodl (thigh) is stepping up his rehabilitation, but Younes Kaboul (hamstring) is not expected back until after the international break. Craig Cathcart and forward Mauro Zarate continue their recovery from knee problems. 

Watford will have defender Miguel Britos available again following a three-match suspension

Watford will have defender Miguel Britos available again following a three-match suspension

Provisional squad: Gomes, Holebas, Kabasele, Britos, Mariappa, Femenia, Carrillo, Richarlison, Cleverley, Doucoure, Capoue, Gray, Karnezis, Deeney, Wague, Pereyra, Janmaat, Success, Watson

Key stats - Supplied by Opta

- The Baggies have failed to score in three of their four Premier League encounters with Watford, winning the other 3-1 at the Hawthorns last season.

- The Hornets have lost four of their last five top-flight visits to the Hawthorns against West Brom, winning the other in April 2016 courtesy of a Ben Watson strike.

- Watford received a red card in each of their two Premier League games against West Brom in 2016/17, with Roberto Pereyra sent off at the Hawthorns and Miguel Britos collecting the second of his three Premier League red cards in the game at Vicarage Road.

- Watford will be looking for a fourth successive league away win in this match – they have already set a new club record of three consecutive top-flight away victories coming in to this game.

- The Hornets have won 11 points from their six Premier League games in 2017-18 so far; their second-best tally after six matches of a top-flight season and just behind the 12 points they won in 1982-83 at this stage.

The Baggies enter the tie off the back of their recent away trip to face Arsenal at the Emirates

The Baggies enter the tie off the back of their recent away trip to face Arsenal at the Emirates

- West Brom have gone 39 Premier League games without being awarded a penalty, the longest wait among current sides in the competition.

- The Baggies have the lowest average possession figure this season in the Premier League (37.3%) and have completed a league-low 1300 successful passes.

- West Brom’s next Premier League defeat will be their 200th in the competition.

- Tony Pulis has now managed 100 Premier League games for West Bromwich Albion and in those matches the Baggies have scored exactly 100 goals.

- In fact, in the 316 Premier League games that Pulis has taken charge of overall, his sides have scored 314 goals – just below an average of a goal per game.

- Since Tony Pulis took charge of West Brom in January 2015, 14 different clubs have been ever-present in the competition and have played 100 matches in this period. Of those 14 clubs, WBA have the 12th best points total (122), only above Crystal Palace (114) and Swansea (120). 

WEST BROM VS WATFORD

Kick-off: 15:00pm, Saturday

Referee: Michael Oliver

Odds (subject to change):

West Brom 5/4

Draw 21/10

Watford 12/5

Managers:

Tony Pulis (West Brom)

Marco Silva (Watford)

Head-to-head PL record:

West Brom wins: 1

Draws: 1

Watford wins: 2

League form (latest result first):

West Brom - LDLDW

Watford - WLWDW

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