WEST BROM
Carson
Zuiverloon Meite Olsson Robinson
Mulumbu Greening Koren Brunt
Fortune Simpson
Cisse Jones
Reid Tainio Leadbitter Edwards
Collins Ferdinand Davenport Bardsley
Gordon
SUNDERLAND

Sunderland subs (from): Fulop, Ben-Haim, McShane, Malbranque, Richardson, Yorke, Murphy, Healy.
West Brom subs (from): Dorrans, Bednar, Martis, Kiely, Valero, Teixeira, Donk, Wood.

SUNDERLAND: Kieran Richardson is hoping to be recalled to the starting line-up after recovering from a calf problem, while captain Dean Whitehead is fit again and has trained this week following a leg injury. Ricky Sbragia, however, could decide not to change his team after the morale-boosting 1-0 win over Hull last weekend.
Suspensions: None
Injuries: McCartney (ankle), Healy (groin), Nosworthy (hamstring), Anderson (knee), Connolly (groin)
Leading league scorer: Cisse 10
Last five League games: WLLLL
Next game: Everton (a) 3/5

WEST BROM: Former Middlesbrough midfielder James Morrison will be missing with a heel problem, but manager Tony Mowbray has at least been boosted by the return of two of his first team players. Striker Roman Bednar (hamstring) and former Darlington defender Shelton Martis (groin) are back in the squad.
Suspensions: None
Injuries: Morrison (heel), Miller (knee), Clement (knee)
Leading league scorer: Brunt 7
Last five League games: LDLDD
Key player: Robert Koren - the Slovenian can be sublime or ridiculous.
Last season: N/A
Head to head: West Brom 42, Sunderland 56, Draws 39
Referee: Mark Halsey (Bolton) G22 Y30 R2 Av: 1.45
Last Sunderland game: v Liverpool (a) 3/3/09, 2-0, Y1 R1
Odds: H 11/8; A11/5; D11/5
It's a fact: Sunderland lost 6-5 away to West Brom on 24 March 1934; it is one of four club record 11-goal games in their league history.
Comment by Paul Fraser: West Brom look destined for the drop and will be desperate to avoid the defeat which would mean that Sunderland are almost safe.
Prediction: 1-1