West Brom will be boosted by the return of key attackers Jed Wallace and John Swift against Blackburn Rovers.
Jon Dahl Tomasson's side travel to The Hawthorns this weekend looking to get their Championship campaign back on track. Rovers have won one of their last eight league outings but triumphed in the FA Cup against Cambridge United last time out.
The Baggies beat Aldershot and have a raft of selection issues. Long-term absentees Matt Phillips and Josh Maja are on the sidelines whilst Semi Ajayi and Grady Diangana are away at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Jayson Molumby will not make the match either but Carlos Corberan is hopeful he will have his two star attackers back and available for selection.
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"There was a problem in Swift's calf muscle and he didn't feel well," Corberan said. "Sometimes the medical test brings confidence to the player to know that there's no injury, so the player starts to accept the pain in a different way than if you are unsure if there is an injury or not. Always with the pain you can relate, psychologically, with an injury.
"The fact that, in the image they showed, there is no injury gives a little confidence to the player and that the pain is a part of his muscle. He has managed to train well during the week and it's been positive to face the next game, but still, we have training on Friday before I am able to make the decision.
"The important thing is to see how Wallace is, and how many minutes he has to play. Depending on medically whether he's ready to play or not and then physically how many minutes, it depends on the green light for both - if you have the green light, then you can play him. If not, firstly medically, let's say he's ready then how many minutes he can play?
"If it's a green light for him to play the full game then that's one picture. If he can only play a part of the game then that's another picture. Still, I need to wait until Friday to know this."
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