Our prediction for this Championship match:
All eyes will be on the Hawthorns when WBA and Bournemouth go head to head in a postponed Championship game. The Baggies are eight points behind the playoffs berth, meaning that this has to go down as a must-win game for the home team. However, home win should not be considered as West Brom failed to impress in the Birmingham derby at the weekend. Both Daryl Dike and Matt Phillips are sidelined with injuries for the home team.
The Cherries, on the other hand, aim to move one step closer to securing automatic promotion. Bournemouth proved their worth in a hard-fought 1-0 win over Hull City, which is yet another reason why away triumph should be considered. Junior Stanislas and Kieffer Moore should be the only absentees in the away side, while Siriki Dembele is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in the 3-2 win over Bristol City.
Highlighted Player (Callum Robinson):
Born in Northampton, Callum Robinson started his career at Aston Villa. Having gone through the youth ranks with the Villans, Robinson was given his first-team debut in 2013. As a product of the Aston Villa academy, Robinson unfortunately never got a chance to prove his worth at the club and ended up playing no less than 4 league appearances during his three-year stay at Villa Park.
Various loan spells – at Preston North End on two occasions and Bristol City – brought mixed fortunes for the striker up until 2016 when he sealed a permanent move with the Lillywhites. Robinson represented England at U16, U17, U19 and U20 levels but raised plenty of eyebrows when he declared for the Republic of Ireland in March 2018 through his late grandmother who was from Monaghan.
The striker made his senior team breakthrough in Republic of Ireland’s 2-2 draw with Celtic in Scott Brown’s testimonial match and will be hoping to prove doubters wrong and prove his motive is bigger than career opportunism.
Highlighted Team (Bournemouth):
Bournemouth are a professional football club that was formed back in 1890. The Cherries secured promotion to the Premier League in the 2015/2016 season, with the team making it to the English top flight for the first time ever.
Bournemouth play their home games at Dean Court and the capacity of the stadium is 11,469.
The Cherries enjoyed a very successful season on their Premier League debut, with the team beating the likes of Chelsea and Manchester United in the national championship. Glenn Murray scored the winner for Bournemouth in the 1-0 win over the capital club at Stamford Bridge and that is probably the greatest victory in the club’s history.
Bournemouth have been participating in the FA Cup since 1913, but they have yet to win the trophy in the prestigious competition. It has to be noted that the club’s original name Boscombe Athletic Football Club was changed to Bournemouth back in 1923 as the club owners wanted the Cherries to be more representative of the district.