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West Brom expected XI v Brentford

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Darren Moore is not expected to make any changes to his starting line-up for West Brom’s clash against Brentford at The Hawthorns on Monday night.

Albion have won their last three games in a row with the same starting 11, so Moore is unlikely to swap any players around even though it would mean leaving £40,000-a-week (Spotrac) star Dwight Gayle on the bench.

The Baggies are also set to be without Kyle Bartley once again, as Sky Sports reports that the 27-year-old is struggling with a knee injury.

That means that Sam Johnstone is expected to start in goals behind an unchanged back-four of Tosin Adarabioyo, Craig Dawson, Ahmed Hegazi and Kieran Gibbs.

Jake Livermore and James Morrison could start in the deeper-lying midfield positions with Matt Phillips ahead of them occupying the No 10 role he has impressed in over the last three games.

Harvey Barnes is pretty much nailed on to start on the left-wing while Hal Robson-Kanu could line up on the right side of the Baggies attack.

Jay Rodriguez is expected to spearhead Albion’s attack to round off an unchanged side.

West Brom have not played against Brentford since beating them 4-0 in the League Cup in 2003 and the London club will go into Monday night’s game knowing that they have lost every single one of their games at The Hawthorns.

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