WEST BROMWICH ALBION v BURNLEY
Barclays Premier League
Sunday 28th September 2014, 4:00pm
The Hawthorns

MATCH NOTES

The game will be the 126th competitive meeting between Albion and Burnley. The Baggies currently have 53 wins to their name compared to The Clarets' 45.

The meeting comes almost exactly 126 years on from the day of the first league game between the clubs which Albion won 4-3 at Stoney Lane.

The game is the first ever Premier League meeting of the two clubs and the first top-flight fixture between them since 1971.

Albion's last game on this date came as recently as last year when Steve Clarke's Baggies recorded a memorable 2-1 victory against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Burnley's last game on September 28 also came last year, the Clarets beating Charlton Athletic 3-0 in a Championship clash at Turf Moor.

Albion are looking to win three games in a row for the first time since November 2012.

The Baggies have won seven and drawn one of the last eight league meetings with Burnley at The Hawthorns.

Albion's last six games: Hull City (H, LC) 3-2; Tottenham Hotspur (A) 1-0; Everton (H) 0-2; Swansea City (A) 0-3; Oxford United (H, LC) 1-1 (7-6 after pens); Southampton (A) 0-0.

Burnley's last six games: Sunderland (H) 0-0; Crystal Palace (A) 0-0; Manchester United (H) 0-0; Sheffield Wednesday (H, LC) 0-1; Swansea City (A) 0-1; Chelsea (H) 1-3.

TEAM NEWS

Albion

Baggies' boss Alan Irvine is sweating on the fitness of strikers Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe after both players picked up injuries in the midweek League Cup win over Hull City.

Utility man Chris Baird, who spent a short spell at Turf Moor last season, is also a doubt due to illness.

Burnley

Star striker Danny Ings is missing for the Clarets along with Matt Taylor and Sam Vokes.

The visitors also have doubts over the fitness of David Jones, Dean Marney and Kieran Tripper.

MATCH ODDS

Result

Albion Win: 21/20, Burnley Win: 3/1, Draw: 21/10.

First Goalscorer

Albion: Ideye 5/1, Berahino 5/1, Anichebe 11/2, Samaras 6/1, Sessegnon 13/2, Varela 8/1, Blanco 17/2, Gardner 9/1, Morrison 11/1, Brunt 11/1, Dorrans 12/1, Mulumbu 16/1, Lescott 20/1, Dawson 20/1, McAuley 25/1, Baird 25/1, Yacob 33/1, Olsson 33/1, Pocognoli 33/1, Wisdom 33/1.

Burnley: Jutkiewicz 6/1, Barnes 7/1, Sordell 7/1, Boyd 9/1, Arfield 10/1, Kightly 11/1, Wallace 12/1, Taylor 16/1, Marney 16/1, Jones 20/1, Keane 25/1, Chalobah 33/1, Shackell 33/1, Ward 33/1.

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REFEREE

Jonathan Moss (West Yorkshire)

Moss took charge of three Albion games last season - the 3-0 defeat at home to Manchester United in March, the 1-1 draw at home to Hull in December and the 4-1 defeat at Liverpool in October.

The West Yorkshire official last took charge of a Burnley game on the opening day of the 2012/13 season for their Championship clash with Bolton Wanderers which the Clarets won 2-0.

Moss has handed out 18 yellow cards and three red in the four games he has refereed so far this season.

A full run-down of Moss' history refereeing the Baggies can be found here

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets are currently on general sale to home supporters priced at £25 adults, £20 over 60s, £15 under 21s/students and £1 for under 17s.

WEATHER FORECAST

Light cloud, 18°C.

FIXTURE HISTORY

Saturday 24 January 2009 - Albion 2-2 Burnley - FA Cup 4th Round - The Hawthorns
Saturday 2 February 2008 - Albion 2-1 Burnley - League Championship - The Hawthorns
Saturday 16 August 2003 - Albion 4-1 Burnley - League Division One - The Hawthorns
Saturday 6 March 1993 - Albion 2-0 Burnley - League Division Two - The Hawthorns

LAST MEETING AT THE HAWTHORNS

Albion 2-2 Burnley
FA Cup 4th Round
Saturday 24 January 2009, 3:00pm

Albion: Carson, Hoefkens, Pele, Donk (Zuiverloon 72), Robinson, Kim, Greening (Borja Valero 40), Filipe Teixeira (Brunt 71), Koren, Simpson, Bednar. Subs not used: Kiely, Cech, Dorrans, Fortune.

Goalscorers: Koren 31, Kim 45+3

Burnley: Jensen, Duff (Thompson 66), Carlisle, Caldwell, Kalvenes (Rodriguez 86), Elliott, Alexander, McCann, Eagles (Gudjonsson 60), Blake, Paterson. Subs not used: Penny, McDonald, Mahon, MacDonald.

Goalscorers: Alexander 25 (pen), Paterson 89

Attendance: 18,294

Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)

Burnley came from behind late-on to force a replay and go into the hat for the FA Cup fifth-round draw. Graham Alexander thumped Burnley into the lead from the penalty spot after Jonathan Greening had pushed Robbie Blake over in the area. Robert Koren pulled West Brom level, crashing home a 25-yard volley before Do-heon Kim's deflected free-kick put West Brom ahead in the first-half. Burnley levelled on 89 minutes when Martin Paterson turned in a low cross.

A buoyant Burnley showed no signs of fatigue after their mid-week Carling Cup semi-final game against Tottenham and stunned the Premier League side by taking the lead early on at The Hawthorns. The Clarets have already beaten Premier League sides Fulham, Chelsea and Arsenal in the League Cup this season but had to come from behind late on to keep their FA Cup hopes alive. The opening goal came when West Brom captain Greening was adjudged to have fouled Blake and Burnley's spot-kick specialist Alexander stepped up to drill home a rising shot which Scott Carson had no chance with. Koren pulled the Baggies level 10 minutes later. Greening stroked a corner into the Burnley box which Steven Caldwell headed away from goal but it fell invitingly for Koren and the Slovenian international rifled a blistering volley into the top corner. Only the woodwork stopped Blake restoring Burnley's lead after his powerful left-footed drive thumped against the crossbar. Four minutes into first-half injury-time Kim put the Baggies ahead with a 20-yard deflected free-kick after he had been fouled by Clarke Carlisle which wrong footed goalkeeper Brian Jensen.

In a dramatic second half both sides created chances and West Brom could have wrapped the game up when Roman Bednar burst past Michael Duff, rounded Jensen but he could not find the finish as his shot rebounded off the post. Burnley upped the tempo late on and West Brom had Carson to thanks for keeping the home side's lead intact as he saved acrobatically from Steve Thompson's drive. With two minutes to play Burnley forced the replay that their endeavour deserved. Blake found Elliott and the Burnley winger ran at the West Brom defence driving over a low cross which found Paterson who poked home.

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CURRENT CONNECTIONS

Albion's Chris Baird spent a short spell as a Burnley player towards the end of the 2013/14 season.

Burnley defender Steven Reid spent four years at The Hawthorns before moving to Turf Moor in the summer following his release by Albion.

PAST CONNECTIONS

Amongst the players to have turned out at various levels for both clubs are: Colin Anderson, Henry Boyd, David Campbell, Len Cantello, Bill Chambers, Richard Chaplow, Paul Crichton, Delroy Facey, Ronnie Fenton, Gary Germaine, Tony Grant, Brian Jensen, Tommy Jones, Joey Law, Andy Marriott, Mickey Mellon, Len Moorwood, Tony Morley, James O'Connor, Mike Phelan, Stuart Robertson, Artim Sakiri, Barry Siddall, Frank Sinclair, Wilf Smith, John Talbut, Stanislav Varga, Gavin Ward, Winston White and Jason Withe.

ALL-TIME LEAGUE & CUP RECORD VS BURNLEY