WEST BROMWICH ALBION v HULL CITY
Capital One Cup 3rd Round
Wednesday 24th September 2014, 8:00pm
The Hawthorns

MATCH NOTES

The game will be the 51st league & cup meeting between Albion and Hull City. Both teams currently have 18 victories to their name.

The Baggies' last game on this date came in 2011 when they played out a goalless Premier League draw at home to Fulham. The club's last win on September 24 came twenty years ago back in 1994 when they beat Burnley 1-0 in a League Division One fixture at The Hawthorns, Bob Taylor the goalscorer.

Hull's last game on this date came as recently as last year when they beat Huddersfield Town 1-0 in a Capital One Cup clash at the KC Stadium.

Over the last ten years Albion have played 17 cup ties against Premier League opposition winning just twice.

Albion's last six games: 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; Sunderland (H) 2-2.

City's last six games: Newcastle United (A) 2-2; West Ham United (H) 2-2; Aston Villa (A) 1-2; KSC Lokeren (H, EL) 2-1; Stoke City (H) 1-1; KSC Lokeren (A, EL) 0-1.

TEAM NEWS

Albion

Baggies' Head Coach Alan Irvine looks likely to make a number of changes for the Capital One Cup tie with Hull.

Georgios Samaras and Sebastian Blanco could both make their first starts for the club whilst Silvestre Varela could also be involved for the first time following his successful run-out for the under-21 side on Monday night. Boaz Myhill, Gareth McAuley, Cristian Gamboa, Jason Davidson, Brown Ideye and Claudio Yacob also look likely starters.

Hull City

Hull boss Steve Bruce has confirmed he will make wholesale changes for the Hawthorns' clash.

Hatem Ben Arfa will make his full debut for the club following his loan move from Newcastle United whilst Tom Ince, Yannick Sagbo, Alex Bruce, Steve Harper and former Baggie Paul McShane are amongst those also likely to figure.

However, the cup-tied duo of Gaston Ramirez and Mohamed Diame are unavailable.

MATCH ODDS

Result

Albion Win: 5/4, Hull City Win: 21/10, Draw: 11/5.

First Goalscorer

Albion: Ideye 11/2, Berahino 11/2, Anichebe 6/1, Samaras 13/2, Sessegnon 7/1, Varela 8/1, Blanco 17/2, Gardner 10/1, Brunt 11/1, Roofe 11/1, Morrison 12/1, Dorrans 14/1, Mulumbu 16/1, Dawson 25/1, McAuley 25/1, Lescott 25/1, Wisdom 33/1, Baird 33/1, Yacob 33/1, Gamboa 33/1, Olsson 33/1, Pocognoli 33/1.

Hull City: Hernandez 11/2, Jelavic 11/2, Ince 7/1, Sagbo 7/1, Ben Arfa 8/1, Aluko 17/2, Brady 11/1, Meyler 12/1, Livermore 14/1, Huddlestone 16/1, Robertson 20/1, Elmohamady 25/1, Davies 25/1, Quinn 25/1, Maguire 33/1, Chester 33/1, Figueroa 33/1, Dawson 33/1.

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REFEREE

Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)

Dowd refereed three Albion games last season - the 2-0 FA Cup defeat at The Hawthorns against Crystal Palace in January, the 2-1 loss at Newcastle United in November and the 3-0 win at home to Sunderland in September.

The Staffordshire official took charge of two Hull games during 2013/14 - the 4-1 defeat at Southampton in November and the 2-0 defeat at Manchester City in August.

Dowd has issued 11 yellow cards and no red in the three games he has officiated so far this season.

A full run down of Dowd's record when taking charge of Albion games can be found here

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for the game remain on general sale priced at £10 for all categories except under-17s, who will only pay £5 - both in advance of tomorrow and also right up until kick-off.

WEATHER FORECAST

Clear skies, 12°C.

FIXTURE HISTORY

LAST MEETING AT THE HAWTHORNS

Albion 1-1 Hull City
Barclays Premier League
Saturday 21st December 2013, 3:00pm

Albion: Foster, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell (Gera 79), Morrison, Brunt (c), Mulumbu, Sessègnon (Vydra 69), Long, Sinclair (Berahino HT). Subs not used: Myhill (gk), Yacob, Lugano, Amalfitano.

Goalscorer: Vydra 86

Booked: Jones 65 (foul), Gera 88 (foul)

Hull City: McGregor, Chester, Bruce, Davies (c), Figueroa, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Meyler, Graham (Boyd 80), Sagbo (Fryatt 89). Subs not used: Harper (gk), Rosenior, Koren, McShane, Faye.

Goalscorer: Livermore 28

Booked: Meyler 40 (foul)

Attendance: 24,753

Referee: Jon Moss (West Yorkshire)

Matej Vydra's late equaliser rescued a point for West Brom against Hull City at The Hawthorns in caretaker boss Keith Downing's first game in charge. On-loan Tottenham midfielder Jake Livermore gave Hull a deserved lead with a cool finish on the counter attack. But Czech striker Vydra levelled four minutes from time with his first goal since joining on loan from Udinese. It was the Baggies' first point in five league games.

Downing, who was placed in temporary charge of West Brom after Steve Clarke was sacked as head coach, included goalkeeper Ben Foster for the first time since August following his return from a stress fracture in his foot. However, the England international was picking the ball out of his net after less than half an hour as Albion were punished for a poor start. The hosts were caught on the counter when a half-hearted penalty appeal was turned down after James Morrison tumbled in the box under pressure from Tom Huddlestone. Hull midfielder David Meyler seized on the loose ball and sent Danny Graham away. The Tigers striker squared for Livermore, on a season-long loan from White Hart Lane, who raced into the area and coolly slid the ball under Foster.

Downing introduced England Under-21 forward Saido Berahino for the ineffective Scott Sinclair at half-time in a bid to lift his side's fortunes. And the talented youngster, 20, created Albion's first meaningful effort on goal with a fiercely struck half-volley that was beaten away by Hull goalkeeper Allan McGregor. The chance seemed to give the home side greater belief and McGregor had to be alert to gather a Gareth McAuley header from a corner moments later. Hull remained a threat on the break and West Brom were indebted to a double save from Foster as he denied Huddlestone and Ahmed Elmohamady. Shane Long, the subject of a £5m bid from Hull on deadline day only for West Brom to pull the plug, was quiet for most of the contest but played a part in Albion's equaliser. The Republic of Ireland striker got in behind the Hull defence and fed the ball to Zoltan Gera, who found fellow substitute Vydra. He swept the ball home from 10 yards to give West Brom a share of the spoils.

BBC Sport

LAST CUP MEETING

Hull City 1-2 Albion
Anglo-Scottish Cup
Wednesday 6th August 1975, 7:30pm

Albion: John Osborne, Gordon Nisbet, Ray Wilson, Len Cantello, Bryan Robson, Ally Robertson, John Trewick, Ally Brown, Joe Mayo, Johnny Giles, Willie Johnston.

Goalscorers: Brown 2

Hull City: Eddie Blackburn, Frank Banks, Roger Devries, Jimmy McGill, Steve Deere, David Roberts (Ken Wagstaff), Vince Grimes, Malcolm Lord, Alf Wood, Peter Fletcher, Roy Greenwood.

Goalscorer: Wagstaff

Attendance: 3,094

CURRENT CONNECTIONS

Albion goalkeeper Boaz Myhill spent almost seven years at Hull before joining Albion in July 2010 in a £1.5million deal.

Curtis Davies joined Albion from Luton Town in August 2005 and spent two successful seasons at The Hawthorns before leaving to join Aston Villa. Spells at Leicester City (loan) and Birmingham City followed before he joined Hull in June 2013.

Paul McShane joined Albion from Manchester United in August 2006 as part of the deal that took Tomasz Kuszczak to Old Trafford. He spent just one season at The Hawthorns before leaving to join Sunderland. He moved on to Hull in August 2008.

PAST CONNECTIONS

Amongst the players to have turned out at various levels for both clubs are: Paul Anderson, Peter Barnes, Tony Brien, Neil Clement, Delroy Facey, Alan Fettis, Chris Hargreaves, Derek Hood, John Kaye, Kevin Kilbane, Robert Koren; Shane Long, Gordon Nisbet, Jay Simpson, Richard Sneekes, Gerry Summers and Jason van Blerk.

ALL-TIME LEAGUE & CUP RECORD VS HULL CITY