Betting: Home 5-4, Away 11-5, Draw 23-10.
Team News
Craig Gardner is suspended for West Brom's clash with Newcastle after collecting five bookings.
Jonas Olsson and Silvestre Varela are also out with Olsson struggling with an Achilles problem while Porto loanee Varela is yet to regain fitness following a groin operation.
Record signing Brown Ideye may come back into the squad after being left out completely in last week's 1-0 win at Leicester.
Meanwhile, midfielder Gabriel Obertan will miss the game after tearing a thigh muscle.
Manager Alan Pardew has confirmed that the Frenchman will be sidelined for a minimum of six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery, but was coy over suggestions he could be out for four or five months.
Winger Rolando Aarons is a doubt with an unspecified knock, while striker Papiss Cissé is working to shake off the effects of irritation from the screws used to repair his fractured kneecap.
Midfield enforcer Cheick Tioté (calf) is likely to miss the next two weeks, joining central defender Mike Williamson (muscle strain) in the treatment room.
Match Notes
Unpredictably has been the name of the game for both teams this season.
Perhaps Newcastle could make it four wins out of four after,seven without a win.
Yet, Albion have lost only one of their last seven.
This, then, may go some way to indicating just what we will get from these teams for the rest of the season.
It is a game certainly that could well produce goals.
Stat of the game: Newcastle are the only team in the top flight so far without a goal in the opening 30 minutes.
John Ley's prediction: WBA 3 Newcastle 3.
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