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West Brom head coach Tony Pulis will be without influential winger Matt Phillips and forward Hal Robson-Kanu.
The pair suffered hamstring problems in training on Tuesday and could also miss the trip to Burnley next weekend.
Leicester are hopeful that captain Wes Morgan will return from the hamstring injury that kept him out of the midweek defeat by Arsenal.
Club record signing Islam Slimani is expected to be available after three matches out with a groin injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- This is the 100th league fixture between the two clubs. West Brom lead by 46 wins to Leicester’s 32, with 21 draws.
- However, Leicester have won five of the last seven league meetings at The Hawthorns, including 3-2 in both previous Premier League encounters.
West Bromwich Albion
- The Baggies have lost three successive games without scoring and could lose four in a row for the first time since December 2014. It is 14 years since they last suffered four straight league defeats without a goal.
- They could also register three consecutive Premier League home defeats for the first time in a year.
- Albion are in danger of going five league matches without a goal for the first time in their history.
- West Brom have only won, and scored in, one of their seven matches since reaching 40 points (W1, D1, L5).
- They need six points to set a Premier League club record of 50 in a season. Tony Pulis’ highest points tally in the division is 47, set with Stoke in 2010.
Leicester City
- Leicester have gone five matches without a win in all competitions (D2, L3).
- They failed to score in a league game for the first time under Craig Shakespeare when beaten 1-0 at Arsenal on Wednesday. Nonetheless, their total of 17 goals in the last eight fixtures is as many as they scored in the previous 20 league games.
- The Foxes have taken 16 points out of 24 since Shakespeare took over as manager. They won 14 points out of 60 in Claudio Ranieri’s last 20 fixtures in charge.
- Leicester have won just one of their last 19 away games in the Premier League (D6, L12).
- Jamie Vardy has scored seven goals in 11 competitive games for Leicester under Craig Shakespeare, as many as he managed in 32 appearances under Claudio Ranieri this season.
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