Long starts for Baggies against Hammers
West Brom head coach Steve Clarke made two enforced changes for the home Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham.
Full-backs Steven Reid and Liam Ridgewell were ruled out through injury and replaced by Billy Jones and Goran Popov respectively as Albion aimed to halt a run of three successive defeats.
Hammers midfielder Gary O’Neil replaced the injured Mohamed Diame in the only change from the side beaten at home by Liverpool.
West Brom: Myhill, Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Popov, Brunt, Morrison, Mulumbu, Gera, Odemwingie, Long.
Subs: Daniels, Rosenberg, Dorrans, Lukaku, Dawson, Tamas, Fortune.
West Ham: Jaaskelainen, Demel, Reid, Collins, O’Brien, Noble, O’Neil, Jarvis, Nolan, Taylor, Cole.
Subs: Spiegel, Tomkins, Maiga, Spence, Moncur, Lletget.
Referee: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire)




