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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Hawthorns
  • Attendance: 22503
  • Referee: Rennie, U

Live Commentary

90mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

90mins

The referee has booked Leon Barnett.

70mins

Roman Bednar is replaced by Kim Do-Heon.

69mins

Peter Halmosi is being taken off, Chris Clark has come on in his place.

67mins

Goal!! Roman Bednar scores for West Brom.

64mins

Plymouth are replacing Krisztian Timar with Marcel Seip.

64mins

Gary Teale is being taken off, Jamie Mackie has come on in his place.

63mins

West Brom are replacing Ishmael Miller with Luke Moore.

59mins

Goal!! West Brom have scored with Ishmael Miller putting it in the back of the net.

46mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.

45mins

Half time whistle is blown by U Rennie

45mins

Goal!! Zoltan Gera scores for West Brom.

17mins

Felipe Teixeira is being taken off, Zoltan Gera has come on in his place.

0mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, March 1st, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Roman Bednar kept up his red hot run in front of goal to help kick-start West Bromwich Albion's promotion push as Plymouth Argyle's winning run came to an end at The Hawthorns.

Albion had picked up just one point from their previous three games to slide from the top of the table to fourth.

But substitute Zoltan Gera put them on course for only their second win in seven league games when he pounced on the stroke of half-time.

Ishmael Miller doubled their advantage in the 59th minute before Bednar, whose first Albion goals were at Plymouth in December, bundled home his 16th of the season after 67 minutes.

Plymouth had arrived at The Hawthorns on the back of four successive wins that had catapulted them into the thick of the promotion race.

But they lacked the firepower that Albion have at their disposal and that was the key difference between the sides.

Gera, axed after an ineffective display in the previous game against Hull City, found himself thrown back into the action after 17 minutes when Filipe Teixeira was forced off when he fell awkwardly.

It proved to be a stroke of luck for Albion as Gera made their greater possession finally pay-off in first-half stoppage time thanks to good work by Bednar.

Bednar's powerful run into the area saw him pick out Miller, who had wasted a good chance to break the deadlock in the 20th minute when he dragged his shot wide.

This time he was on target but his effort was parried by Plymouth goalkeeper Luke McCormick.

Unfortunately for Plymouth, the rebound flew straight to Gera, who stabbed home his eight goal of the season from six yards.

Albion's advantage should have been short-lived as Plymouth had an excellent chance to equalise on the stroke of half-time.

Gary Teale's inswinging corner was met by Lilian Nalis, but his powerful header flew just the wrong side of the post.

Peter Halmosi then had a close-range shot blocked before Albion secured their success with two goals in an eight minute second-half spell.

Miller, who had seconds earlier been denied by a smart save from McCormick, pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and let fly with an hopeful overhead kick.

The former Manchester City marksman looked almost embarrassed as the ball looped over the stranded McCormick and into the net.

Bednar then set the seal on the win with a predatory piece of finishing.

Jonathan Greening whipped in a left wing cross and Gera nodded the ball back into the path of Bednar, who easily beat McCormick from close range.

West Bromwich Albion Team

Plymouth Argyle Team

West Bromwich Albion

Plymouth Argyle

Corners

610

Fouls

1014

Goal attempts

144

Shots off target

63

Offsides

45

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