No Wisdom for Baggies
Andre Wisdom is ineligible to play parent club Liverpool when they face West Brom at The Hawthorns.
The on-loan defender is sidelined along with Youssouf Mulumbu who serves the final game of his three-match ban while Ben Foster remains a long-term absentee with a knee injury.
Craig Dawson is fit, though, despite limping off against Crystal Palace with a dead leg with the defender set to keep his place.
Head coach Tony Pulis insists West Brom will relish their underdog tag as they start their nightmare run-in.
The Baggies are eight points above the Barclays Premier League relegation zone and also face Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal in their final five games, along with a trip to Newcastle.
But Pulis will embrace their challenge against the big hitters as the Baggies try to reach his 40 points survival target.
"We can't be below 100 per cent, not just physically but mentally," he said, with Albion on 36 points.
"Every game that we play in now we will be the underdog and I've always enjoyed that.
"As for the three points last weekend, I was most concerned about (restoring) the confidence in the players."
Liverpool come to The Hawthorns after their disappointing display in the 2-1 FA Cup semi final defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday.
And Pulis insisted they must still be respected despite their slip.
"You have to give Villa credit. They were very, very good. They caused them lots of problems," he said.
"Brendan Rodgers knows what the Premier League is like. Expectations are going to be different to what they were like at Swansea,
"They expect you to win trophies at Liverpool.
"It's ebbs and flows. You have to ride with the waves and make sure you have a clear view of where you want to go.
"(Raheem) Sterling, (Philippe) Coutinho, (Daniel) Sturridge, (Adam) Lallana - whoever he plays they have great players."
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits his side cannot afford to allow another setback affect their finish to the season and they have to be ready to take advantage of any slip-ups by their top-four rivals.
"It is important. We want to finish the season strongly and if you can finish it strongly you can take that momentum into the following season," said Rodgers.
"We have missed out on our goals to win a trophy, we went close but not enough, and the other one was to reach the top four.
"It is going to be difficult but we have to be there and fighting.
"It is a distant possibility, mathematically it could be, but the reliance is not with ourselves.
"You want to rely on yourselves and if you get the points you want to be in there but we have to be there to capitalise if anyone makes a mistake."
Daniel Sturridge will miss his third successive match as he has still not recovered from a hip injury.
Source: PA
