PREVIEW | West Bromwich vs Sheffield Wed. - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

West Bromwich host Sheffield Wednesday at The Hawthorns this Saturday in the Championship, with kick-off at 12:30 live on Sky Sports +.

The Baggies sit 11th on 17 points but have slipped slightly after back-to-back defeats, leaving Ryan Mason’s side just two points shy of the play-off places. They will be eager to get back to winning ways on home soil.

Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, continue to battle against the odds. The Owls are at the foot of the table on -6 points following a 12-point deduction after entering administration, and last time out they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Oxford United.

The last meeting between the two sides ended in a 2-1 win for West Brom, setting up another potentially tense clash at The Hawthorns.

The Fan Zone

AllAlbionFans (AllAlbionFans): Bottom of the league at home on paper is your easiest game of the season.

The Owls don’t lie down though and the fanbase are on a high over recent developments so will push the team on. In six away games they haven’t been beaten by more than one goal. This will be tougher than most expect.

We have some players injured and even more just coming back from injury.

After back to back away defeats it’s an important three points to pick up.

November is much nicer for us with four home games and a promoted side in Charlton in one of the two aways.

We should be moving back into the top 6 during this period.

Prediction: 2-0

James Mappin (The WTID Podcast): At the moment, and I speak on behalf of the fanbase here, are riding on sheer positivity at the moment. We're rock bottom, on minus six points and have only won one game all season - but as I keep saying in this pieces, this is more than the game of football. The football is largely irrelevant. We're just glad that we've got our Wednesday back.

Yes we're in admin. Yes we've got a threadbare squad. Yes it's going to be difficult. But away from home we're not actually that bad. We haven't failed to score away from home, which is a stark contrast to only scoring two at Hillsborough, and I think that will carry on this weekend too.

Prediction: 1-1

Predicted lineups

West Bromwich: Josh Griffiths, George Campbell, Chris Mepham, Nathaniel Phillips, Charlie Taylor, Callum Styles, Alex Mowatt, Samuel Iling-Junior, Isaac Price, Mikey Johnston, Josh Maja

Sheffield Wed.: Ethan Horvath, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe, Sean Fusire, Barry Bannan, Yan Valery, Svante Ingelsson, Harry Amass, Bailey Cadamarteri, Jamal Lowe

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Last starting XIs

West Bromwich ( vs Ipswich Town 2025-10-25): Josh Griffiths, George Campbell, Chris Mepham, Nathaniel Phillips, Charlie Taylor, Ousmane Diakité, Alex Mowatt, Samuel Iling-Junior, Isaac Price, Mikey Johnston, Aune Heggebo

Sheffield Wed. ( vs Oxford United 2025-10-25): Joe Lumley, Liam Palmer, Dominic Iorfa, Max Lowe, Sean Fusire, Barry Bannan, Yan Valery, Harry Amass, Svante Ingelsson, Bailey Cadamarteri, Jamal Lowe