45′ There will be two additional minutes to play at the end of the first half.
42′ OFF THE LINE! Diagne heads the ball towards goal from a corner but Saiss is there to clear off the line! How vital could that be in the race for survival from West Brom’s perspective! West Brom are continuing to push for a late goal in this half.
39′ Fabio Silva is running his socks off up front for the away side, trying to link the play up with Vitinha and press the opposition defence. Still no breakthrough for either side so far as we enter the final five minutes of the half.
36′ It looks as though Neves is able to continue, at least for the rest of the first half which will be a welcome sight for Nuno Espirito Santo and Wolves fans.
34′ Neves is down hurt in the middle of the pitch. It looks as though Pereira made contact with Neves on his knee.
33′ An early change from West Brom sees O’Shea replaced by Phillips. It looks as though the home side are making a tactical change. It is needed after Wolves have had a brilliant 15 minutes. Both sides are now matching each other with their formation.
33′ UNLUCKY! This time Vitinha tries a shot from distance and Johnstone paws it clear of the target as the wind caused the ball to dip and swerve in the air.
31′ BIG SAVE! Semedo sneaks in to take the ball off Ajayi on the edge of the West Brom penalty box, the portuguese man drifts past Bartley and fires a shot at goal but Johnstone matches the shot with a fantastic save to tip the ball over the bar. West Brom are living very dangerously now.
28′ Ait Nouri drives forward yet again but his shot from distance is poor and easy for Johnstone to hold on to. Wolves are beginning to turn the screw and create a few more clear chances in this game after a cagey opening 25 minutes.
25′ Wolves are being very patient in possession trying to work an opportunity but West Brom are working hard to keep their shape and restricting the away side to shots from distance.
22′ Pereira lifts the ball in towards the back post but Traore does so well to defend and just put Ajayi off balance as he attacked the ball. Wolves regain possession of the ball once again.
20′ Semedo is penalised for handball on the edge of his box and West Brom have themselves a free-kick in a dangerous position.
18′ Pereira is really running the show in this West Brom side, drifting into nice spaces between the lines and keeping the ball moving for the home side. If the Baggies do go down, Pereira may not be there with them next season.
16′ Ait Nouri goes on a brilliant run from his own half and drives his way into the Baggies’ box but his shot is blocked well by Ajayi. That was too easy for the Wolves defender to drift through midfield and into the box.
13′ Diagne picks out Furlong on the edge of the box after some nice play but the defender’s shot is low and wide of the goal.
10′ Furlong wins a corner but the resulting delivery is a poor one and it’s comfortable for Patricio to come and collect that one.
7′ Furlong gets in Pereira’s way and the defenders shot is wide of the target. It’s not just the rain causing havoc so far but the wind as well.
5′ It looks as though Wolves have started in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Otasowie is playing wide on the right with Traore on the opposite flank. Saiss and Coady are at the heart of the defence with Neves and Dendoncker shielding them. Semedo and Ait Nouri are the wing backs with Vitinha playing behind Fabio Silva.
3′ It’s absolutely tipping it down with rain allowing the ball to zip around the surface quickly. Saiss tries to lob the ball forward and Ajayi gives away a cheap free-kick after a foul on Vitinha.
1′ We’re underway at The Hawthorns.
The teams are in the tunnel and we’re just moments away from kick off at The Hawthorns.
The home side tonight ran out 3-2 winners in the reverse fixture at Molineux and desperately need a repeat of that tonight as their Premier League survival hopes hang in the balance.
Nuno Espirito Santo makes two changes to the side that was demolished 4-0 by Burnley as Willy Boly and Podence are replaced by Otasowie and Vitinha.
Sam Allardyce makes one change from the 2-2 draw against Aston Villa as O’Shea replaces Robinson in the starting squad.
SUBSTITUTES: John Ruddy, Ki-Jana Hoever, Max Kilman, Daniel Podence, Willian Jose, Morgan Gibbs-White, Luke Kunde, Theodor Corbeanu, Christian Marques.
WOLVES XI (3-5-2): Rui Patricio; Romain Saiss, Conor Coady, Owen Otasowie; Nelson Semedo, Leander Dendoncker, Ruben Neves, Vitinha, Rayan Ait Nouri; Adama Traore, Fabio Silva.
SUBSTITUTES: David Button, Hal Robson-Kanu, Callum Robinson, Jake Livermore, Matthew Phillips, Grady Diangana, Romaine Sawyers, Lee Peltier, Karlan Grant.
WEST BROM XI (5-4-1): Sam Johnstone; Darnell Furlong, Dara O’Shea, Kyle Bartley, Semi Ajayi, Conor Townsend; Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Matheus Pereira, Okay Yokuslu, Conor Gallagher; Mbaye Diagne.
The Baggies need to win their remaining five matches if they have any chance of avoiding relegation, whilst Wolves sit comfortably safe in 12th position after a poor season so far by their standards.
Welcome to live coverage of West Brom v Wolves in the Premier League. Kick off is in 30 minutes.
