West Brom vs Norwich City Prediction: Another low-scoring affair at The Hawthorns

West Bromwich Albion are hoping to post back-to-back wins in the EFL Championship for the first time in September when they welcome Norwich City to The Hawthorns on Saturday (15:00). The Baggies ended their run of six consecutive draws with a victory over Hull City last time out. 

The Canaries head into this off the back of three straight defeats, so they will feel as though they needed the international break. Read on for my West Brom vs Norwich City prediction, alongside the latest match odds and team news.

West Brom vs Norwich City Odds

West Brom are 9/10 to win this match, giving them an implied probability of 52.6%. Norwich are 2/1 to take the three points, which gives them a theoretical chance of 33.3%. The draw is on offer at 9/4 (30.8%).

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Team News

Baggies boss Carlos Corberan is still going through a defensive crisis as centre-backs Kyle Bartley, Semi Ajayi and Paddy McNair remain sidelined through injury.

As a result, Mason Holgate and summer addition Torbjorn Heggem are likely to continue their makeshift partnership at the heart of Albion's back line on Saturday.

Daryl Dike is still recuperating from his Achilles injury suffered in February, and the timeframe has him to return to action after Christmas. Callum Styles is likely to keep his place as a makeshift left-back after impressing in the win over Hull.

Corberan is unlikely to make too many changes to that winning side after the Baggies' long wait for three points came to an end. Top scorer Josh Maja will lead the line, and he should be supported by Karlan Ahearne-Grant, Tom Fellows and Mikey Johnston. Although the likes of Jed Wallace and Grady Diangana will be pushing for recalls.

Devante Cole will be disappointed with his lack of game time but Maja is continuing to deliver excellent performances up top and even Dike would struggle to battle his way back into the side right now.

Jayson Molumby and Alex Mowatt are expected to keep their places in the engine room, but John Swift and Uros Racic are other options to feature there.

For Norwich, goalkeeper Angus Gunn is not expected back from injury until later this month, while attackers Josh Sargent, Ashley Barnes and Onel Hernandez are also in the treatment room - intensifying the attacking burden on the league's top scorer Borja Sainz.

West Brom to win 1-0 @ 6/1

It felt as though a huge weight had been lifted off Albion's shoulder at Hull just before the international break, six draws in a row is a long streak and not one that is necessarily pleasant.

Corberan and his players will now look to get back into the rhythm they set right at the beginning of the campaign, and I think they can grab another three points against a side that are struggling without some of their key players, and whose confidence is very low at the moment.

Backing West Brom to win at 9/10 seemed like a fair price given the circumstances, but I have sought out better value by going for a correct score of 1-0. I have gone for this scoreline because we have seen Albion win by this margin twice before this season, against Swansea City and Plymouth Argyle.

Their last three home matches have all been 0-0 draws, so there is still plenty of work for them to do to make themselves more clinical in the final third. Their greatest asset at home has been their defensive resilience, which has been frustrating for the opponents that have played there already this season.

Only one opposition side has scored at The Hawthorns this term and that was Middlesbrough, who posted a 1-0 scoreline of their own. While Baggies will try to build on their win at Hull, I think it will be a while before we start seeing them become prolific at home, so I feel as though backing them to edge this match by one goal is a fair selection for the weekend.

Under 1.5 goals @ 9/4 

This leads me nicely into selection number two. Seeing as Albion have been stubborn to face at home, and all of their matches here have seen under 1.5 goals land, I think it's only right to back this trend to continue.

Norwich head here with their attacking options depleted, which should make life easier for the Baggies' back line, but their losing streak will also see them head into this match psychologically frail.

As I mentioned above, I do think we are a while away from seeing Albion blow teams away, but I don't think they will complain how many goals there are again, as long as they get the three points that matter.

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