LUKE Steele is handed his Albion debut after the news ever-present Dean Kiely has broken his toe.

Shelton Martis makes his Championship bow as he and Jared Hodgkiss are handed their full league debuts for the club.

The Baggies go into the Walkers Stadium clash with nine first-team regulars sidelined by injury and suspension.

Paul Robinson and Bostjan Cesar are missing from the side that lost 4-2 to Coventry on Tuesday due to one-game bans.

The other player to drop out from midweek is Carl Hoefkens with a hamstring injury.

Kevin Phillips, Ishmael Miller, James Morrison, Martin Albrechtsen and Neil Clement are all ruled out with knee injuries.

Pele starts at centre-half alongside Leon Barnett, while 17-year-old David Worrall is named in a Championhsip 16-man squad for the first time.

The Baggies boss has opted to start with no goalkeeper on the bench, as has his opposite number Ian Holloway.

The Foxes boss makes two changes to the team that drew 1-1 with Burnley in midweek.

Ashley Chambers and James Wesolowski are named in the hosts' starting XI, while Alan Sheehan drops to the bench and Alan Maybury is left out altogether.

LEICESTER (4-3-3): Fulop; Stearman, Kisnorbo, McAuley, Mattock; Kenton, Wesolowski, Clemence; A Chambers, Cort, Hume. Subs: N'Gotty, Sheehan, Hayes, Odhiambo, King.

ALBION (4-4-1-1): Steele; Martis, Barnett, Pele, Hodgkiss; Gera, Koren, Greening, Brunt; Teixeira; Bednar. Subs: Chaplow, MacDonald, Beattie, Tininho, Worrall.

REFEREE: M Russell (Hertfordshire).

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