All-time results record (League, FA Cup and League Cup)

 FA Cup meetings

The first time Albion met Newcastle in the FA Cup tie was a third-round tie at The Hawthorns on January 8, 1938. The Baggies won 1-0 thanks to WG Richardson's strike. Richardson finished as top goal scorer for the eighth successive season, a club record that still stands today.

Albion renewed FA Cup rivalries in the fifth round on February 8, 1954, when they won a home tie 3-2 thanks to a Ronnie Allen hat-trick.

The final time the two teams faced each other in the FA Cup was a fifth-round meeting at The Hawthorns on February 16, 1974. The Magpies beat The Baggies 3-0 en route to the final, which they lost 3-0 to Liverpool.

Interesting Fact

After the Baggies beat Toon in the FA Cup in 1954 they went on to win the trophy, beating Preston North End 3-2 at Wembley in front of a 99,852 crowd (the biggest Albion have ever played in front of). Ronnie Allen bagged a brace and Frank Griffin notched.

Last time out

Home - Football League Championship (August 8, 2009) Albion 1 (Martis) Newcastle 1 (Duff)

Away - Football League Championship (January 18, 2010) Newcastle 2 (Guthrie, Lovenkrands) Albion 2 (Olsson, Bednar)

Form guide (last six league matches)

Albion: LDWWLD

Newcastle: WDWDDD

Last league match line-ups

Albion (v Newcastle): Carson; Jara, Tamas, Olsson, Cech; Brunt, Koren, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Thomas; Bednar (Miller 64). Subs not used: Kiely (gk), Moore, Cox, Teixeira, Zuiverloon, Mattock.

Newcastle (v Albion): Harper; Simpson (R Taylor 86), S Taylor, Coloccini, Enrique; Guthrie, Smith, Nolan, Gutierrez; Lovenkrands, Ameobi (Carroll 78). Subs not used: Krul (gk), Pancrate, Butt, Kadar, Ranger.

Ref watch

James Linington will oversee the FA Cup fourth-round tie. The Isle of Wight official has never refereed Albion before. So far this season Linington has handed out 36 yellow cards and one red card in 17 games.

Betting

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Selected odds:

Albion to win 5/4

Newcastle to win 11/5

Draw 9/4

Ishmael Miller to score 2/1

Shola Ameobi to score 2/1

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