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Albion travel to face Brighton & Hove Albion at the American Express Community Stadium in the FA Cup fourth-round this Saturday (ko 3pm).

The opposition

Brighton sit in 13th place in the Premier League and are managed by Chris Hughton, who has been at the club since December 2014.

The Seagulls beat AFC Bournemouth 3-1 at the Vitality Stadium in the FA Cup third-round to progress to this stage of the competition.

Last time out

Our last meeting was in January 2018 as headed goals from Jonny Evans and Craig Dawson secured a 2-0 Hawthorns victory for the Baggies.

 

Stats

Albion

• The Baggies have lost just one of their last 13 games and have won five of their last six on the road.
• Darren Moore's side have scored the second-highest amount of league goals in England. Albion have netted 57 times whilst Manchester City, who top the charts, have notched 64.
• This fixture will be the first ever meeting in the proper rounds of the FA Cup between two teams with the title 'Albion'.

Brighton

• Have won just one of their last eight league games, including five defeats and two draws.
• Brighton have failed to score in 10 of the 21 matches that they have played against the Baggies.
• Glenn Murray has netted eight goals for Brighton this season, with centre half Shane Duffy their next highest scorer with four.

From the archive

Here are the highlights from an emphatic 5-1 victory for the Baggies against Brighton & Hove Albion at The Hawthorns in 1982... 

Head to head

Albion come out on top in the head-to-head record.

Of the 21 matches that have been played, the Baggies have triumphed nine times, there have been seven draws and Brighton have won on five occasions.

Man in the middle

The referee for Saturday's match is Lee Mason, and he'll be assisted by Derek Eaton and Simon Long with Craig Pawson as the fourth official.

Lee Mason has refereed Albion twice this season and both times Darren Moore's men have scored four goals; winning 4-3 at Norwich City and 4-1 against Leeds United.

Ticket news

A 3,000-strong army of Baggies supporters are set to travel to Brighton and Hove Albion's American Express Community Stadium on Saturday, and you can still join them.

Tickets remain on general sale with Albion's allocation standing at 4,300 seats, and tickets are priced at £15 adults, £10 over-65s and under-21s, and £5 under-18s. 

You can secure your seat in person at the East Stand Ticket Office, online or by calling 0121 227 2227.

Subsidised coach travel, departing Kidderminster at 8am, Stourbridge & Lye at 8.15am and The Hawthorns at 9am, is available for £20 per person.

Follow the game

Comprehensive coverage of the clash with Brighton is available in our Match Centre, where you can listen to live commentary on WBA Radio or follow our live text feed.

WBA Radio is the only service that allows Baggies fans around the world - from Smethwick to the Sahara - access to uninterrupted live commentaries from every one of our competitive games. iFollow subscribers can join Gez Mulholland and Dave Bowler for Baggies-biased live commentary on Saturday.

International supporters who have an iFollow subscription may be able to live stream the game depending on where they are located around the world. To find out, click here.

You’ll also be able to find score updates on the club's social media channels.

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Albion’s promotion hopes suffered a setback in West Yorkshire where they fell to a 2-1 defeat against Huddersfield Town.

Slaven Bilić’s men were dealt a late blow as the Terriers scored a winner four minutes from time at the John Smith’s Stadium, meaning Brentford can leapfrog the Baggies and move into an automatic promotion position if they win against Stoke City on Saturday.

Chris Willock netted an early volley to put the hosts ahead but Albion fought back and netted just before the break through Dara O’Shea. However, Huddersfield snatched a victory against the run of play as Emile Smith Rowe’s low strike trickled into the back of the net with only minutes left on the clock.

The boss made two changes to the side that drew 0-0 with Fulham to keep Albion’s destiny in their own hands on Tuesday. Matt Phillips replaced Kamil Grosicki out wide, while Charlie Austin made way for Hal Robson-Kanu up front. 

Huddersfield led after just four minutes when former loan man Willock fired in a 10-yard volley after Albion failed to clear a set-piece.

After a nervous start Albion began to force fouls from the hosts, testing the Terriers with a series of free-kicks into the box prior to the first-half drinks break, without forcing a save from Jonas Lössl.

The Baggies almost levelled five minutes before the interval but Conor Townsend’s looping back-post header from Robson-Kanu’s cross was cleared from under the bar.

Albion got their equaliser two minutes later.

Dara O’Shea headed in his third goal of the season after Lössl could only parry from Pereira’s in-swinging free-kick from the right.

Bilić’s men still had time to nearly take a lead into the break but Diangana’s low cross evaded Robson-Kanu who was just inches from turning in, and Semi Ajayi saw a goal-bound shot blocked inside the six-yard box.

The boss made two changes at the break with Filip Krovinović and Grosicki replacing Jake Livermore and Phillips.

The Baggies had two half chances 10 minutes into the second half; Lössl flapped at Diangana’s cross before Pereira saw a left-volley blocked behind.

Lössl spilled Pereira’s low drive on 62 before the Brazilian headed over from the rebound.

Pereira went close once more with 20 minutes remaining, springing forward with the ball before driving just over from 25 yards. 

Robinson forced a save from Lössl on 83 but the Baggies, for all their dominance in possession, were unable to carve out another genuine goalscoring opportunity.

And then, just six minutes from time, Lewis O’Brien found Emile Smith Rowe unmarked in the box for the hosts, and the 19-year-old found the bottom corner to secure all three points for Danny Cowley's men.

Albion: Johnstone; O’Shea, Ajayi, Hegazi, Townsend (Furlong 59); Livermore (Krovinović 46), Sawyers; Phillips (Grosicki 59), Pereira, Diangana (Robinson 75); Robson-Kanu (Austin 59).

Subs: Bond; Bartley, Brunt, Harper.