Yacob on bench while Gera starts second successive match
NEW boy Claudio Yacob starts on the bench as Steve Clarke names a strong starting line-up for today’s friendly at Sheffield Wednesday (ko 3pm).
The Argentina international is named in a matchday squad for the first time for the Hillsborough trip.
With Steven Reid missing out with a training niggle, Gonzalo Jara Reyes gets the nod at right-back while fit-again Zoltan Gera starts his second successive game in a three-pronged attack alongside Shane Long and Peter Odemwingie.
Former Owl Chris Brunt remains sidelined with a calf problem.
Ex-Albion loan signing Chris Kirkland is in goal for the hosts while Joe Mattock, released by the Baggies at the end of last season, starts on the bench.
WEDNESDAY: Kirkland; Buxton, R Johnson, Llera, Gardner, Semedo, Lines, Harewood, McGuire, Pecnik, J Johnson. Subs: O'Grady, Bywater, Beevers, M Jones, Mattock, Prutton, Amado, Larrea, Jarolim.
ALBION (4-3-3): Foster; Jara Reyes, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Mulumbu, Morrison, Dorrans; Odemwingie, Long, Gera. Subs: Myhill, Hurst, Jones, Tamas, Yacob, Thomas, Cox, Fortune, El Ghanassy.