Clarke makes three changes to starting XI
SHANE Long, James Morrison and skipper Chris Brunt return to the starting line-up as Steve Clarke makes three changes to the side that played Liverpool last week.
Claudio Yacob moves to the bench – while Nicolas Anelka (illness) and Victor Anichebe (hamstring) miss out completely.
ALBION: Myhill; Jones, McAuley, Olsson, Ridgewell; Mulumbu, Morrison; Amalfitano, Sessegnon, Brunt (c); Long. Subs: Daniels (gk); Rosenberg, Yacob, Berahino, Vydra, Lugano, Popov.
PALACE: Speroni, Ward, Delaney, Gabbidon, Moxey, Jedinak (c), Dikgacoi, Bannan, Thomas, Guedioura, Chamakh.Subs: Price (gk), Mariappa, O'Keefe, Puncheon, Bolasie, Gayle, Phillips.
REFEREE: Neil Swarbrick (Lancashire)