Hull City beat Albion 2-0 in the Sky Bet Championship on Friday evening.
Goals either side of half-time by Benjamin Tetteh and Sean McLoughlin earned the Tigers all three points at the MKM Stadium.
The Baggies have a chance to bound back on Tuesday when Wigan Athletic visit The Hawthorns (ko 8pm).
![An image of John Swift playing against Hull](https://cdn.wba.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/swift_hull_report.jpg)
Carlos Corberán made one change to his starting XI, bringing Marc Albrighton in for the injured Grady Diangana.
And Albion began brightly, forcing Karl Darlow into a number of good saves early on to deny Albrighton’s strike, a low Jed Wallace shot and Daryl Dike’s goal-bound header.
However, against the run of play it was Hull who grabbed the opener – Tetteh finding the top corner via a powerful finish and ensuring the Baggies were behind at the break.
![An image of Okay Yokuslu battling against a Hull player](https://cdn.wba.co.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/yokuslu_hull_report.jpg)
Despite Dike almost equalising straight after the restart - Darlow again denying him - Hull were the ones to push on and net a second when McLoughlin powered home with just over half-hour to go.
Albion tried to get back in it but were denied by a mixture of the woodwork and Darlow, as John Swift’s excellent free-kick struck the post and the hosts’ goalkeeper kept out Wallace and Adam Reach efforts.
Rico Richards came on for his Albion league debut 10 minutes from time in a bright moment for the club’s Academy.
Ultimately, though, Hull held their lead until full-time to claim the victory and leave Corberán’s side empty handed.
Albion: Griffiths; Furlong (Chalobah 58), O’Shea, Pieters (Richards 80), Townsend (Reach 65); Molumby (Gardner-Hickman 65), Yokuslu; Wallace, Swift, Albrighton; Dike.
Substitutes: Button, Ajayi, Malcolm.