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West Brom v Bolton: team news and stats
These are the latest stats and the likely line-ups for the Premier League game between West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers at the Hawthorns on Saturday at 3pm.Head to Head
> West Bromwich Albion and Bolton Wanderers have met 129 times in the league. West Bromwich Albion have won 42, Bolton Wanderers 46 and there have been 41 draws.
> Bolton are unbeaten in their last four PL matches against West Brom, since losing 2-1 at The Hawthorns in Oct 2004.
> West Brom have failed to score in their last three PL matches against Bolton.
> Bolton have not won in their last 16 top flight matches at West Brom. It is over 56 years since their last victory at The Hawthorns - 1-0 in old Division One in Dec 1952.
West Bromwich Albion
> Only two teams in Premier League history have ever been bottom of the table on March 21 and avoided relegation - Oldham (1992-93) and Southampton (1996-97), However, neither of the sides were as much as six points from safety at this point in the season.
> Conceded 54 goals this season - more than any other side. Only one team since the start of the century has conceded 54 or more goals after 29 PL matches and gone on to avoid relegation - Newcastle conceded 56 goals in 29 PL matches last season and eventually finished 12th.
> Looking to keep back-to-back PL clean sheets for the first time in five months, and only the second time this season. They won 1-0 at Middlesbrough (Sept 27) and 1-0 at home against Fulham (Oct 4).
> Chris Brunt is set to make his 200th English league appearance.
Team News
Line up (4-4-2): Carson; Zuiverloon, Martis, Olsson, Robinson; Morrison, Koren, Greening, Brunt; Simpson, Fortune
Subs from: Kiely, Cech, Pele, Hoefkens, Donk, Teixeira, Borja Valero, Dorrans, Kim, Bednar, Menseguez, Moore
Form: LLLLD
Leading scorer: Bednar 6
Injured: Meite (hamstring, one week), Barnett (knee, three weeks), Miller (knee, season), Clement (knee, season)
Doubtful: Mulumbu (thigh)
Suspended: None
Colours: Blue / White
Bolton Wanderers
> The club have lost 28 of their 57 PL matches under Gary Megson - equal most in the division in the time with Sunderland. They have lost 49% of matches since he took charge in October 2007.
> Megson spent four seasons as West Brom manager from 2000 to 2004 where he lost 28 of his 48 PL matches in charge, winning only seven times. In total, he has lost a total of 56 of his 105 matches as a Premier League manager - 53.3%.
> No win in their last six PL away matches - their worst away run in a year since 14 matches without a victory from April 2007 to Jan 2008.
> Matthew Taylor is set to make his 350th English league appearance. He is one short of 50 English league goals.
Team News
Line up (4-4-2): Jaaskelainen; Steinsson, Cahill, A. O'Brien, Samuel; Taylor, McCann, Muamba, Gardner; Elmander, K. Davies
Subs from: Al Habsi, Puygrenier, Shittu, Smolarek, Muamba, Cohen, Bogdan, Riga, Basham, Makukula
Form: LWWLL
Leading scorer: Davies 11
Injured: M. Davies (knee, three weeks), J. O'Brien (knee, three weeks), Vaz Te (knee, season)
Suspended: None
Colours: Yellow / Green