Manchester United Louis van Gaal should be able to welcome back Phil Jones (fatigue) and Morgan Schneiderlin (illness) to his plans for the starting XI.
Matteo Darmian is suspended after picking up his fifth booking of the season against Crystal Palace last time out, so Ashley Young should keep his spot at right-back. Jesse Lingaard should be rewarded with another chance from the start after supplying the pass that led to United's winner against CSKA Moscow in midweek. Wayne Rooney's goal in that fixture will mean he lives to fight another day in the starting XI.
West Bromwich Albion Ben Foster will not return to face his old club, although he is edging closer to a return to first team football.
Tony Pulis' only other injury concern will be Chris Brunt, who is a doubt having been forced off late on in their 3-2 defeat to Leicester at the weekend.
Jonny Evans will feature against his former club for the first time since leaving over the summer. Darren Fletcher is also a former Manchester United player. Teams that have sat deep and soaked up all of United's possession-based football have got particular joy, so Pulis could revert to a 4-4-2 system here.
Match Facts
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 8 of West Brom's last 9 away games in the Premier League.
Under 2.5 goals 1.85 Man Utd have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 matches in the Premier League. Man Utd win or draw 1.06 Man Utd are undefeated in their last 6 home matches in the Premier League.Man Utd win or draw 1.06
* Odds from Prediction The first signs of cracks between Louis van Gaal and the Manchester United fans are starting to appear and the Dutchman could really do with a big performance from his players here.
The Red Devils scored their first goal in nearly 7 hours against CSKA Moscow in midweek and Van Gaal will hope that will prove the springboard for more as the weeks go on. However, they could find it hard to break down West Brom's resilient defence.
In fact, only Van Gaal's men (7) have kept more clean sheets than the Baggies in 2015 (6). United have created the fewest chances of any team in the Premier League this season (81) and West Brom haven't proven much better (82), which means this game is likely to be decided by the odd goal. United have only scored one goal in the first 45 minutes at half time, so this match could very much aggravate fans. Although, there have been 21 goals shared between the teams in their last five meetings, so perhaps this could prove a fixture where two dull teams actually enjoy a glut of goals.
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