da bet7： West Bromwich Albion will be looking to keep their name at the top of the Championship table this weekend as the season reaches the halfway point.
da dobrowin： The Baggies host Brentford at the Hawthorns knowing they currently hold a two-point cushion over their nearest challengers Leeds United while the team has also opened up a 12-point gap to those outside of the automatic promotion places.
However, manager Slaven Bilic faces one of his biggest dilemmas since taking over in the summer – just who starts in the attack?
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It’s quite a nice, and maybe surprising, headache to have as both of his current options have been fit and firing for several games now.
The visitors pose quite a tough challenge as they sit in fourth place and can be considered worthy playoff hopefuls.
Brentford have the second-best defensive record in the division so it could prove to be a tough afternoon unless Bilic makes the right call over who takes the sole striker role.
Charlie Austin has really got going for the first time this season, he’s in rampant form scoring six times in his last five games. What is even more impressive is the fact that all of those goals have come from the bench – surely he’s in line to start soon?
And then there is Hal Robson-Kanu, who has been the preferred first-choice in recent times. The Welshman has bagged six goals in 11 appearances, so he’s more than worthy of playing too.
It’s a tough decision to make, but has the Croatian provided any clues this week?
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He told the Express & Star that the pair would ‘share the workload’ but didn’t suggest which one would get the nod on Saturday.
It remains to be seen who he will hand the start to, but Bilic needs to ensure it’s the right call as they can’t afford to let Leeds back in with the festive run-in rapidly approaching.
Meanwhile, West Brom face Premier League competition in pursuit of defensive transfer target…