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West Brom v Leicester in the Championship (20: 00 BST) Iling-Junior scores wonderful solo goal to put West Brom ahead Baggies are seventh after losing back-to-back games Foxes unbeaten in four matches and third in table 11 fixtures on Saturday including leaders Middlesbrough at Southampton Have your say using the yellow Get Involved button at the top of this page Alex Hoad West Brom 1-0 Leicester West Brom are dropping deep, with a lead to preserve, and Leicester are enjoying even more of the ball than they were before they fell behind. Samuel Iling-Junior is doing his job in defence too, coming back to help smother Stephy Mavididi, who was on the books at Juventus at the same time as 21-year-old, who joined Villa from the Serie A giants in 2024. West Brom 1-0 Leicester Jack Rafferty BBC Radio Leicester commentator West Bromwich Albion's Aune Heggebo recently made his first appearance for Norway. I don't think he's got much competition as a Norwegian striker. .. Erling Haaland recently scored five goals in an 11-1 win! West Brom 1-0 Leicester That really was some great movement from Albion, Aune Heggebo dropping deep into midfield to meet a pass from the back, while Sam Iling-Junior was drifting in from the right into the void he'd left behind. Dare I say something off Ryan Mason's training ground. Leicester are on the front foot though, trying to find a quick reply. West Brom 1-0 Leicester Chris Powell Former Leicester City full-back on BBC Radio Leicester It is an outstanding individual goal from Samuel Iling-Junior. They just nick the ball of Leicester. There are covering players, but as they go and tackle, it is a slow finish but a good finish. If you go to ground, you have got to win the ball. He stuck it away before Luke Thomas and Ricardo Pereira could get a block in. Samuel Iling-Junior What a way to introduce yourself. .. This is some goal, Aune Heggebo flicks beautifully in behind for Samuel Iling-Junior, 10 minutes into his Baggies debut, who drives forward, bobbing, weaving, wrong-footing Wout Faes, skipping past his challenge and then holding off two would-be tacklers to fire low to Jakub Stolarczyk's left. Baggies are boinging. .. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Jannik Vestergaard almost springs Leicester forward Jordan Ayew with a 60-yard ball over the top but Ayew's good but slightly heavy touch gives the defence the chance to recover on the edge of the box and scramble the ball away. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Chris Powell Former Leicester City full-back on BBC Radio Leicester Leicester right-back Ricardo Pereira is literally in the forward line. It is causing West Brom problems because they are not sure who should be picking him up. It is part of the game plan from manager Marti Cifuentes. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Leicester have definitely begun the brighter and Albion aren't helping themselves with a couple of loose passes. Samuel Iling-Junior has yet to settle on his debut after joining on loan from Aston Villa and sends a no-look pass straight to Harry Winks in midfield. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM West Bromwich Albion were expecting the flag to go up. It was an acute angle from outside the six-yard box. A let off for Albion there. He is a good technical player, Jordan Ayew. There is a pace about this game, it has been a good start. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Great build-up down the Leicester right rom Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira who sends Jordan Ayew in down the right channel. He bears in on goal from the right but can only drag his low shot across the face of Josh Griffith's goal. Decent chance goes begging, just as they did for City last weekend too. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Leicester's Stephy Mavididi produces a backheel so audacious and unexpected in midfield that ref Stephen Martin can't get out of the way and has to blow the ball dead. Hectic start to this one. Real 100mph stuff. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM Leicester City have got Premier League players from last year. Hopefully West Bromwich Albion can keep it tight. In the first few minutes, it has been mainly in Albion's half. West Brom 0-0 Leicester Ref Stephen Martin gets us under way. .. Baggies in their traditional blue and white stripes, Leicester in a very fetching pink and black number. Let's see what Friday night has in store for us. .. West Brom v Leicester (20: 00 BST) As always, the players and officials head out of the tunnel into the light before the strains of The Liquidator. Chilly late September night in the West Midlands but the atmosphere is warming up nicely. Kick-off is moments away. .. West Brom v Leicester (20: 00 BST) West Bromwich Albion's Isaac Price turned 22 today. The Northern Ireland international midfielder is in good form, with four goals from eight appearances for club and country so far this season. Could he play a key role tonight? Have your say using the yellow Get Involved button Been a great start to the season for Leicester. I only gave us a 50/50 chance of making the play-offs, before the first ball was kicked, but after seeing a confident looking Leicester make few mistakes last week, I'm genuinely lamenting that first place is just out of reach, tonight. Steve - Cambridge West Brom v Leicester (20: 00 BST) Steve Hermon BBC Radio WM commentator What I think Ryan Mason is trying to do with his West Bromwich Albion team is to have defensive solidity to combat the likes of Leicester's Stephy Mavididi, Abdul Fatawu, Jordan James and Jordan Ayew. But what the Baggies do have tonight is pace going forward. Samuel Iling-Junior and Mikey Johnston out wide are pacier than Jed Wallace. Isaac Price was out wide last week. He is better suited, in my opinion, to playing behind the striker. West Brom v Leicester (20: 00 BST) There's been a LOT of talk this week about a potential move to take the Championship play-offs down to eighth place. Such a decision would damage the competition's credibility, according to former Huddersfield, Stoke and Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith. The EFL board is set to discuss proposals to increase the number of teams in the end-of-season play-offs from four to six but Smith, who was promoted to the Premier League with Huddersfield via the play-offs in 2017 is not a fan of the idea. "It's not for me - I think it suits teams who don't really have a chance to get in the top six, " he told the BBC's EFL podcast 72+. "From a credibility point of view the top six is there to be aimed at and you have to earn your place in it. "To finish eighth in the Championship and potentially get promoted to the Premier League it just doesn't sit right with me. "Notoriously over the past years getting into the top six is tough and when you get in there after a long hard season it feels brilliant, so to make it a top eight it dilutes it. " Let us know your thoughts on the idea below, thumbs up for a good idea, thumbs down for bad. #bbcefl Autumn is here, the leaves are falling, the dark nights are closing in, and there's a distinct chill in the air, but fortunately the EFL is on hand to keep us warm and toasty. Click here for this week's Five Things to Watch for in the EFL. All games kick-off at 15: 00 BST unless stated Tonight West Bromwich Albion v Leicester (20: 00 BST) Saturday Coventry v Birmingham (12: 30 BST) Swansea v Millwall (12: 30 BST) Wrexham v Derby (12: 30 BST) Charlton v Blackburn Ipswich v Portsmouth Oxford United v Sheff Utd Preston v Bristol City Sheff Wed v QPR Southampton v Middlesbrough Stoke v Norwich Watford v Hull City Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. No players have been substituted yet After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Last Updated 26th September 2025 at 20: 46 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Ryan Mason Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Martí Cifuentes Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Ryan Mason Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Martí Cifuentes Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions West Bromwich Albion have lost each of their last five league matches against Leicester City, a run that stretches back to March 2018. Leicester have won their last six away league games against West Brom, with each win coming under a different manager (Pearson, Ranieri, Shakespeare, Puel, Rodgers, Maresca). West Brom lost their last home league game 1-0 against Derby, last losing consecutive league matches at the Hawthorns in October 2022. No Championship side have won more points from losing positions this season so far than Leicester (4), coming from behind to beat Sheffield Wednesday and draw with Oxford. 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