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Latest: West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City Mikey Johnston header gives West Brom lead Johnston adds his second with a curling shot before half-time Baggies looking for only their second win in 14 games to move into top six Karlan Grant injured as Alex Mowatt, Mikey Johnston and John Swift in starting 11 for West Brom Bristol City striker Nahki Wells missing with injury but Scott Twine starts for first time in four games Get involved #bbcefl, via Whats App on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Glenn Speller West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City Ged Scott BBC Sport at the CBS Arena The weather has turned utterly foul here - wind and rain in abundance. But it's doubtful that the happy Baggies fans will mind much. In the sort of weather you expect in Glasgow, former Celtic winger Mikey Johnston has suddenly rediscovered where the back of the net is. Another nice little statistic - brought about by West Bromwich Albion's early season home goal starvation - was that Johnston's well-taken header made him the fifth successive Baggies player to net his first Hawthorns goal of the season at the Hawthorns. Torbjorn Heggem and Tom Fellows, with the help of a freakish deflection, both did it in the 2-2 draw with Sheffield United, then it was Alex Mowatt, again with a deflection, and Karlan Grant, in the win over Coventry. Of course Johnston's second goal quickly brought that run to an end. But, in December, it was unusual while it lasted. #bbcefl You'll probably need some football by Boxing Day so how nice of the EFL to give us some real Championship crackers at both ends of the table. Championship Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland Bristol City v Luton Town Coventry City v Plymouth Argyle Derby County v West Bromwich Albion (17: 30 GMT) Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday Norwich City v Millwall Oxford United v Cardiff City Preston North End v Hull City Sheffield United v Burnley Stoke City v Leeds United (20: 00 GMT) Swansea City v QPR Watford v Portsmouth You'll be able to follow all the action here on the BBC Sport website. HT: West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City Gary Owers Former Sunderland & Bristol City midfielder on BBC Radio Bristol That wasn't very good in all honesty. Liam Manning needs to make some changes, it's been very disappointing from an attacking sense. There's no real press at the top of the pitch, allowing West Brom to take control of the game. HT: West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM It's been a strong first half for Albion, I think they need to go and try and get a third in the second half. West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City That's not a half for the ages but the Baggies are in total control thanks to Mikey Johnston's first goals of the season with a free header from an excellent Tom Fellows cross and a super curling effort beyond Max O'Leary. Luke Mc Nally's had a header well blocked by Alex Palmer at the other end but it's been a game of few chances . Difficult to see a way back for City and if they do go more attacking it could get messy. Time to go and lean against a radiator to warm-up and reintroduce the feet to the rest of the body. West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City We are into two minutes of time added on. West Bromwich Albion 2-0 Bristol City Steve Hermon West Brom commentator on BBC Radio WM You wait for one goal, and now it's two! He curls it beautifully into the back of the net. It's raining goals here at the Hawthorns! Mikey Johnston (43 mins) Double bubble for Mikey. A second goal of the game, a second goal of the season for Mikey Johnston. Albion spread the ball to the left and Johnston cuts into the box to bend a super effort beyond Max O'Leary. That's a hammer blow just before the break for Bristol City. West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Bristol City Tony Brown West Brom's all-time record scorer on BBC Radio WM Bristol City have responded well to the goal and they've had a bit more possession. Albion are just sitting a little bit deep, but it's important they go into half-time with the lead. West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Bristol City Liam Manning's Bristol City haven't gone four games without a win since March but his thoughts must be turning to an important half-time talk where he'll need to raise his team. It was a poor goal for them to concede - free header for Mikey Johnston. West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Bristol City A good response from Bristol City as Alex Palmer saves a Luke Mc Nally header at his near post from an excellent deep cross by Anis Mehmeti. Palmer had to stay alert as he could have been fooled into thinking the cross was going out of play. West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Bristol City Gary Owers Former Sunderland & Bristol City midfielder on BBC Radio Bristol That's very straightforward and far too easy. The City defenders were too static on that occasion. Mikey Johnston (34 mins) Wake up everyone! Brilliant ball swung over by Tom Fellows and Mikey Johnston has a free header to net his first goal of the season. That's got The Hawthorns rocking. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Ged Scott BBC Sport at The Hawthorns It started as a potentially very exciting weekend for serious stattos, with the four Championship draw specialists all playing each other. QPR (10) up against PNE (11) in Saturday's appetiser, followed by Albion's 11 (10 of them in their last 13 games) up against Bristol City's 9. You would imagine that there must have been a few 'draw-draw' double bets that went west when QPR won 2-1 in the last minute at Loftus Road yesterday. But at least this one appears to be so far going by the book. Although City are so far shading it on bookings. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City West Bromwich Albion have had 63% possession but what have they done with it? Let's just say not much and leave it at that. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Gary Owers Former Sunderland & Bristol City midfielder on BBC Radio Bristol That could easily be a penalty, I can't believe no one appealed for that. It looked even worse on the replay. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Just before that caution for Cameron Pring, Bristol City had shouts for a penalty as Scott Twine went down in the box. The City man was caught but didn't really react to the challenge other than getting up and carrying on. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Here we go again - caution number three. Bristol City's Cameron Pring wrestle Tom Fellows to the ground to prevent a break - yellow card every day of the week. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Another good break for Albion as Jayson Molumby escapes down the right but he can't pick out Josh Maja at the far post - maybe Molumby should have been shooting as he broke into the box. Beginning to see why they've only scored eight goals at home. .. West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Bristol City Another West Brom break foward but Josh Maja's ball forward to Mikey Johnston isn't good enough - but more worrying for the home side is Johnston pulling up with what looks like an ankle problem. He's OK for now but one to keep an eye on. Last Updated 22nd December 2024 at 15: 48 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Carlos Corberán Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Liam Manning Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Carlos Corberán Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Liam Manning Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Championship All competitions All competitions All competitions West Brom have lost just one of their last eight league games against Bristol City (W5 D2), with each of those five victories coming via a two-goal margin or more. Bristol City have lost seven of their last nine away league games against West Brom (W1 D1), conceding an average of 2. 7 goals per match across that time. West Brom have scored just eight goals across their 10 home league games in the Championship so far this season – the fewest of any side in the competition. Bristol City have failed to win any of their last three league games (D2 L1) and could go four without victory for the first time since March 2024 when they lost four matches in succession. West Brom’s Tom Fellows has recorded seven assists in the Championship so far this season, with only Middlesbrough’s Finn Azaz (8) managing more in the competition. © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.