West Brom duo face late fitness test for Coventry clash, Tony Mowbray will make decision today

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Tony Mowbray faces a huge call over the fitness of two West Bromwich Albion stars ahead of their trip to Coventry City.

West Brom face Coventry in a battle for the Championship play-off spots, where seventh travels to sixth.

Every team can still be promoted or relegated in the league, but this feels like the standout game of the week.

There will be a record attendance at Coventry’s ground, with the Sky Blues looking to pack out the stadium to sing Frank Lampard’s side over the line.

Mowbray will need his best players available and confirmed that two will be facing a race against time to be fit.

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The Baggies have a terrible Good Friday record that they will need to navigate around to keep their top six hopes alive, but will need their best players available.

Mowbray confirmed that captain Jed Wallace could return to the squad for the first time since November, but may have to start from the bench.

Defender Semi Ajayi has returned to training but Friday’s game will come too soon for him however, for Ousmane Diakite and Tammer Bany, there is a slim chance that they could be in contention.

“I’m not sure, neither of them have trained today. As I’ve said they need to train the day before to play,” said Albion’s boss. 

“Monday is almost too far down the line for me to think, they’d need to train on Sunday. At the moment they’re not training. I’m not sure if they will train tomorrow.

“Let’s wait and see. They will have a little fitness test and we’ll decide if they can train if they’re on the cusp of being there or not.”

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It isn’t just Albion who are suffering from injury problems, with Lampard missing some of his key players.

Victor Torp is out and likely to miss the remainder of the season, joining goalkeeper Oliver Dovin, who suffered a season-ending injury earlier on.

Ephron Mason-Clark and Bobby Thomas missed the 1-1 draw against Hull City and will be monitored before the game.

In more positive news, midfielder Josh Eccles has been back in training whilst Brandon Thomas-Asante could also feature against his former club after returning to action.