Lost possession 22x, dribbled past on 5 occasions - West Brom trio's nightmare vs Luton

Sam Johnstone, Jayson Molumby and Kyle Bartley struggled in West Brom’s hugely disappointing 2-0 defeat away to Luton Town.

The Baggies’ Championship promotion charge has tailed off worryingly in recent months and they were badly in need of a positive result on Saturday afternoon.

Instead, they succumbed to another damaging defeat, as Luton ran out 2-0 winners, with far too many West Brom players underperforming.

According to Sofascore, these were the Baggies’ three poorest performers in the game, of those to have played at least 45 minutes.

Johnstone has been a heroic figure between the sticks for West Brom but this was not his best day at the office.

Cameron Jerome’s opener got past the Englishman and he only completed 52% of his attempted accurate passes – a tally of 16 out of 31.

Not only that but Johnstone also played just six out of 20 accurate long balls, in what was a wasteful showing.

Molumby was hoping to enjoy an influential outing in the middle of the park but he was another who fell short of his best.

The 22-year-old played no key passes against Luton, highlighting his lack of creativity, and he also failed to complete an accurate cross out of two attempted, and only completed two out of six long balls.

Molumby lost possession 14 times and was dribbled past on four different occasions for good measure, too.

Bartley completed the top-three of worst West Brom players, with the centre-back playing his part in the defeat.

The veteran was dribbled past once, gave the ball away on eight occasions and also only completed half of his long balls – four out of eight – in what seemed to be a recurring theme within the team.

Bartley also received just a three-out-of-10 rating from The Birmingham Mail‘s Joseph Chapman,