West Brom injury latest on four missing players ahead of Birmingham City

Like all other clubs in the EFL, West Brom will have to deal with missing players at various points of this season.

These 46-game campaigns are gruelling and demanding, and challenge the fitness and well-being of those who seek to battle their way through it and come out the other side.

As well as injury, there is the threat of Covid, of which a positive test can lead to a player being forced to isolate and miss games they’d otherwise be available for.

Away from absence due to health and fitness, there is the risk of suspension too. A red card will see you miss matches immediately, while accumulating yellow cards over a period of time also leads to a ban.

Albion and Steve Bruce will be looking to cope with the testing calendar and maintain as healthy a group as possible over the course of the coming months.

This is the state of play at the moment...

Hamstring injury. Phillips came on against Forest but in training he picked up a hamstring injury which has been assessed.

“It’s a frustration for him because he was going along very nicely. He has felt something, it’s not his previous injury, however, he is still uncomfortable, and we are going to give him as much time as he needs. Whether he features between now and the end of the season is probably debatable."

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Hamstring injury. Phillips came on against Forest but in training he picked up a hamstring injury which has been assessed.

“Matty Phillips is with the sports science people. He will hopefully join in training, I’ve just seen the schedule set out for him, in the next week or so. The back end of next week could see him back in training, and he’ll need a little bit of training.

“I haven’t seen