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West Brom's Matt Phillips was a key man for Carlos Corberan

Many saw Matt Phillips’ season-ending injury late in an FA Cup third round replay at home to Chesterfield as another turning point in Albion’s season.

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Matt Phillips of West Bromwich Albion is forced off with an injury (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images).

And latest figures crunched by Online Betting Guide (ONBG) have confirmed the winger was his club’s ‘lucky charm’ during the season.

No Baggies player featured in more Albion wins than the 64.29 per cent Phillips helped secure from his 25 league appearances this term.

Indeed, only players from the Championship’s top two and automatic promotion winners Burnley and Sheffield United (Johann Berg Gudmundsson 73.91 per cent and Anel Ahmedhodzic 71.88 per cent) played in more wins for their sides this season.

Phillips, almost out of nowhere, quickly became one of Albion’s key cogs.