West Brom v Sheffield United: Lewis Cox's predicted line-up

The Blades are, at least until Burnley play on Friday night, top of the pile in the second tier having started the campaign on minus two points due to a points deduction following a financial infringement.

Carlos Corberan's men enter the contest on a run of nine draws in their last 10 games and have not won in front of their home supporters in five attempts.

The Blades have been in razor-sharp form of late, however, and are in an unbeaten run of seven games featuring six victories.

Corberan's side, for the most part, have retained their defensive solidity despite a barren winning spell and the backline could well be put to the test against Chris Wilder's men on Sunday.

Albion's head coach may be toying between whether to line up his defence in a back four or a back five. The former is the normal shape for Albion this season, though the latter was used at Sunderland recently and in the second half at Preston last time out.

Thankfully for the hosts, key defender Kyle Bartley is expected to continue in the backline after his recent time out.

Albion may be tempted by the more cautious extra defender but I've stuck with the recent 4-4-2 for the predicted side below, on the basis that the Blades visit the Black Country with a defensive crisis themselves given centre-backs Anel Ahmedhodzic and Harry Souttar are both suspended.

That includes Albion wingers on either flank and a front two of Karlan Grant and Josh Maja.

See Albion reporter Lewis Cox's predicted side for Sunday below.

4-4-2

Alex Palmer

Darnell Furlong

Kyle Bartley

Torbjorn Heggem

Callum Styles

Tom Fellows

Jayson Molumby

Alex Mowatt

Mikey Johnston

Karlan Grant

Josh Maja

Substitutes:  Wildsmith, Holgate, Frabotta, Racic, Diakite, Wallace, Swift, Dobbin, Cole.