Wolves v West Bromwich Albion

• Set this page to update automatically using the button below • Send your emails over to barry.glendenning@guardian.co.uk • Check out the league standings with our live stats centre • You can even follow Barry on Twitter, if that’s your thing 35 min: Wolves win another corner, prompting panic and much finger-pointing, pulling and dragging in the West Brom penalty area … before it’s taken. When Craggy Island’s Stephen Hunt eventually sends the ball in the ball, the Baggies manage to clear comfortably. 34 min: Michael Mancienne lets Peter Odemwingie beat him for pace to latch on to a through-ball from Somen Tchoyi, but gets off the hook when the West Brom striker is correctly penalised for offside. 30 min: Interestingly, Sky Sports match analyst Don Goodman before before the goal was scored that West Brom striker Peter Odemwingie ambled into the penalty area to help defend that corner without appearing to have a clue who he was supposed to be marking. Sure enough, when the ball came in to the penalty area, Odemwingie hadn’t picked up anybody, leaving Adiene Guedioura completely unmarked. GOAL! Wolves 2-0 West Brom (Guedioura 28) That is shocking defending from West Brom, who concede from a corner for the second time. Stephen Hunt sent the ball past the far post to the right-hand side of the six-yard box, where Steven Fletcher leaps highest to direct the ball back across the face of goal. Standing unmarked inside the six-yard box, Adiene Guedioura swivels and volleys home from three or four yards out. 27 min: Another corner for Wolves, when an attempted cross from Stephen Hunt is deflected wide by Gonzalo Jara. 26 min: Stephen Ward tries to latch on to another through-ball towards the corner from Jamie O’Hara, but times his run incorrectly and is penalised for offside. 24 min: West Brom midfielder Youssuf Mulumbu gives the ball away cheaply in the centre-circle, before winning it back again courtesy of a crunching tackle that leaves Steven Fletcher rolling on the deck. Referee Mike Dean was on hand to see the incident, but didn’t deem it worthy of a free-kick. 22 min: Some interesting stats from Phil Booth. “West Brom have overturned three HT losses to win (equal best with Spurs),” she says, going on to point out that “Wolves top the ‘bottle chart’ having thrown away six half-time leads, totalling 10 points (Arsenal in second,: five bottles, seven points).” 20 min: “I don’t mean to be pedantic (alright, I do),” writes Tom Shaw. “But Wolves shirts are old gold. Well, that’s how Subbuteo used to describe them in the catalogue anyway.” Fair enough, Tom. If it’s good enough for Subbuteo, it’s good enough for me. 20 min: West Brom win a free-kick in the channel between Wolves penalty area and left-hand touchline. The ball is curled in towards the waiting throng, but Wolves clear. 18 min: Marvellous play from Jamie O’Hara, who whips a first-time cross into the edge of the six-yard box, finding the feet of Stephen Ward again. Offside. GOAL! Wolves 1-0 West Brom (Fletcher 15) Jamie O’Hara took the aforementioned free-kick, bringing an excellent save out of Scott Carson, who tipped the ball wide and conceded a corner. The ball was then swung in to the West Brom penalty area, where a completely unmarked Adiene Guedioura chested the ball into the path of Steven Fletcher, who reacted quickly to prod it home from about five yards out. That’s a huge goal for Wolves – as things stand, they’re out of the relegation zone. 14 min: With the ball flying over his own and Stephen Ward’s heads, West Brom skipper Jonas Olsson sticks out a leg and stupidly concedes a free-kick, a couple of yards outside the penalty area, on the right hand side. 12 min: Gonzalo Jara takes a throw-in for West Brom, allowing me to get a good look at his shirt courtesy of the pitchside camera. I feel compelled to say, those stripes look black to me. However, I think we can all agree, the white ones are definitely white. 10 min: “West Brom play in navy blue and white!” shrieks Pete. “Black and white? Tsk.” That’s me told. And I thought I was great for not saying Wolves play in orange. 8 min: Excellent work from Wolves left-back George Elokobi, who busts a gut to chase down Somen Tchoyi and concede a corner, rather than letting the Cameroonian getting a cross into the Wolves penalty area. West Brom take the corner and Wolves clear. 6 min: With Jamie O’Hara pulling the strings, a period of sustained Wolves pressure is rewarded with a corner. O’Hara sends the ball into the mixer, it’s cleared back towards him and he returns it with interest. West Brom clear. This is fairly absorbing so far, despite not featuring the reckless challenges and death-or-glory fare you’d expect from a derby. 4 min: From the left wing, Jamie O’Hara sends a low cross into the West Brom penalty area, directly to the feet of Stephen Ward, standing with his back to goal. He attempts to turn and fire, but his effort is blocked. 3 min: Wolves striker Stephen Ward is put through on goal down the inside left channel and shoots into the side-netting. Even if he’d scored it wouldn’t have counted – he’d been flagged for offside. 2 min: There’s warm applause for Kevin Foley, who intercepts a cross from West Brom right winger Somen Tchoyi to send a cushinoed header back to his goalkeeper, Wayne Hennessy. It wasn’t that impressive, but I suppose they haven’t had much to applaud round Molineux way in recent times. 1 min: West Brom kick off, playing from left to right. They press forward and immediately concede the first free-kick of the match when Simon Cox is caught offside while trying to latch on to a through ball from Jerome Thomas. Not long now: With Molineux bulging, the teams march out of the tunnel, with Wolves led by tough tackling’s Karl Henry and West Brom led by alice band wearing Scandinavian Jonas Olssen. Both sides are kitted out in their home colours, with Wolves in gold shirts and socks, with and black shorts (“out of darkness cometh light”) and West Brom in black and white stripes, white shorts and white socks. Mick McCarthy speaks: Upon being asked why he’s shuffled his deck and left Matt Jarvis, who’s played 33 league games this season, on the bench for this match, the Wolves manager says “maybe that’s why I’ve decided to leave him out. Hunty [Stephen Hunt] is desperate to play and he’s always got a goal in him so I’ve decided to start with him today.” Team news: Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has axed England winger Matt Jarvis for this afternoon’s match, hopefully for reasons unrelated to this interview he did for yesterday’s Guardian . Jarvis won his first cap against Ghana in March but has struggled to reproduce his best form in recent weeks. Defender Richard Stearman is also left out, with Adlene Guedioura and Stephen Hunt coming in to the side. West Brom manager Roy Hodgson recalls fit again Jerome Thomas and Somen Tchoyi in place of on-loan Carlos Vela and the suspended Paul Scharner. Wolves: Hennessey, Foley, Craddock, Mancienne, Elokobi, Guedioura, Henry, O’Hara, Hunt, Ward, Fletcher. Subs: Hahnemann, Stearman, Ebanks-Blake, Berra, Jarvis, Vokes, Milijas. West Brom: Carson, Jara, Meite, Olsson, Shorey, Tchoyi, Morrison, Mulumbu, Thomas, Cox, Odemwingie. Subs: Myhill, Miller, Vela, Hurst, Fortune, Thorne, Tamas. Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral) Good morning everybody and welcome to our minute-by-minute coverage of this afternoon’s Black Country derby between Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion. A win for Wolves this afternoon will give them a real chance of survival and move them out of the drop zone , leaving Blackpool, Wigan Athletic and West Ham anchored in the relegation mire. West Brom are the form side, however – they’ve collected 16 points in their last nine games and lost just one in 10: a 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Chelsea. Should Baggies striker Peter Odemwingie score today, he’ll become the first player to get on the score-sheet in five successive Premier League matches this season. Some match pointers with which to amaze your friends down the pub • Albion have conceded more goals from outside the the area (10) than any other side • In this season’s reverse fixture, Wolves had only one shot on target compared to Albion’s eight, but the game still ended in a 1-1 draw • Youssuf Mulumbu has the best conversion ratio of players with five or more goals, scoring with 46% of his shots • Wolves have kept just one clean sheet in their last nine home meetings with Albion in all competitions • If Premier League games ended at half-time this season, Albion would be bottom with 30 points Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers West Brom Barry Glendenning guardian.co.uk

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