West Brom are waiting on the fitness of Carl Hoefkens as they prepare to return to Championship action at home to Crystal Palace on Wednesday.Hoefkens missed Sunday's thumping 5-1 FA Cup win at Bristol Rovers - a result which secured them a dream semi-final at Wembley against Portsmouth - with a hamstring injury and is facing a race against time to face Neil Warnock's Eagles side in the Championship clash at The Hawthorns.

Felipe Teixeira is awaiting results of a scan on his knee and is certain to miss the rest of the season.

Kevin Phillips netted after coming off the bench at the Memorial Stadium and will be pushing to start alongside Ishmael Miller, who plundered a classy hat-trick against the Pirates to cement his burgeoning reputation.

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