Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Bristol City 0.
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Goals from Tom Fellows and Jed Wallace secured victory for play-off chasing West Bromwich Albion as they beat Bristol City at The Hawthorns.
Carlos Corberan's Albion, who are fifth in the Championship, now have an eight-point buffer to seventh-placed Hull City.
The visitors pushed to get on the scoresheet late on, hitting the crossbar twice, but could not find a consolation.
City, 14th after their fifth loss in six matches, are not yet out of relegation trouble, sitting eight points above the drop zone.
Fellows opened the scoring with his fifth goal of 2024 just before the interval. The 20-year-old fired a shot low into the bottom corner of Max O'Leary's net, but it was not without controversy.
O'Leary felt that one of the Albion players was obstructing his view from an offside position, but the Robins' protests for the goal to be overturned were ignored.
The Baggies doubled their lead just five minutes into the second half through Wallace's first goal since December - his fourth of the season.
Defender Conor Townsend put the ball on a plate for the winger to tap home from close range and give the hosts some breathing space.
Liam Manning's side pushed for any kind of route back into the match after the break but their goalscoring problems which have blighted their season continued.
Ross McCrorie and Mark Sykes both lacked composure to steer efforts on target, and Taylor Gardner-Hickman produced a long-range effort just after to force Alex Palmer into an impressive save.
After the international break, Bristol City host leaders Leicester on Good Friday (29 March), when Albion visit Millwall.
West Bromwich Albion head coach Carlos Corberan told BBC Radio WM:
"It's great to achieve back to back wins.
"After the break we will make sure we come back together to win as many games as we can."
Bristol City manager Liam Manning told BBC Radio Bristol:
"The goal looks offside. It changed the flow of the game. But we have to take some responsibility for that because there's errors leading to it.
"The timing and manner of the goals were a bit tough for us. Apart from that there was nothing it. We kept the ball, built well and had a threat on the counter."
Line-ups
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 24PalmerBooked at 90mins
- 2Furlong
- 4KipréBooked at 85mins
- 15PietersSubstituted forBartleyat 45'minutes
- 3TownsendBooked at 28mins
- 35YokusluBooked at 71minsSubstituted forM'Vilaat 81'minutes
- 27Mowatt
- 31FellowsSubstituted forReachat 81'minutes
- 11DianganaSubstituted forSwiftat 65'minutes
- 23Johnston
- 7J WallaceSubstituted forThomas-Asanteat 71'minutes
Substitutes
- 5Bartley
- 6Ajayi
- 14Chalobah
- 19Swift
- 20Reach
- 21Thomas-Asante
- 22M'Vila
- 25Marshall
- 33Griffiths
Bristol City
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 1O'Leary
- 2McCrorieSubstituted forTannerat 84'minutes
- 26Vyner
- 16Dickie
- 24RobertsSubstituted forPringat 84'minutes
- 17Sykes
- 10KingSubstituted forTwineat 68'minutes
- 22Gardner-HickmanBooked at 58mins
- 11MehmetiSubstituted forCornickat 68'minutes
- 12KnightBooked at 45mins
- 15ConwaySubstituted forWellsat 68'minutes
Substitutes
- 3Pring
- 7Twine
- 9Cornick
- 19Tanner
- 21Wells
- 23Bajic
- 27Knight-Lebel
- 36Meerholz
- 47Mebude
- Referee:
- Tom Nield
- Attendance:
- 25,254
Match Stats
Home TeamWest BromAway TeamBristol City
- Possession
- Home54%
- Away46%
- Shots
- Home12
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away5
- Corners
- Home3
- Away7
- Fouls
- Home6
- Away14
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 2, Bristol City 0.
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Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Mark Sykes (Bristol City).
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Foul by Brandon Thomas-Asante (West Bromwich Albion).
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Zak Vyner (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Booking
Alex Palmer (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
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Mark Sykes (Bristol City) hits the bar with a header from a difficult angle on the left. Assisted by Scott Twine with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Darnell Furlong.
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Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Brandon Thomas-Asante is caught offside.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Alex Palmer.
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Attempt saved. George Tanner (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Booking
Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Cédric Kipré (West Bromwich Albion).
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Mark Sykes (Bristol City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution
Substitution, Bristol City. Cameron Pring replaces Haydon Roberts.
Substitution
Substitution, Bristol City. George Tanner replaces Ross McCrorie.
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Corner, Bristol City. Conceded by Conor Townsend.
Substitution
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Yann M'Vila replaces Okay Yokuslu.
Substitution
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Adam Reach replaces Tom Fellows.
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Ref waved yellow cards like they were going out of fashion, making a particularly stupid hasty decision to book Palmer.
Welcome points in the bag. Boing, boing. ATID
PS Wolves defeat 😂
Diangana is disappointing and Pieters now well past it but offset by the continually excellent performances given by Mikey Johnston and Tommy Fellows. C’mon you Baggies!
The Black Country is having a good day.
The dings result is another remind of our straightforward FA cup win at the bowl — Pie and Pint 1 - WBA 5 —
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Manning out and please take the jester Junior that appointed him. He won’t for the Lansdown arrogance runs too deep.
PS where’s the £40 million and Nige?
No surprise for Citynil but no point sacking manager. Board won't for many reasons, inc that he brought his own coaching team, I think, so what do they do, promote U21 coach?
Oxford back into playoff zone. Hilarity still possible, if unlikely