West Brom 2-0 Bristol City: Baggies strengthen play-off chances
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West Brom are now unbeaten in six matches
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."