22 mins: Marko Arnautovic stabs a shot goalwards from and angle and the ball hits Jonny Evans' hand, but there's no spot kick - the defender could hardly have avoided it. The ex-Man United player then has to go off the pitch to sort out his bootlaces but Stoke cannot take advantage of playing 10 men.

20 mins: Xherdan Shaqiri gives away a soft free kick after gently pushing Allan Nyom over. James McClean whips it in and Salomon Rondon heads just wide - but the offside flag is up.

18 mins: Marko Arnautovic hits the deck after tangling with Craig Dawson on the touchline, but referee Martin Atkinson is unimpressed and lets play go on - but the home fans don't like it, and the decibel level goes up a notch.

16 mins: Claudio Yacob thwarts a promising Stoke attack, racing back to block a Xherdan Shaqiri pass that was heading towards Wilfried Bony on the edge of the box.

15 mins: Glenn Whelan goes into the book for barging right into Craig Dawson on halfway.

12 mins: Marko Arnautovic combines nicely with Joe Allen but Arnautovic's looping cross from the left goes over and behind for a goal kick. Stoke have looked more confident after an anodyne start.

10 mins: Erik Pieters goes over in the box, under pressure from Matt Phillips, but his claims are waved away by Martin Atkinson and on replay it looks like a decent tackle. No Stoke players apart from Pieters went up for the penalty.

8 mins: Xherdan Shaqiri is felled by Allan Nyom near the touchline, but the Stoke player's curling free kick is met firmly by Gareth McAuley's head and cleared.

6 mins: It's been a very cagey start - no rhythm from the home side, which could play into West Brom's hands with the Baggies looking to hit on the break.

Garth Crooks
Former Spurs striker on Final Score

Mark Hughes has the most talented group of individuals at that club in generations. So many of their players are not firing. 

I'm especially interested by Wilfried Bony, who's playing today. I'll be watching his performance closely.

5 mins: Wily Darren Fletcher gets the better of Joe Allen near the Stoke box, then Salomon Rondon tries a curling shot from 20 yards out that goes well wide of Lee Grant's left post.

3 mins: The Baggies are probing away from deep, while Stoke have yet to make an impression. Both managers are already prowling their technical areas..

1 min: There's an early touch for Lee Grant within seconds as a West Brom attack breaks down, then a minute later he races out of the box to thump a low clearance downfield.

West Brom get the game under way, defending the away end.

The teams are out on a blustery afternoon in the Potteries - the home fans are trying to gee up their team up as the sides go through the usual prematch preamble. Tony Pulis has had a decent reception, and we're all set.

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Martin Fisher
Match of the Day commentator

How fitting that West Brom boss Tony Pulis reaches 1,000 games as a manager at Stoke - his home for nearly half of those matches over two spells in which he guided the club into the Premier League and then kept them there, season after season.

Right now, that tenure looks under threat. Four successive defeats leave Stoke bottom of the table. Their defence, so miserly under Pulis, has become shambolic.

Deadline-day signing Wilfried Bony looks rusty, and chances will be at a premium against a well-drilled Albion outfit.

A clean sheet on his return to the Potteries would be the perfect way for Pulis to celebrate his personal milestone and a win would make it four in a row against his former employers.

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The bet365 Stadium has a reputation for being loud and intimidating, but Stoke's current form has dented that a little. 

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Tony Pulis did the 'double' over his old club last season, and the meeting at Stoke in August 2015 was decided by Salomon Rondon. Stoke were already down to nine men, with Charlie Adam and Ibrahim Afellay having seen red before the break.

A win for the Baggies today would make it four in a row over the Potters.

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Lee Grant, 33, makes his Premier League debut today just over 14 years after he first appeared for Derby. Following spells at Burnley, Oldham and Sheffield Wednesday, he went back to the Rams in 2013 but was loaned to Stoke at the start of this season. He played in Stoke's 2-1 defeat by Hull in the EFL Cup on Wednesday.

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