HALF-TIMEpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 2 December 2023
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Both sides have struck the woodwork in the fist-half, but it remains goalless at The Hawthorns.
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Leicester had earlier won at West Brom through Harry Winks' 94th-minute goal
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West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Both sides have struck the woodwork in the fist-half, but it remains goalless at The Hawthorns.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
John Swift is scrambling to get himself ready to come on.
It takes a few moments, but he eventually gets there.
There is just one additional minute of injury time to play now.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
And that is Matt Phillips' day done.
He limps off the pitch and will be replaced by John Swift.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Steve Hermon
BBC Radio WM commentator
This is appearance number 248 for Matt Phillips West Bromwich Albion, 550 in his career.
An excellent servant, he has been there, seen it, done it. He has seen a lot of managers come and go.
That is a blow. Albion are down to 10 men for the moment.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
There is a problem for West Brom's Matt Phillips.
He is hunched down on his knees with his head on the ground.
He then beats the turf with his fist is frustration.
It appears he has strained his hamstring trying to block a pass from Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
Leicester are having a good spell. West Bromwich Albion just got outnumbered again.
Leicester had the extra man on this left-hand side.
They are getting pulled out of position with the switching of play.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
We are into the last five minutes of the first half and Kelechi Iheanacho has his head in his hands as he drags a shot from the top of the box wide.
The striker had time and space to pick his spot, but he failed to test goalkeeper Alex Palmer with a tame effort.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
It is a good battle in midfield with Okay Yokuslu and Alex Mowatt for West Brom and Harry Winks for Leicester.
You win that battle in there, invariably you win the match.
But they are just cancelling themselves out at the moment.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Darnell Furlong gets another huge block in on Stephy Mavididi.
This time his sliding effort goes straight out for a corner.
It was a decisive intervention because West Brom were exposed badly there.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
Albion got away with it there because the goalkeeper Alex Palmer was beaten.
It could have easily gone into the net.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
It's Leicester City's turn to rattle the woodwork now!
Stephy Mavididi has the ball delivered to him in the area, and he sees a powerfully-struck effort deflected off the post and out for a corner.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Leicester have managed to regain a level of composure again in the past few minutes.
How? Well, by simply imposing their will on the game by stringing some methodical passing together. It's not electric, but it has them building a little pressure again.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
You need that goal in this game to get the crowd going.
West Brom are moving the ball well.
You can see that Leicester are well-organised defensively, everybody knows their job.
They are trying to stifle Albion.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
As a former West Brom player, Leicester boss Enzo Maresca maybe knew what to expect today.
He said it would be intense, and the hosts have delivered in the first half hour.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Leicester are just inviting pressure on themselves now.
Goalkeeper Mads Hermansen again plays a terrible pass out and West Brom pounce.
The ball is played to Brandon Thomas-Asante, but his swerving low effort is well held by the Foxes keeper.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
West Brom set themselves for another set-piece.
This time it's a free-kick on the left edge of the box.
Okay Yokuslu gets his head on it, but it is a long way over.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Tony Brown
West Brom's all-time record goalscorer on BBC Radio WM
Everything was right about that from West Bromwich Albion's point of view.
What can do you when the keeper makes a save likes that?
They are pushing Leicester back into their own half, having more of the play.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Cedric Kipre comes so close to putting West Brom ahead from that corner.
The ball is swung into the box at pace and Kipre sticks his leg out. The effort, which he maybe didn't know a lot about, crashes off the post.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
Leicester City goalkeepr Mads Hermansen is almost caught out at the back when he comes a long way out to play a pass.
West Brom pounce on his poor pass, but a the shot from Brandon Thomas-Asante is blocked for a corner.
West Brom 0-0 Leicester
It's an in-swinger to the near post, and West Brom clear.