Stoke 3 Albion 1
Ricardo Fuller hits a hat trick as Albion lose top spot.
16.53: Five minutes of injury time not enough for Albion and it ends 3-1.
16.33: Baggies get a goal back through Roman Bednar. Sub Albrechtsen provides the cross and Bednar nods home.
16.32: Mowbray replaces Cesar with Albrechtsen.
16.28: Fuller grabs his hat trick and surely there is no way back for Albion now. Great finish from the striker as he hits Albion on the break.
16.25: Albion are "committing almost their entire team forwards" says Steve in a bid to grab a goal.
16.12: Stoke holding Albion at bay so far in the second half.
16.07: Ishmael Miller comes on for Chris Brunt. and Kevin Phillips is on for Teixeira as Albion go 4,3,3 to try to get back in the game
15.45: Half time and Albion have a mountain to climb after the interval.
15.38: Fuller grabs his second as Albion look set to be deposed by Watford at the top.
15.29: Best opportunity so far for Albion. Roman Bednar firing over the bar when he was through on goal.
15.26: Albion are on top now and have created chances through Teixeira and Gera.
15.22: It's taken some time but Albion are getting into their stride, according to Steve.
15.16: Canadabaggie is urging his team on from North America, is he the furthest afield Albion fan today, let us know below.
15.07: Contoversial goal according to our man at the game Steve Madeley. He says the whole Albion side appealed for offside and handball.
15.05: Stoke take the lead. Ricardo Fuller the scorer and it's a nice move with Mamady Sidibe. The Stoke striker slips the ball past Dean Kiely and practically his first job since returning to the Albion goal is to pick the ball out of the net.
15.00: We are underway at the Britannia Stadium.
14.52: There seems to be plenty of confidence about from Albion fans. baggie9 says "Albion to win in style". One thing is for sure if Stoke win it won't be in style - is there an uglier team to watch, but they are in fourth place going into this one.
14.35: Baggies fans give us your thoughts on that exciting team news below, just leave the comments in the box. Quick thought, Hoefkens is up against his old club for the first time and will be in for a rough ride.
14.27: Two changes for the Baggies, Dean Kiely and Carl Hoefkens return from injury in place of Luke Steele and Jarod Hodgkiss. Miller, Morrison and Albrechtsen have all recovered from knee problems to be on the bench.
Albion: Kiely, Hoefkens, Pele, Cesar, Robinson, Greening, Koren, Brunt, Teixeira, Gera, Bednar.
Subs: Steele, Phillips, Miller, Albrechtsen, Morrison.
14.08: Today's table makes happy reading and if Albion win today they will be top at the halfway mark in the Championship season. What an incentive.
14.00: The bogey of all bogeys is back. Can Albion deliver a powerful message to the Championship before Christmas.
