Venue: The Hawthorns

Kick-off: 3pm

Capacity: 26,500

Record attendance: 64,815 v Arsenal (FA Cup 6th rd) – 6 March, 1937.

Nickname: The Baggies

Manager: Roberto Di Matteo

Top scorer: Chris Brunt, Graeme Dorrans – 4

Programme: £3

Ticket info: City fans have been allocated 2,718 seats in the Smethwick End. These cost £23 (adult), £14 (OAPs/students/Under-18) and £11 (Under-16) and can be purchased by calling 0871 222 6666.

How to get there – by car: Leave the M5 at Junction 1 and take the A41 towards Birmingham. The ground is on your right after about half a mile.

By train: The nearest stations are The Hawthorns (five minute walk) and Smethwick Rolfe Street (15 minutes).

By coach: Depart Ashton Gate 11.30am. Seats cost £15 (season card holders and CATS members) and £17 (non-members).

Last meeting: 26 December, 2007, West Brom 4, City 1

Biggest City win: 26 December, 1977, City 3, West Brom 1

Heaviest City defeat: 26 December, 2007, West Brom 4, City 1

Post prediction: City are unbeaten in seven, but this looks like a home win.

Words of wisdom: "We're on a good run of form, and unbeaten in seven games and have no reason to fear West Brom" – City midfielder Paul Hartley exudes confidence ahead of tomorrow's game.

Just a thought: Albion are by no means invincible at The Hawthorns, having already lost home games to Crystal Palace and Swansea this season.

Fancy a flutter? Bet365 make Albion 8/13 on favourites, with City a rather attractive 9/2 and the draw 11/4. The same firm offer City penalty taker Paul Hartley to score first at 20/1.

BAGGIES boss Roberto Di Matteo will assess the fitness of his international stars before selecting a side to face City tomorrow.

No fewer than seven Albion players were on international duty this week and Di Matteo will be keeping his fingers crossed that they all return in one piece.

Defender Gonzalo Jara played for Chile in a friendly against Slovakia, Robert Koren featured for Slovenia in their two-legged World Cup play-off against Russia and centre-back Abdoulaye Meite was named in the Ivory Coast squad to face Germany in midweek.

Marek Cech, Chris Wood, Chris Brunt and Graeme Dorrans were also on international duty, a factor which could play into City's hands.

Perhaps the biggest problem facing Di Matteo is generating team spirit within a cosmopolitan squad which comprises 16 different nationalities.

He will be hoping last week's five-day training camp in the Spanish resort of La Manga will help forge a new spirit of togetherness.

"If we win the next couple of games, then the trip will have worked," said Di Matteo.

"November can be a bad month weatherwise and we trained in good conditions. There are so many foreign players in the English game nowadays that it can be difficult to mould a team. Team spirit is important because it can help make a difference in tight situations and trips like this one help people get to know one another better."