West Brom vs Leicester City - Zohore and Townsend risk missing out for promoted Baggies

Kenneth Zohore and Conor Townsend are injury concerns for West Brom before their opening Premier League fixture against Leicester.

Both players have missed games during Albion’s pre-season preparations – Zohore with a calf issue and Townsend due to an ankle problem. Zohore will not be fit for Sunday’s opener but Townsend has been training this week and could be involved at The Hawthorns on Sunday.

The Baggies expect to sign former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic ahead of the match but the veteran is short of match fitness and will not figure against the Foxes.

Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has a defensive hole to fill give the string of absentees he is dealing with for Sunday’s match.

Jonny Evans’ suspension is compounded by the absence of Wes Morgan and Filip Benkovic through injury, meaning Wilfred Ndidi could drop back to partner Calgar Soyuncu.

James Maddison and Christian Fuchs will be assessed after returning to training this week, while summer signing Timothy Castagne is pushing for his debut. Daniel Amartey and Ricardo Pereira are not ready to feature as they recover from long-term lay-offs.

West Brom provisional squad: Johnstone, O’Shea, Ajayi, Hegazi, Gibbs, Sawyers, Livermore, Pereira, Diangana, Phillips, Robinson, Bond, Townsend, Bartley, Peltier, Kipre, Furlong, Grosicki, Harper, Field, Edwards, Austin, Robson-Kanu.

Leicester provisional squad: Schmeichel, Ward, Jakupovic, Justin, Castagne, Soyuncu, Ndidi, Thomas, Choudhury, Tielemans, Mendy, Praet, Albrighton, Gray, Maddison, James, Barnes, Perez, Vardy, Hirst, Iheanacho