Roberto Di Matteo has admitted there’s likely to be changes to his starting line-up following Albion’s second game in four days. With the Baggies also set to host Scunthorpe on Tuesday (KO 19.45), the Italian is set to call upon his squad to add fresh legs and impetus to his weary troops.
The former MK Dons boss has named an unchanged starting XI for the previous five games with the Baggies winning two and drawing three in an unbeaten sequence. However after the tiring victory against Blackpool on Wednesday night, Di Matteo has revealed he’ll definitely call upon his squad against Plymouth.
"We've had a settled team down to the fact we haven't picked up any injuries and have been playing well, creating chances and winning games," the Italian said.
"But I will definitely make some changes for the Plymouth game because we will need some fresh legs.
"We have on the bench players who have played or started a lot of games this season.
"I give everyone a chance and the ones who come in and do well stay in the team.
"We've had many conversations about the fact we work as a squad.
"We try to do our best as a squad and, only with everyone on board can we achieve anything.
"It's not a question of explaining to players why they are left out.
"They all know and you could see the other night towards the end of the game we were a bit under pressure and couldn't quite raise our energy levels.
"It's just human.
"We've got three games in six days and it's impossible to be playing at the top every time."
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