EPL: West Brom 1-2 Huddersfield

Steve Mounie celbrates with team mates

Huddersfield pushed West Brom further into the relegation mire and strengthened their own chances of Premier League survival with a 2-1 victory at The Hawthorns on Saturday.

After a goalless first half, two goals in eight second-half minutes from Rajiv van La Parra (48) and Steve Mounie (56) put Huddersfield in control.

A Craig Dawson header (64) offered West Brom a route back into the game, but the visitors held on to heap the misery on Alan Pardew and his side.

With 10 league games remaining, West Brom are bottom of the table and seven points from safety, while Huddersfield move up to 14th, three points ahead of 18th-placed Swansea.

 

After a turgid first quarter, the game sparked into life with Jay Rodriguez spurning the first real opportunity when failing to connect with James McClean's low corner.

 

Alex Pritchard then saw an attempt blocked by the head of team-mate Mounie, who was standing some two yards out following Florent Hadergjonaj's cross, while Ben Foster did superbly to block the follow-up shot from Van La Parra.

Just before half-time, it was West Brom who should have broken the deadlock, but the unmarked McClean could only volley over from Matt Phillips' chipped ball in.

 Huddersfield were rewarded for a bright start to the second half when Van La Parra latched onto Collin Quaner's low cross.

The visitors doubled their lead eight minutes later, with Alex Pritchard playing a defence-splitting pass for Mounie, who curled the ball around the onrushing Foster.

 

Dawson did head West Brom back into contention with half an hour to go, but the defender was then guilty of a missed opportunity late on, as he could only shoulder the ball over from three yards out when looking to meet another corner.