West Bromwich Albion will host Bolton Wanderers on Saturday for their seventh week's game at the Hawthorns.
West Brom have won two matches in a row; if they manage to beat Bolton on Saturday, it will be their best performance in the Premier League since 2002.
On that occasion, the teams to lose to Albion were Fulham, West Ham and Southampton.
After their shock 3-2 win in the Arsenal game, West Brom are not likely to make any change to the winning eleven.
The win against the Gunners should be credited to teamwork; every player from Scott Carson to Odemwingie contributed in a match in which the baggies kept possession of the ball for the most part, an achievement by itself against Arsenal, and at the Emirates, to boot.
Ishmael Miller, Marek Cech and Joe Mattock have still to recover from injury.
Striker Bednar who missed the Arsenal match is also available; defender Gabriel Thomas is also recovered from a calf injury.
Bolton haven't won any of their last four games, in the Premier League.
Their solitary win this season was in an away game against West Ham.
That said, they have just the one loss in six games, in what must be acknowledged as a good start to their Premiership season.
Credit must go to Owen Coyle on whose watch the Trotters have covered a good distance in the short space of eleven games.
Bolton have had problems in defence, with their keeper Jaaskelainen missing three games owing to suspension.
This has resulted in 10 goals conceded in five matches.
Gary Cahill has served his suspension and will be back for the West Brom game, but Bolton will miss the services of Sean Davis and Joey O'Brien owing to injury.
Ricardo Gardner and Andy O'Brien are also nursing injuries, as is Jlloyd Samuel.
The two sides have played out draws in their last three encounters.
One thing in Bolton's favour is the physical nature of their game.
They are aggressive on the field and prefer to grind out results, rather than rely on football finesse.
The Baggies on the other hand rely on more conventional football technique, and don't have the physical attributes to bruise it out.
That said, barring complacency, after the Arsenal game, West Brom should have a clear edge in this match.
The West Brom eleven could possibly be: Carson, Shorey, Olsson, Pablo, Jara, Thomas, Morrison, Mulumbu, Scharner, Brunt, Odemwingie Bolton are likely to have the following players in their squad: Jaaskelainen, Robinson, Knight, Cahill, Steinsson, Petrov, Muamba, Holden, Lee, K Davies, Elmander
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