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Last season saw West Brom come as close to promotion back to the Premier League as they have since their relegation in 2020-21, finishing fifth in the league before losing 3-1 on aggregate to eventual playoff winners Southampton in the semi-final.

Carlos Corberan, who has been in charge at the Hawthorns since October 2022, will be aiming to go all the way in the upcoming campaign and take his side back to the top flight.

However, their pre-season campaign has been far from the ideal preparation as the Baggies have lost three of their four matches played so far, suffering defeats to Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool and RCD Mallorca, and only narrowly beating Peterborough United 2-1.

Ahead of their opening Championship match against Queens Park Rangers, West Brom will face two friendlies in two days, travelling to The Cledara Abbey Stadium to play Cambridge United on Friday before playing Birmingham on Saturday.

As for the hosts, Saturday’s match will be their final pre-season fixture as they gear up for their first campaign in the third tier of English football in 29 years.

Despite starting 2023-24 in fantastic fashion, sitting sixth in the table after 11 outings, Birmingham’s new American ownership group made the bizarre decision to sack John Eustace in favour of Wayne Rooney.

That decision proved costly for the Blues with Rooney winning twice during his 15 matches in charge, and Birmingham never recovered as they finished 22nd in the league.

They have made a number of notable signings in an attempt to earn promotion in their first attempt, and their pre-season has certainly gone to plan with four back-to-back wins coming into their final friendly.

Birmingham kicked off pre-season with a 5-0 loss to SC Paderborn 07 before bouncing back with a 3-0 win against Solihull Moors, 2-0 against Shrewsbury Town, 2-1 against Rangers and 1-0 against Walsall, suffering their second defeat to Aldershot Town on the same day.