West Brom v Wolves: FA Cup fourth round – live

14 mins: Another West Brom corner comes after Dawson blocks with Thomas-Asante trying to sneak in front of him at the near post.

Mowatt sends it in left-footed but Sa claims under his crossbar.

12 mins: Toti shows a tidy set of toes to wriggle down the left, but again Wolves are only probing at arms-length, as Cunha fires well wide from 25 yards or so.

11 mins: It looks already that Wolves are really lacking a centre forward, a focal point for their attack. They’ve got the attacking midfield talent, but is Neto a bit wasted as the receipient of the through-balls?

He’s dropping deeper now, trying to orchestrate something.

8 mins: Nice combination play between Townsend and John Swift down the West Brom left, but it brings nothing more than a tame header that is gobbled up by Sa.

Even Stevens at the moment.

6 mins: The camera pans to Craig Dawson, who played almost a decade at West Brom and yet I’ve somehow failed to remember that.

4 mins: If Wolves were hoping for a moment or two of calm and some time in possession, they’re not going to get it. It’s all high-pressing, hard-running and tough-tackling at the moment.

2 mins: West Brom are straight forward on the attack through Jed Wallace, who makes a nuisance of himself and wins an early corner. It’s worked short and nicely around the box but eventually the offside flag is raised.

Here we go!

The symbiosis of sports. An epic Test match is just finishing in Hyderabad as a potentially epic FA Cup derby begins at The Hawthorns. Who will take up the Tom Hartley role for West Brom or Wolves this afternoon and who will end up in a spin?

The players are about to emerge amid a wall of noise.

What with the super early kickoff time and this, the police in the west midlands aren’t taking their chances. Less than 10 minutes now, folks.

Don’t underestimate how big and hostile a Black Country derby can be. In this part of the world, it’s massive. And with West Brom at home plus the cup tie factor, it’s a really hard one to call. The Baggies are actually unbeaten in their previous four games against Wolves.

Carlos Corberan’s decision to rotate his goalkeeper, however, is perhaps an odd choice, with Josh Griffiths coming in for Alex Palmer.

Wolves have gone with a pretty much full-strength side. They’re without Hwang Hee-chan of course – he’s on Asian Cup duty – but Neto, Cunha et al will fancy their chances of being derby day heroes.

George Elokobi was a cult hero at Wolves and yesterday in the FA Cup certainly belonged to the former defender and his heroic Maidstone United team, who pulled off an all-time great upset by winning at Ipswich, securing a spot for the sixth-tier side in the fifth round hat.

Elokobi would surely love to draw his old side Wolves.

Assume he’s just talking about Keane, here?

Anyway, the stage is set and all that jazz.

West Brom: Griffiths, Furlong, Bartley, Kipré, Townsend, Yokuslu, Chalobah, Mowatt, Swift, Thomas-Asante, Wallace

Subs: Palmer, Heard, Pieters, Pipa, Fellows, Malcolm, Taylor, Whitwell, Hall

Wolves: Sá, Dawson, Toti, Kilman, Doherty, Bellegarde, Lemina, Doyle, Semedo, Cunha, Neto

Subs: Bentley, Aït-Nouri, S. Bueno, H. Bueno, Hodge, King, Chirewa, Fraser, Griffiths

Good morning, all! Well this is an early one, isn’t it? The broadcasters must have been glad Wolves beat Brentford in their third round replay (sorry Bees’ fans) to set up this tantalising Black Country derby. No doubt The Hawthorns will be loud and rowdy despite the kickoff time.

West Brom are ensconsed in the Championship playoff positions right now, albeit they’ve endured a bit of a mixed spell going into this game, while Gary O’Neil has turned Wolves into a mid-table side despite pre-season fears of a relegation dogfight after Julen Loptegui’s sacking on the eve of the campaign. Should be a good cup tie, this one. We’ll run you through the team news next and then build towards the 11.45am (GMT) start.