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Leaving the travails of the league behind for one weekend must be an attractive proposition to fans of both clubs in this Saturday's fourth-round cup tie, as Albion travel down to London for a clash against West Ham. No doubt it'll carry some extra significance for Slaven Bilic, facing his former employers for the first time, but the teams are each on an iffy run, and it may simply end up being a question of which side actually minds being in the cup less.

Of course, it'd be a shame for that to be the case, and in the spirit of past meetings between the Baggies and the Hammers, let's hope that it's not. It's been a long time now since the infamous 4-3 comeback in 2003, but the last cup tie between the sides resulted in a 4-0 Albion rout in the 2015 fifth round, and three of the four matches since then were lively affairs that produced a total of fourteen goals. Neither of our two visits to the Taxpayers Stadium have yielded a win, but with the burden of the promotion race temporarily lifted, there's hope for an upset this time round.