West Bromwich Albion climbed to fifth within the Sky Wager Championship with a 1-0 win over Coventry Metropolis.

Grady Diangana’s Fifteenth-minute tap-in ensured Carlos Corberan’s facet clinched a sixth house league win and clear sheet in a row.

Albion haven’t conceded a aim at house in all competitions in additional than 11 hours of soccer – 697 minutes.

West Brom had been good worth for his or her return to profitable methods after Jed Wallace hit the submit and missed different probabilities, whereas Daryl Dike spurned two alternatives.

They had been compelled into an sudden change with goalkeeper Alex Palmer out injured, so there was a recall for David Button.

In an open, end-to-end begin to the sport, there have been wonderful probabilities at each ends.

But it surely was the hosts, boosted by a high quality provide of deliveries from debutant Marc Albrighton and Wallace, who had the higher of them.

Dike missed an excellent probability to place Albion forward when he headed over from Albrighton’s cross.

Coventry had the prospect to punish that miss quickly afterwards however Viktor Gyökeres might solely look throughout the face of aim from Jamie Allen’s centre.

Albion responded with a shot from Wallace, who fired over the bar from the sting of the realm.

Wallace nearly rounded off a advantageous transfer however hit the bottom of the submit and Diangana simply did not convert the rebound.

However Albion took the lead with quarter of an hour performed when Diangana made no mistake from shut vary after Wallace nodded on a protracted throw-in from Darnell Furlong.

Wallace then curled comfortably over the bar with a first-time effort from a nook earlier than he was solely inches away with an angled shot after slicing out a move and surging in from the left.

Albion had the primary opening of the second half when Dike was put clear by way of by Okay Yokuslu’s move however he did not lob goalkeeper Ben Wilson.

Coventry, who had loads of possession for lengthy spells of the second half, made a treble substitution within the 61st minute with the introduction of Josh Wilson-Esbrand, Josh Eccles and Matty Godden.

However they struggled to interrupt down a resolute Albion defence not used to conceding in entrance of their very own followers.

The Sky Blues threatened with a Gustavo Hamer free-kick that Button pushed away, however Gyokeres ought to have achieved higher from the sting of the field when he blazed over following Allen’s move.