West Bromwich Albion v Coventry City

West Bromwich Albion completed a season's double over Coventry City to further cement their place in the Championship play-off places.

Grady Diangana then made it 2-0 from close range before half-time when the Coventry defence were foxed by a near-post dummy from skipper Jed Wallace to Tom Fellows' right-wing cross and the Albion man was left unattended to get on the end of it.

Haji Wright gave Coventry hope with a 73rd-minute penalty after Kasey Palmer had gone down under the challenge of Cedric Kipre.

The Baggies' 12th win in 18 Championship home games this season lifted them eight points clear of ninth-placed Coventry, who suffered a second successive Friday night defeat after their home slip-up to bogey side Preston North End a week ago.

More importantly for West Brom, they are now seven points clear of the side in seventh, Norwich City.

Coventry had not won at The Hawthorns since December 2007, having not even scored in any of their past three visits - and things quickly looked bleak for them.

Johnston, who had scored in the first minute in West Brom's last but one home game, cut in from the left and, virtually unchallenged, had the time and space to compose himself before curling home a right-foot stunner.

Coventry twice went close before the break with their own right-foot curlers. The first from Josh Eccles somehow bending wide of the left upright before Palmer took careful aim only to land his effort just the other side of the goal frame.

But on 36 minutes the West Brom lead was doubled, a bit out of the blue, when Diangana was on hand to slide home Fellows' cross from six yards.

Coventry boss Mark Robins brought on top scorer Wright at half-time for Callum O'Hare - but they only got one goal back.

Wright coolly converted his spot-kick for his 12th goal of the season - his first in five games. But going pointless in successive matches for the first time since early November is a bad time for Coventry to hit a flat spot.

More to follow.