West Bromwich Albion will travel to Norwich City up next in the Championship hopeful of another positive result to ensure their grip on a playoff spot becomes tighter.
The battle for sixth spot could well heat up across some crunch games to follow in the second tier, with Tony Mowbray's Baggies currently occupying the coveted position, but the EFL's elite league is known for its many thrilling twists and turns.
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If the playoffs are clinched, West Brom will hope their luck is in, having slipped up on their last two appearances in the Championship's unpredictable lottery.
Amazingly, their playoff misfire during the 2018/19 campaign occurred even with Harvey Barnes in the Baggies camp, who has since become a Premier League star away from the Hawthorns.
Harvey Barnes' impressive rise since leaving West Brom
West Brom has been home to many rising stars over the years on loan, with Romelu Lukaku once lining up for the West Midlands club during the infancy of his playing days.
Barnes has a similar story to the lethal Belgian, with the now Newcastle United winger entertaining Baggies supporters for one short, but sweet season, even if promotion ultimately evaded his loan side.
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The 27-year-old attacker fired home an impressive nine strikes from 28 appearances for Albion, alongside also picking up eight assists as his new employers very nearly jumped up to the Premier League.
Whilst West Brom had to make do with staying put in the second tier, Barnes managed to leap up to the top-flight on his own and never looked back, with the Magpies winger now up to a stunning 75 goal contributions in the Premier League from 190 overall outings.
So, who will inspire the Baggies to a play-off place this time around?
West Brom's new version of Barnes
West Brom haven't exactly been the most free-flowing team to watch this season, with a mammoth 18 draws next to their name reinforcing their ability to grind out a result if needed, on top of the fact they've only scored a meagre 48 strikes from 38 games.
But, regardless of this, Tom Fellows has still managed to stand out as a full-throttle option on the left wing, with the homegrown gem subsequently morphing into his side's next Barnes.
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A dazzling fleet-footed winger, there are plenty of similarities between the two with their ability to drive forward with the ball in a positive fashion catching the eye of the Hawthorns masses.
Fellows in 24/25 vs Barnes in 18/19
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Stats by Sofascore
Looking at the table above, Fellows matches Barnes' electric output in terms of big chances missed and big chances created, with a whopping 11 assists next to his name actually bettering the 27-year-old's assist count by five.
Only two goal contributions off matching his counterpart's overall loan numbers at the Hawthorns, the "unbelievable" talent - as he's been lauded by Baggies teammate Karlan Grant previously - will hope he also can follow Barnes' upward trajectory by making it in the top-flight soon, potentially with Mowbray's men.
Heartbreakingly, much like Barnes, Fellows could also just leave West Brom behind in pursuit of bigger and better things, with Everton reportedly keen admirers of the England U21 international.
The blistering winger's long-term future in the West Midlands could all rest on whether promotion is sealed or not, therefore, with the 21-year-old perhaps the spark that's needed to break his club's playoff hoodoo.
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