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title: "West Brom: Steve Madeley confirms Conor Townsend injury blow"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-steve-madeley-confirms-conor-townsend-injury-blow/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Henry Jackson"
section: "Championship News"
published: "2022-05-06T16:10:44Z"
modified: "2022-05-06T16:10:44Z"
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# West Brom: Steve Madeley confirms Conor Townsend injury blow

**Conor Townsend will miss [West Brom](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-news/)‘s [Championship](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/championship-news/) final-day clash with Barnsley due to injury, according to reliable journalist Steve Madeley.**

### The Lowdown: Baggies’ season ends

The Baggies play their last game of a hugely disappointing season on Saturday afternoon, with the Tykes making the trip to the Hawthorns.

Steve Bruce’s side go into the game sitting [10th in the table](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/table) and with no chance of finishing in the playoff positions, summing up their struggles.

Having started the campaign as one of the promotion favourites, and with Valerien Ismael a seemingly exciting managerial appointment, things have unravelled at an alarming rate.

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### The Latest: Townsend ruled out

With Kyle Bartley already ruled out of the game, Madeley took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/SteveMadeley78/status/1522497706870067201?s=20&t=zEmLhWyjFP0w0Gmnk5FI8g) to confirm that Towsend would also be absent from Saturday’s match:

> “Team news from Steve Bruce. Kyle Bartley will miss tomorrow after badly twisting his ankle. Scan results due today. Conor Townsend also out of the Barnsley game.”

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### The Verdict: Final-day blow

While the weekend game is ultimately not too important, considering there is little to nothing riding on it, Townsend’s absence still has to be considered a blow.

The defender has [started 43 of West Brom’s 45 league games](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/108640/Show/Conor-Townsend) this season, highlighting his dependability, and he has also averaged [2.1 aerial duel wins and 1.8 tackles](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/108640/Show/Conor-Townsend) per game.

The hope is that the Baggies are still too strong for an already-relegated Barnsley side, however, at least managing to finish a poor season in style.

***In other news, a journalist has dropped a West Brom transfer claim. Read more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-news/west-brom-journalist-drops-diangana-transfer-claim/).***