Town manager Roy Keane was pleased to be given a second successive home draw in the Carling Cup, but for the moment is concentrating on the Blues’ league campaign rather than the quarter-final against West Brom.
Keane said: "We’re pleased with the home tie, of course we are. West Brom are a very, very good team and sent some of their squad players to Leicester and won 4-1 [in the last round].
"They turned us over comfortably last year and they are a lot, lot stronger than they were then. But that’s four or five weeks away, that’s a long, long time in football and I’m sure a lot will happen between now and then.”
West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo is similarly concentrating on the league: "It’s nice to be in the quarter-final, it’s going to be another nice cup game, hopefully an exciting one, but that’s in the back of my mind."
The tie is expected to be confirmed for Wednesday 1st December with the Blues in action on the Sunday in the derby at Norwich City, which is being shown live by the BBC.