West Bromwich Albion cruised into the fourth round of the FA Cup with a comfortable win over National League side Chesterfield in a replay.
John Swift put the Baggies ahead when he curled into the bottom left-hand corner midway through the first half.
The five-time winners doubled their lead through Tom Rogic three minutes after the restart and Jake Livermore soon made it 3-0 from a corner.
After Akwasi Asante hit the bar for the visitors, Jovan Malcolm added a fourth.
Albion will travel to Bristol City in the next round after the Robins beat Swansea City 2-1 after extra time on Tuesday.
Chesterfield and West Brom drew 3-3 in the initial tie 10 days ago, with the Championship club needing an injury-time equaliser from Brandon Thomas-Asante to force a replay – having led twice in the first half.
The Spireites are pushing for promotion back to the English Football League, but Paul Cook’s men ultimately paid for defensive errors against a club who are in form and 70 places above them in the league pyramid.
The hosts made a fast start at The Hawthorns despite making 10 changes from their win at Luton Town on Saturday, as Grady Diangana had a goal ruled out in the third minute for a foul on Chesterfield keeper Lucas Covolan.
Swift, the only survivor from the weekend, broke the deadlock when a poor clearance by Jamie Grimes was headed into the box by Livermore and the midfielder brought the ball down smartly before curling a low left-footed shot past the outstretched hand of the keeper.
West Brom took control after the break as Rogic converted after Chesterfield failed to clear Adam Reach’s cut-back, and then Livermore was left unmarked to control and hammer in on the half-volley in from Swift’s short corner six minutes later.
The visitors almost pulled one back with eight minutes left, but Asante had an effort well saved by David Button and Tim Akinola saw his follow-up blocked before Asante then clattered the crossbar from close range.
Albion wrapped up the scoring in injury time when substitute Malcolm headed in Conor Townsend’s cross for his first senior goal for the club.
Line-ups
West Brom
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Button
- 29Gardner-Hickman
- 6AjayiBooked at 90mins
- 16Kelly
- 20Reach
- 8Livermore
- 7RogicSubstituted forMolumbyat 76′minutes
- 19SwiftSubstituted forPhillipsat 55′minutesSubstituted forat 90+1′minutes
- 39AndrewsSubstituted forTownsendat 61′minutes
- 11DianganaSubstituted forJ Wallaceat 76′minutes
- 28ClearySubstituted forMalcolmat 61′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Furlong
- 3Townsend
- 4O’Shea
- 10Phillips
- 14Molumby
- 17J Wallace
- 24Palmer
- 32Malcolm
- 35Yokuslu
Chesterfield
Formation 4-1-4-1
- 31Covolan Cauagnari
- 20KingSubstituted forShecklefordat 65′minutes
- 12Williams
- 5Grimes
- 33ClementsSubstituted forHortonat 78′minutes
- 35JonesSubstituted forAkinolaat 65′minutes
- 7MandevilleSubstituted forUchegbulamat 75′minutes
- 19Asante
- 26Oldaker
- 17DobraBooked at 90mins
- 9TshimangaSubstituted forBanksat 64′minutesBooked at 68mins
Substitutes
- 1Fitzsimons
- 3Horton
- 4Akinola
- 6Maguire
- 16Sheckleford
- 18Uchegbulam
- 21Palmer
- 28Banks
- 40Cook
Live Text
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Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 4, Chesterfield 0.
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Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 4, Chesterfield 0.
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Semi Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Armando Dobra (Chesterfield) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Goal! West Bromwich Albion 4, Chesterfield 0. Jovan Malcolm (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conor Townsend.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Matt Phillips went off injured after West Bromwich Albion had used all subs.
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Delay in match because of an injury Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion).
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
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Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
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Jesurun Uchegbulam (Chesterfield) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the box.
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Attempt saved. Jesurun Uchegbulam (Chesterfield) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Substitution, Chesterfield. Branden Horton replaces Bailey Clements.
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Attempt missed. Oliver Banks (Chesterfield) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jayson Molumby replaces Tomas Rogic.
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Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace replaces Grady Diangana.
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Substitution, Chesterfield. Jesurun Uchegbulam replaces Liam Mandeville.
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Tomas Rogic.
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Martin Kelly.
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Corner, Chesterfield. Conceded by Tomas Rogic.