The Baggies came close when Gretar Steinsson headed a whipped cross just over his own bar, and again when Odemwingie's lay-off played in Morrison, who fired past the post.
Wednesday's team announcement did lay to rest a few worries which had come to the surface when Jeremy Guscott was spotted in the Brewery bar with a mobile phone glued to his ear - although there was some scepticism, the possibility that Guscott was being called up to replace BOD couldn't entirely be discounted given Sir Clive's somewhat erratic selection policy.