West Brom have sacked former Stoke boss Tony Pulis.

He has been axed after Saturday's 4-0 home defeat by Chelsea.

West Brom are a point and a place above the Premier League relegation zone and five points adrift of Albion in ninth.

They have lost their last four games and were beaten 3-1 by the Seagulls at the Amex in early September.

Pulis, never relegated as a manager, took charge at the Hawthorns on New Year's Day 2015, the day after Chris Hughton was appointed by Albion.

Four of the current bottom five have now sacked their managers this season. Paul Clement at Swansea is the odd man out.

Tonight's Amex visitors Stoke are sixth-bottom under Pulis's successor at the Potteries club, Mark Hughes.