A Black Country derby against West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup fourth round could be just the incentive Wolves need ahead of their clash with Brentford in the third-round replay, says the Express and Star's Liam Keen.

After a 1-1 draw with the Bees at Gtech Community Stadium, the two sides will meet for the third time in as many weeks at Molineux and, with a chance to face their fierce rivals for the first time in front of supporters since 2012, the hosts will be raring to go on Tuesday night.

Ahead of the third meeting between Brentford and Wolves in a matter of weeks, what did you make of the 1-1 draw in the initial third-round clash?

Wolves showed a different side to them, which they had done in the Chelsea, Brentford and Everton wins leading up to the FA Cup game. In those games, they were clinical, they outplayed the opposition, they fought back from different scenarios, and I thought they were really resilient at Brentford.

They had to weather the storm and ended up conceding the first goal after going down to 10 men, but they came back in the second half really well. They probably won the second half, on the balance of play, albeit Brentford had a few good moments as well, and got the goal.

I think they were good value for forcing a replay, particularly having gone down to 10 men so early on.

João Gomes was sent off inside the first 10 minutes for a foul on Christian Norgaard. Do you think the punishment was justified?

I thought it was harsh. I can understand why the referee has given it in real time; it is more of a complaint about VAR, from my perspective.

Having watched it, I do not think he was reckless, I do not think he was out of control, and I do not think it was particularly aggressive, I just think it was mistimed and definitely a booking. Anything less than a booking would be unfair in the opposite direction, but I certainly do not think it was a red.

Consistency is the issue - and every team has had this problem, it is not just Wolves. I do not think Mikkel Damsgaard was being malicious when he caught Tommy Doyle, but I think that was probably worse, if not very similar to João Gomes’s challenge.

Then there was the Keane Lewis-Potter scenario at the end with Nelson Semedo, which was a little bit of handbags but, by the letter of the law, you cannot raise your hand.

Wolves have been a little bit unfortunate there, but a draw was probably about right on the balance of the game and the chances.

There is the added spice to this game now, with the prize being a trip to West Brom, which Wolves fans will be eager for. However, because of the replay, both teams’ winter breaks have been cut short. Will that be a pain for Gary O’Neil and his side?

From Wolves’ point of view, it may be a pain to some extent because they had flown off to Abu Dhabi for a warm-weather training camp and had to slightly adjust their return date with the game being on 16 January.

I do not think it is a huge pain though because Wolves can get more minutes into Pedro Neto, and I would be surprised if he does not start in this replay and get 60 minutes or so under his belt after coming back from a hamstring injury.

But Wolves have lost players to AFCON and the Asian Cup and they do not have a big squad anyway, so it is going to impact them and having that extra game is not going to be ideal from Gary O’Neil’s point of view.

At the same time, their next league game is not until 22 January, so they do have a couple of extra days to recover. The schedule could have been a lot worse, but they will welcome getting a few more minutes into some players.

Which player should Brentford fans be keeping an eye on?

I said Rayan Aït-Nouri the first time and Matheus Cunha the second, so this time I will go for Pedro Neto because I think he will start, provided he has not had setbacks leading up to the game.

He came back into the squad for the Brentford league game and was going to come on until Wolves scored the fourth goal and they sat him back down again. He came on against Everton a few days later and did really well, then came on earlier in the game at Brentford in the cup; I thought he had a big impact for Wolves, giving them the impetus to have a much better second half.

Naturally, the way they are building up his minutes means he will likely start and, purely because of his talent and the form he was in before his injury, which kept him out for about two months, he has to be one of Wolves’ most dangerous players.

He seems happy, confident and direct and, when you have got someone with his pace and explosiveness that is playing at their direct best, it is going to cause problems.

How is O’Neil likely to set up his side for this one?

I think he will go strong again. Aït-Nouri, Hee-chan Hwang and Boubacar Traore will not be around because of international duty. As I have said, I think Neto will start, Pablo Sarabia will keep his place, Cunha will keep his place, and the rest will be about the same as the last game.

They are hoping Hugo Bueno will be available so, if he is, he might come in for Matt Docherty at left wing-back, and Craig Dawson could come back if he is fit.

With how fairly comfortable they are in the league at the moment, it is attractive for Wolves to go on a cup run - and there is an even bigger incentive now West Brom are coming up in the fourth round.

What’s your score prediction for this one?

The way the last few games have gone, if Wolves can keep 11 men on the pitch and play a strong side, they should win the game.

I do not think it will be as open as the league game, just similar to the initial third-round tie, where there will be chances for both sides. I think Wolves will be on the front foot and in control as they are playing at home, but I would back Brentford to make it quite difficult.

I will go with 1-0 Wolves and quite a nervy end, particularly with Wolves desperate to get through to play the Baggies.