Alignment problem with image shortcode

I’m using a custom counter plugin and in my old theme I could just add a short code and image in a ad area. With my new theme I cant. I’ve added code in my home.php and gotten it to sort of work. Here is the code I’m using.

<div style=”text-align: center;”><img src=”https://bbrules.com/images/gamevandy.png”&gt;
<?php echo do_shortcode(“[oCounter id=’countdown126′] “); ?></div>

The problem I’m having is that the counter aligns to the right like I want it to but at the bottom of the image rather than level with it. I put the
in between the image and php shortcode echo and it aligns center one under the other. Works but not pretty.

If this is the wrong place to ask, sorry.