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Fulham vs West Brom Prediction & Betting tips
Last season Fulham and West Brom rose together from the championship. The return to the Premier League has been very bumpy so far. Both teams played six league games in the 2020/21 season. No win is on record for either the Cottagers or the Baggies. Accordingly, it is a real basement duel when the 19th asks the current 17th of the current Premier League table to dance on Monday evening.
The betting providers see the home side a bit ahead. According to the betting base odds comparison, in the run-up to the encounter between Fulham and West Brom, the odds are slightly towards the Cottagers.
The direct comparison between the two teams should also play a role here. Although the last four competitive games between the two clubs ended in a draw, the latest record clearly points towards Fulham. The Cottagers have not lost a single one of the last nine competitive games against West Brom.
Fulham:
Most recently, Fulham FC, which was once in the final of the Europa League in 2010, was in the elevator between the two highest English divisions. Relegation from the Premier League in the summer of 2014 was followed by promotion four years later in 2018.
Under coach Scott Parker, who was signed up in February 2019, the targeted relegation could not be achieved before the direct promotion via the playoffs succeeded in the first season in the championship.
Even now, the cottagers are back in 19th place in the table, with which they were relegated in summer 2019. In the league, there was only one of 18 possible points with a weak start.
The Whites have thus lost five of the first six league games, who have also been eliminated from the EFL Cup and failed there against second division Brentford – the team that only managed to return to the top floor of English football in the final of the playoffs a few months ago.
Scott Parker’s side are deeply in crisis, which is compounded by the fact that Aboubakar Kamara was thrown off the pitch in the most recent 2-1 home defeat against Crystal Palace, who must now also be replaced. He is one of a total of seven players who are currently not available.
Nevertheless, the home balance is encouraging. Last season, the Cottagers scored 47 out of a possible 69 points in the Championship at Craven Cottage, making them the third-best home team in the second division. Against this background, the tip for the first Premier League victory since the resurgence is under a very good star at Fulham against West Brom.
West Brom:
West Bromwich Albion Football Club has also been in the elevator again and again for the past two decades. The Baggies have been promoted to the Premier League for the fifth time since the turn of the millennium.
They were only able to establish themselves halfway there in the phase between 2010 and 2018, before they went one floor down again. On the positive side, however, was the fact that they never spent more than two consecutive years in the championship before returning to the top division in the country.
As runner-up in the table, the Throstles even rose directly this summer and, compared to Fulham, saved the arduous walk over the promotion playoffs. This also gave Slaven Bilic’s team a little more time to sound out the transfer market.
In terms of market value, Albion has one of the cheapest squads in the entire Premier League, which makes the Baggies a relegation candidate per se. But at least the newcomers have so far stood out in all forms. Sheffield striker Callum Robinson is the top scorer with two goals. Sporting newcomer Matheus Pereira with one goal and two assists from the top scorer.
Only the threesome are still missing for the Throstles, who also failed in the EFL Cup against Fulham defeated Brentford and are still completely without a win in the Premier League with three draws and three defeats.
A positive trend can be seen in principle. After all, the Bilic-Elf played in three of the last four league games and in fact only lost one game. The bookmakers do not really trust the club from the West Midlands to score three in this away game.
Fulham vs West Brom head to head matches
14.07.20 CHA West Brom Fulham 0 : 0
14.09.19 CHA Fulham West Brom 1 : 1
22.02.14 PL West Brom Fulham 1 : 1
14.09.13 PL Fulham West Brom 1 : 1
01.01.13 PL West Brom Fulham 1 : 2