Championship: Two squads who have done superbly so far. Get to know Fulham - West Bromwich Albion with this thorough preview!
- Fulham have the most scored goals (33) in Championship
- West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Fulham form and stats
Fulham, who have the most scored goals (33) in Championship, have performed here at Craven Cottage this season with 5 wins from 7 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. It’s been three wins in a row for Fulham here at Craven Cottage, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Fulham, as their goalkeeper Marek Rodak has completely shut out the opponents for 215 minutes in the Championship.
Fulham enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Nottingham Forest's place. The match ended 4-0 with Neeskens Kebano and Aleksandar Mitrović (2) scoring. As mentioned above, Fulham "killed" Nottingham Forest in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. Aleksandar Mitrović, a forward, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 8.62 (out of 10). Mitrović scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Fulham won a home game hosting Cardiff City (2-0).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fulham handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, one draw and two defeats.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fulham as they are travelling to their away game against Blackburn Rovers in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.
Goals decide football matches and Fulham are scoring many of them at home; 16 on target from 7 league matches. Fulham have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
West Bromwich Albion form and stats
Playing away, West Bromwich Albion have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the Championship this season. WBA seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed WBA's previous game versus Bristol City (placed 17th), a Championship 3-0 win played at home. Midfielder Darnell Furlong was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Furlong signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Prior to that match, the WBA manager V. Ismaël faced defeat when travelling to Swansea City and losing 1-2.We have checked recent matches where West Bromwich Albion have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were zero victories, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for WBA, the Championship home match versus Hull City. Busy days.
WBA are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. 7 goals have been conceded by WBA in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Fulham won three games, seven matches ended in a draw and West Bromwich Albion managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  A. Mitrović 15 goals |   K. Ahearne-Grant 7 goals |  F. Carvalho 3 goals |
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| Fulham | West Bromwich Albion | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | 16 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 14 | 5 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 64% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 43% | 29% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 29% | 29% |
| 29% | 14% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| 64% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 43% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 6.6 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| 3.8 | 2.6 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.1 | 16.4 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 14.3 | 15.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.4 | 5.7 |
| 41% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 29% | 31% |
- All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fulham have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fulham have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals (33) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (17) in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+19) in Championship
- Fulham have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- West Bromwich Albion have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- West Bromwich Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | AFC Bournemouth | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 34 |
| 2 | Fulham | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 29 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 4 | Coventry City | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Luton Town | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Stoke City | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 10 | Millwall | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Blackpool | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 21 |
| 12 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 20 |
| 13 | Reading | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 19 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 18 |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Swansea City | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -2 | 17 |
| 17 | Bristol City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 18 | Birmingham City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | -5 | 16 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 15 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -14 | 11 |
| 22 | Hull City | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -11 | 9 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -11 | 8 |
| 24 | Derby County | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 5 |
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