Fulham vs West Bromwich Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Fulham are unbeaten in their last nine league meetings with West Brom (W3 D6) since a 1-2 loss in the Premier League in October 2010. However, each of the last four meetings between the two sides has finished level.
West Brom haven’t won away at Fulham in the league since October 1967 (2-1), drawing seven and losing nine of their 16 visits since then.
This is the first Premier League meeting between Fulham and West Brom since the 2013-14 season – in both games that term, Fulham took the lead in the opening 30 minutes, and West Brom levelled the game in the final five minutes.
Fulham have lost their last four Premier League home games, including the last match of the 2018-19 campaign, they haven’t tasted defeat in five successive PL games at Craven Cottage since August 2013. The Cottagers are also hoping to avoid being the 12th side to lose their opening four English top-flight home games of a campaign.
Fulham have made their worst ever start to a top-flight season after the first six games (D1 L5), while their worst performance after the first seven games was during the 1951-52 campaign (D2 L5), when they finished bottom of the table.
West Brom are one of four teams yet to pick up a victory in the Premier League this season alongside Fulham, Burnley and Sheffield United. The Baggies last failed to win any of their first seven league games to a season in 2004-05 in the Premier League.
Fulham have lost their last two Premier League games on Monday, failing to score a single goal. They last endured a longer losing run in the top-flight on Monday back in October 2004 (run of four).
West Brom have won just one of their 14 Premier League away games played on a Monday (D6 L7), beating Liverpool 2-0 in February 2013.
Of all managers to have taken charge of more than 15 matches, only Brian Laws (78% - 14 of 18) has a higher loss percentage in Premier League history than Fulham’s Scott Parker (75% - 12 of 16).
Since the start of 2018-19, only two players currently aged 23 or under have scored more league goals in England’s top four tiers than Karlan Grant, who has 38 goals in this period (Jarrod Bowen 42 & Tammy Abraham 41). Indeed, Grant’s next strike will be his 50th in league competition.
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