Albion travel to London on Saturday to visit Chris Coleman’s Fulham. Fulham have an impressive home record dropping only 3 points at home all season but Albion have beaten them at Craven Cottage this season.
Albion knocked Fulham out of the League Cup earlier this season in a five goal thriller with Junichi Inamoto scoring a 30-yard cracker.
Bryan Robson will be hoping for more of the same from his side tomorrow as they look to add to last weeks impressive win over Blackburn.
Vital Quotes:
Fulham assistant boss Steve Kean:
‘West Brom are just three points behind us but they’ve only won one away game.
‘Sometimes when you have clubs quite close, sometimes the physical element comes in.
‘Both clubs would have looked at the fixture list and thought that we can get something from this game.’
Baggies boss Bryan Robson:
‘We have got to get a run of games where we get both our home and away form right.
‘I’ve been saying for a long time that we must put together back-to-back wins.
‘The good thing is the players looked a lot brighter and sharper against Blackburn than in the previous games at home and we want to carry that on.’
Fulham Team News:
Fulham will be without Liam Rosenior due to suspension but Moritz Volz should replace him for his first appearance since puncturing a lung in the reverse fixture at The Hawthorns.
Midfielder Sylvain Legwinski returns to the squad after recovering from an ankle injury but latest additions to the squad Michael Brown and Simon Elliott both look to miss out with hamstring issues.
With Papa Bouba Diop still to return to the club from the African Nations Cup Coleman faces a selection nightmare in his midfield.
Player to watch: Luis Boa Morte
Important player for Fulham and Albion will have to be at their best at the back to cope with the defenders directness and pace, temper could be a problem as he was sent off in the previous league meeting.
West Brom Team News:
Bryan Robson will be without the services of full-back Paul Robinson through suspension. He should be replaced by either Neil Clement or Darren Carter.
This could mean a first start for Uruguayan Williams Martinez since he joined on loan.
Albion will be without long term injury victims Thomas Gaardsoe and Zoltan Gera who returns back from Hungary today after visiting a specialist.
Kanu and Diomansy Kamara also miss the game due to just returning from the African Nations cup.
Player to watch: Curtis Davies
Everyone will be keeping an eye on him as he is a defender on form. Will be interesting to see how he copes with the aerial threat of Brian McBride.
Ref Watch:
Graham Poll (Tring) – The top ref in the League according to some has been in charge of 18 games this season booking a total of 74 players and sending off 4.
Albion have had Poll once this season, he was in charge of the defeat against Birmingham earlier this season where he booked Neil Clement.
Fulham on the other hand have had 3 games with Poll. In these three games Poll booked a total of seven Fulham players.
Next 5 Fixtures:
Sunday, 26 February 2006
Barclays Premiership
West Brom v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Saturday, 04 March 2006
Barclays Premiership
West Brom v Chelsea, 12:45
Saturday, 11 March 2006
Barclays Premiership
Birmingham v West Brom, 12:00
Saturday, 18 March 2006
Barclays Premiership
West Brom v Man Utd, 15:00
Monday, 27 March 2006
Barclays Premiership
Tottenham v West Brom