Fulham v West Brom preview

20 February 2009 11:24
West Brom have the daunting task of trying to unlock Fulham's impressive home rearguard on Sunday.[LNB] Tony Mowbray has confessed his basement boys must improve results on their travels if they are to keep alive hopes of a second 'Great Escape' from Premier League relegation.[LNB]The Baggies' impressive winter home form dissolved after shipping in eight goals in the defeats by Manchester United and Newcastle and boast just one away win in the league this season against fellow strugglers Middlesbrough.[LNB]Mowbray will be hoping, more than expecting, victory at Craven Cottage, but the Cottagers boast one of the best records on home soil this term with only one defeat in front of the Fulham faithful.[LNB]Midweek mauling Boss Roy Hodgson will be relieved to be returning to the capital after enduring a torrid evening in Manchester on Wednesday.[LNB]Hodgson's outfit were on the receiving end of a footballing masterclass at the hands of Sir Alex Ferguson's United as they succumbed to a 3-0 deficit.[LNB]Paul Konchesky and Andy Johnson should be fit from their muscle strains after missing the midweek mauling by the champions.[LNB]Mowbray, meanwhile, may have to do without left-back Paul Robinson, who could miss Sunday's fixture as his wife is expecting their third child but midfielder James Morrison has declared himself fit to face Fulham.[LNB]On-loan striker Marc-Antoine Fortune has been pinpointed by boss Mowbray as the man to keep the club in the league after scoring three in his last four games and he could be partnered by Roman Bednar, who scored the only goal in the reverse fixture at The Hawthorns.[LNB]Arsenal's loaned out striker Jay Simpson could be fit enough to make the bench for the Baggies following his two-week lay-off, but Sunday's match has come too soon for club captain Johnathan Greening and centre-back Jonas Olsson.[LNB]Possible starting XIsFulham: Schwarzer, Konchesky, Hangeland, Hughes, Pantsil, Gera, Murphy, Davies, Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora.[LNB]West Brom: Carson, Cech, Meite, Barnett, Hoefkens, Brunt, Koren, Valero, Morrison, Bednar, Fortune.[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports