The race for promotion from the Championship seems to get more interesting by the game. With just three rounds of games remaining, it seems that Leeds are set for a return to the Premier League next season.
However, who else will join Marcelo Bielsa’s team in the promised-land of English football? A meeting between second-place West Brom and Fulham at the Hawthorns on Tuesday night may just shed some light on the matter.
The home side are second in the table, five points clear of the fourth-placed visitors. However, sandwiched in between are Brentford.
An away win on Tuesday night could blow the race for the second automatic promotion spot wide open.
Both teams head into this potentially vital clash on the back of a good recent run of league form. The pair are unbeaten in their last four Championship matches, with the Baggies recording three straight wins, while the Cottagers have won their last four league games. In terms of form, there isn’t much between the pair.
The two teams have shown that their strengths are in very different areas of the pitch in recent games. West Brom, managed by former Croatian international Slaven Bilic, have scored at least twice in three of their last four league matches.
However, the visitors have proven more defensively capable of late by keeping three straight clean sheets in the second tier.
West Brom have been reasonably good on home soil of late, losing just once in their previous seven games. Meanwhile, the Cottagers have suffered defeat just once in their previous ten away matches in the Championship.
On paper, these two teams are relatively equal. With that in mind, it unsurprising that Forebet predicts that clash will end in a low-scoring draw, which would only benefit third-place Brentford.