Danny Wright

Sun 1 November 2020 17:36, UK

Stan Collymore has hit out at West Brom and Fulham ahead of the two sides’ upcoming showdown at Craven Cottage.

Albion travel to the capital on Monday for a huge match against one of the teams who was promoted from the Championship alongside side them last season.

Neither team have won in the Premier League this season but the Baggies are two points ahead of the Cottagers, who sit 19th going into the Monday night showdown.

In his predictions for the Sunday Mirror [print edition, November 1], former Aston Villa and Liverpool forward Collymore has predicted that Fulham will win 2-1 against West Brom but also claims that both sides are doomed for relegation this season.

“Potentially the least watchable football match in the history of the Premier League. It’s arguably a 38-pointer because it’s not just the three points you get from the game but the confidence a win could bring against a relegation rival,” Collymore said.

What makes this one of the “least watchable” matches in the Premier League, Stan?

It’s two teams who earned their places in the Premier League by doing well in the Championship last season and it’s two teams who will be desperate for a result against one another.

All of the last four matches between West Brom and Fulham have ended in a draw but that doesn’t mean the games going to be any less watchable than the utter dross we sat through last week with Manchester United and Chelsea – two of the most expensively-assembled teams in Premier League history – drew 0-0.

Either way, it’s going to cost people £14.95 to watch West Brom play Fulham on Monday because of the Premier League’s controversial pay-per-view scheme.

Collymore is better off saving his money if he’s that certain that this game will be so awful.

In other West Brom news, Kevin Phillips claims that the pressure is on this Baggies player.

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