5 of the most mouth-watering League Cup 2nd round ties

Brentford vs Fulham

Brentford reached the second round by beating League Two Dagenham & Redbridge on penalties 4-2 after a crazy 6-6 draw and were rewarded Tommy smithwith a West London derby. The Bees have rarely gotten past the second round in recent history and face a tough task in rivals Fulham, who are playing second tier football for the first time in 13 years. However, Mark Warburton’s men will take heed from the fact that Fulham’s squad is still relatively new, not to mention a dreadful start to the season. The Cottagers are entering the competition in the second round, despite playing in the Championship, as they finished 19th in the Premier League last campaign. Fulham have had little success in the League Cup recently, only once reaching the fourth round in the last ten years. I also believe that Fulham will not see this competition as very significant as they look to bounce straight back to the Premier League. Fulham manager, Felix Magath. will probably use this game as an opportunity to have a deeper look at his squad and because of this, Brentford may well go into this as favourites to  pull off a derby win.

Prediction: Brentford 2-1 Fulham (aet)

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