Uninspired Albion went down to a conclusive 3-0 defeat by Fulham in pre-season action tonight.
But they got useful game time into 22 players as they continued to warm up for the Championship season.
A first-half header by Cauley Woodrow and angled efforts after the break by Ryan Sessegnon and Richard Stearman gave Fulham a win their more incisive creative work deserved.
The margin could have been wider. Sone Aluko hit the bar with a first-half free-kick and Michael Madl saw a bouncing second–half effort cleared from right in front of goal.
Albion got through a lot of defensive work and young centre-half Ben White will have learned a lot from his 72 minutes. But they offered very little going forward.
Lewis Dunk had perhaps their best moment, with the score at 0-0, when he saw his goalwards prod hacked away.
Dale Stephens missed the game due a whack to the knee suffered at Crawley on Saturday.
He will return at the weekend when Albion send teams to both Luton and Stevenage.
Fulham: Bettinelli (Button 46); Odoi (Stearman 72), Kalas, Ream (Madl 46), Edun (Adeniran 62), Fredericks (Sessegnon 17); Parker (Cairney 46), Christensen (Tunnicliffe 46), Edun, Ayité (Humphrys 62); Woodrow (Smith 46), Aluko (De La Torre 62).
Albion: Maenpaa (Sanchez 72); Rosenior (Bruno 46), White (Hornby-Forbes 72), Dunk (Hall 46), Hunt (Bong 46); Murphy (Bjordal 62), Holla (Tilley 62), Sidwell (Kayal 46), LuaLua (Knockaert 46); Murray (Hemed 46), Baldock (Ince 46).
Referee: Keith Stroud.
Attendance: 1,076.
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