Fulham vs. Crystal Palace – ‘New’ kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups
Fulham vs. Crystal Palace – ‘New’ kick-off time, prediction, team news, lineups
Team news
Fulham midfielder Sasa Lukic has overcome the injury that forced him off against Nottingham Forest.
Reiss Nelson, Kenny Tete and Harry Wilson remain on the sidelines.
Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze is expected to come back into the starting line-up, while Adam Wharton is also pushing to make the first XI.
Cheick Doucoure, Chadi Riad and Joel Ward will again be absent.
Match facts
Head-to-head
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Fulham are vying to complete a top-flight double against Crystal Palace for the first time. The Whites last won both league meetings in a single season in the Championship in 2000-01.
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Having won four of their first seven Premier League games against Fulham, Palace are without a win in their last six against the Cottagers (D4, L2).
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However, the Eagles are unbeaten in their last five matches at Craven Cottage (W2, D3).
Fulham
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Fulham’s tally of 39 points is their second highest at this stage of a top-flight campaign, bettered only by the 1959-60 season, when they had 40 points (adjusted to three points for a win).
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The Cottagers are aiming to win three Premier League games in a row for the first time since January 2023.
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The win over Nottingham Forest last weekend was their first league victory at Craven Cottage since 5 December, ending a run of four draws and a defeat.
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However, they have not lost any of their last seven London derbies at home in the league.
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The Cottagers are the only team to have had two players play every minute of every Premier League game this season, with Bernd Leno and Antonee Robinson both ever present.
Crystal Palace
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Crystal Palace are aiming to win four successive top-flight away games for the first time.
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They are unbeaten in their past eight away league matches, accruing 18 points from those fixtures.
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Palace have lost only four of their previous 17 league games, although two of those defeats have come in their last three matches.
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They are aiming to win consecutive top-flight away London derbies in the same season for the first time since beating Wimbledon and Tottenham in 1997-98.
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Jean-Philippe Mateta could become the first Crystal Palace player to score in four consecutive Premier League away games.
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Mateta, who scored braces at both West Ham and Manchester United, is vying to become the fourth player to score multiple goals in three consecutive Premier League away appearances, after Dennis Bergkamp in September 1997, Harry Kane in September 2017 and Mohamed Salah in December 2024.
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