Thirteenth meets tenth in the fourth round of the FA Cup as Newcastle travel down to Craven Cottage in an all-Premier League affair.
- Over 2.5 goals @ 8/11 with Paddy Power
- Fulham or Draw @ 4/7 with Bet365
- Both Teams to Score @ 4/7 with Paddy Power
- Date: 27/01/24
- Kick-off time: 19:00
- Venue: Craven Cottage
In this evening kick-off, Premier League sides Fulham and Newcastle will be battling to advance to the fifth round of the FA Cup. There is not much to separate both sides in the table, though the visitors have underachieved this season.
Despite qualifying for the Champions League last season, Newcastle currently sit in tenth, just five points and three places above their hosts. They are in the midst of a terrible stretch of form, losing four league games in a row, which has seen them fall 14 points behind the top four. After finishing bottom of their Champions League group and falling at the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, Eddie Howe’s men will be desperate for a good FA Cup run to salvage their season.
In 13th, Fulham are as close to the relegation zone as they are to seventh place, as they enter an important stretch of games which could define their season.
To get to the fourth round, Fulham edged past Championship side Rotherham 1-0, who sit bottom of the league. Newcastle won 3-0 at the Stadium of Light in the Tyne-Wear derby against Sunderland.
The Magpies have not reached this stage of the competition since 2020, when they made it to the quarter-finals. They have lost three third-round ties in a row, including last season when they lost 2-1 at Sheffield Wednesday. The Toon Army have won the competition four times in their history, though have not tasted success since 1955.
Fulham made it to the quarter-finals last season, but lost 3-1 at Old Trafford to Manchester United. This was their best cup run in over a decade. They had lost in the fourth round in three consecutive seasons prior.
Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson lead the way for Newcastle with 14 and eight goals respectively, though the latter is currently sidelined through injury. Eddie Howe will be looking to the Swede to provide an offensive spark, as well as Anthony Gordon, who has chipped in with seven goals and five assists.
Whilst they have had no issue scoring goals, keeping them out is something they will have to improve on. In their last three league games, Newcastle have conceded nine goals, and their stumbling defence will be an area for Fulham to take advantage of. Although no player has scored more than five for Marco Silva, Raul Jimenez, Willian and Bobby De Cordova-Reid can provide a dangerous threat.
This will be the 79th meeting between Fulham and Newcastle but the first in the FA Cup since 1961. There is very little to split the two teams, with Fulham winning 31, and Newcastle 32.
The most recent meeting came in the Premier League in December as the Magpies comfortably won 3-0. Goals came from teenager Lewis Miley, Miguel Almiron and Dan Burn. This victory stretched Newcastle’s winning streak against this weekend’s opponents to four.
In fact, the Whites have not won in seven games, their last triumph over the Geordies coming in March 2017, when both sides were in the Championship.
