Crystal Palace vs Fulham: Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

A London derby is on offer between two sides, who, in recent times, have shared the spoils on more than one occasion. However, for this game, we are slightly leaning towards the hosts for this fixture, despite the league standings.

Crystal Palace gained their first of the season against Tottenham Hotspur, and since then, the victory has provided a momentum boost for Oliver Glasner and his side, as the Eagles are now unbeaten in all competitions in their previous three. Fulham are also winless in their last three and without a clean sheet in those run of games.

This fixture is generally tough to call regardless since both sides are without a win in their previous three meetings, with each one ending in a draw. Fulham's record away from home would slightly favour Crystal Palace, as Marco Silva's side have only won once on their travels in their previous five.

For these reasons, Crystal Palace should be good enough for the win here, and we predict that Oliver Glasner’s side will pick up a 2-1 victory over Fulham.

Crystal Palace 2-1 Fulham

A London derby takes place on Saturday as Crystal Palace hosts a Fulham side who will be playing their second London derby a week after their game against Brentford.

Date: 09/11/2024
Location: Selhurst Park
Kick-Off: 3 pm

Crystal Palace have found life difficult this season under Oliver Glasner, considering their terrific spell under the former Eintracht Frankfurt manager at the end of the previous season. The Eagles are sat in 17th in the Premier League after ten games played, with only seven points gained from a possible 30 on offer. The hosts for this game can move up to 15th in the league should they pick up a victory over Fulham. However, this would require results elsewhere to fall in their favour. Goals have been an issue for Crystal Palace this season, with only Southampton in 19th having a worse attack than the Eagles.

Fulham have performed moderately well and is mainly expected of a team that is predicted to finish around mid-table this season. Marco Silva has turned Fulham into a vastly competitive side that can undoubtedly make games challenging for the teams above. This season, the Cottagers are in ninth place in the Premier League. Fulham currently have 15 points from ten games played. Fulham can move into the top six should the Cottagers beat Crystal Palace at the weekend and results elsewhere fall in their favour.

The recent meeting between the two teams ended in a stalemate in both fixtures last season. At Craven Cottage, Fulham and Crystal Palace shared a goal each through Rodrigo Muniz and Jeffrey Schlupp. In the meeting at Selhurst Park, both teams provided a goalless stalemate as the points were shared between the two teams.

The game will not be shown live on TV.

Predicted Crystal Palace Eleven: Henderson, Lacriox, Chalobah, Guehi, Munoz, Hughes, Kamada, Mitchell, Nketiah, Sarr, Mateta.

Predicted Fulham Eleven: Leno, Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Pereira, Berge, Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Jimenez

The recent meetings between the two teams are evenly split over the last five meetings. As mentioned, the two meetings last season resulted in two stalemate results between the two teams. The previous three meetings have resulted in a draw, with Fulham last recording a victory in this fixture in 2022. The game ended 3-0 to Fulham, as the Eagles were reduced to nine men following the dismissals of Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins.

Crystal Palace have recovered from their disastrous early form in the season, as the Eagles have won two of their previous three games in all competitions, remaining unbeaten in those three games. At home is where Crystal Palace will need to improve their overall record, if they are going to start climbing the table. At Selhurst Park, the Eagles have only won once, which was against Tottenham Hotspur. The Eagles have averaged only a point per game at home this season whilst only winning once in their previous five home games.

In their most recent home game, Crystal Palace finally found success this season as they recorded a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur. Eberechi Eze provided a wonderful moment of skill to lay an assist on for Jean-Phillipe Mateta who duly dispatched the winner for Oliver Glasner’s side.

As for Fulham (pre-writing before their game against Brentford), the Cottagers enter this game on the back of three wins in their previous five games in the Premier League and have only won once in their last three Premier League games. Marco Silva’s side have averaged only one point per game on their travels this season - with a negative one-goal difference from their five away fixtures.

In their most recent away fixture, Fulham were held to a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park when arguably they could have beheld on for the victory. Alex Iwobi was on hand to score against his former club in the 61st minute, and if it weren’t for a 94th-minute goal from Beto, Fulham would have claimed a priceless victory.

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