Crystal Palace have been in much better form of late a good win over Man City and excellent performance against Liverpool and beat Spurs at home in the FA Cup at the weekend. Fulham have a very poor away record just 2 points no wins and 10 defeats from 12 away games this looks like a home win. Fulham team (19th place in standings) - nine defeats in last ten away matches. Scored goals in these matches - 5:24.
Fulham picked their first win in five matches last time out when they saw off Brighton & Hove Albion 4 – 2 at home and with a tough run of matches approaching, they will be keen on moving closer to safety, being six points out. Heading to this London Derby, both sides have not had good runs in their league outings; Fulham have the better though, having picked six points in the last five matches while Palace have four. The last four matches for Fulham have yielded over 2.5 goals while for Palace, two of the last five have hit the tally, with the side managing just one clean sheet in the run. At home, Palace have struggled a bit, with not win in the last three league matches and in the 11 played at home this season, they have picked just two wins and lost six. It is worse for Fulham away from home; they have no away win in the 12 league matches they have played this season. Indeed their winless run away from home in the league stretches back to 2014; they have failed to win any of the last 14 away league matches and have managed just one clean sheet. Palace have managed four clean sheets in the last 10 home matches in the league and have scored in four. In eight competitive meetings between the two, Fulham have four wins and Palace two wins.
This could be close as Palace have a poor home record with only 2 home league wins this season whilst Fulham have only obtained a total of 2 points from their 12 away league matches. However Palace have played some good football lately and only just lost to Liverpool at Anfield and beat Tottenham at home in the Cup last weekend. I think that they will defeat Fulham who have a woeful away league record this season & have only scored a total of 8 goals away.
Palace's recent performances have been decent and I would expect another positive display from them here, even without the suspended Wilfried Zaha. I don't think anyone saw Fulham's comeback against Brighton coming - they have been struggling for goals all season so for them to score four in the second half was just ridiculous.
Crystal Palace have been in much better form of late a good win over Man City and excellent performance against Liverpool and beat Spurs at home in the FA Cup at the weekend. Fulham have a very poor away record just 2 points no wins and 10 defeats from 12 away games this looks like a home win.
Fulham team (19th place in standings) - nine defeats in last ten away matches. Scored goals in these matches - 5:24.