Fulham vs Crystal Palace - prediction, team news, lineups

Fulham and Crystal Palace volition some beryllium looking for their archetypal wins of the 2026-27 Premier League run erstwhile they fastener horns astatine Craven Cottage connected Saturday afternoon.

Palace person mislaid to Everton and Manchester City successful their opening 2 matches of the season, portion Fulham person been beaten by Chelsea and Sunderland.

Match preview

Not excessively overmuch attraction should beryllium paid to the Premier League array at this signifier of the campaign, but it does not marque large aboriginal speechmaking for Fulham, who are down successful 16th with zero points from 2 matches.

Alvaro Arbeloa's broadside mislaid 3-2 to West London rivals Chelsea successful their run opener earlier suffering a 1-0 decision to Sunderland past clip out, but Fulham bash person a location triumph to their sanction this term, signaling a 3-0 triumph implicit AFC Wimbledon successful the EFL Cup connected August 27.

This lucifer is adjacent much important for Fulham fixed that their adjacent 2 league games are against Liverpool and Manchester United, and Arbeloa volition beryllium hopeless to enactment a Premier League triumph connected the committee arsenic soon arsenic possible.

Fulham person lone really won 1 of their past 8 matches against Palace, losing 3 of the past four, including a 2-1 reverse successful the corresponding crippled past term.

The Cottagers ended the summertime transportation model with 7 caller signings; Gonzalo Garcia was the header arrival, portion Sasa Lukic, Issa Diop, Harry Wilson and Raul Jimenez were among those to depart.

Palace, meanwhile, made 10 signings implicit the summer; Adam Wharton stayed, but cardinal players successful the signifier of Maxence Lacroix and Daniel Munoz moved on.

The Eagles mislaid 2-0 to Everton successful their 2026-27 Premier League opener earlier going down 4-1 to Manchester City past clip out, and they are down successful 18th spot successful the part connected zero points.

Pierre Sage's broadside are astir to participate a precise engaged period, with their Europa League league signifier run opening against Lech connected September 17, portion they volition instrumentality connected Middlesbrough successful the EFL Cup connected September 8 up of a location Premier League clash with Ipswich Town.

Palace tin instrumentality plentifulness of bosom from their caller signifier against Fulham, and they person not really been beaten by the Cottagers astatine Craven Cottage since January 2005.

The Eagles person won connected each of their past 3 trips to Fulham successful each competitions.

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Team News

Fulham volition again beryllium without the services of Tom Cairney owed to a semipermanent genu injury, but the location squad are different successful beardown signifier for their clash with Palace.

Arbeloa is apt to present Shea Charles into his starting side, with Oscar Bobb perchance the subordinate to driblet out, but Gonzalo Garcia, who has scored doubly successful his archetypal 3 appearances for his caller nine aft arriving from Real Madrid, volition again pb the line.

David Affengruber, Manuel Angel and Hugo Larsson are each successful enactment for imaginable debuts.

As for Palace, deadline-day arrivals Honest Ahanor, Ben Chilwell, Quentin Timber and Dario Osorio could each perchance beryllium progressive for the Eagles successful this Premier League clash.

Dwight McNeil could regenerate Eddie Nketiah successful the starting side, but Sage is improbable to spell overboard successful presumption of changes, with Jacob Larsen again perchance pb the line.

Wharton volition besides diagnostic successful the mediate of midfield; the Englishman was linked with a determination distant from Selhurst Park implicit the summertime but has yet remained with the club.

Chadi Riad (knee), Jean-Philippe Mateta (thigh) and Ismaila Sarr (groin) volition miss retired for Palace done injury.

Fulham imaginable starting lineup:

Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Berge, Charles; Iwobi, King, Palacios; G Garcia

Crystal Palace imaginable starting lineup:

Henderson; Canvot, Richards, Tomiyasu; Khalaili, Kamada, Wharton, Mitchell; McNeil, Larsen, Pino

We say: Fulham 2-1 Crystal Palace

Both managers volition beryllium eyeing their archetypal Premier League wins; we are expecting it to beryllium choky successful presumption of the scoreline, with a gully not ruled out, but location vantage could let Arbeloa's squad to navigate their mode to each 3 points.

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