Fulham welcome Leicester City to Craven Cottage in a huge midweek Premier League clash at both ends of the table.
Victory will move Fulham to within four points of Brighton who play later on Wednesday evening, whereas Leicester look to reclaim third for at least a few hours.
Team News
Fulham have no fresh injury concerns to report after Saturday’s 2-2 draw at West Brom as Tom Cairney and Terence Kongolo remain ruled out with respective knee and thigh injuries.
Leicester could be without Wesley Fofana and Timothy Castagne after they suffered hamstring injuries in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to Leeds.
Wilfred Ndidi (hamstring), Wes Morgan (back) and Jamie Vardy (hernia) could return within the next fortnight but Dennis Praet (hamstring) is still sidelined until spring.
Stat Attack
- Fulham have lost just one of seven previous Premier League meetings against Leicester (W3, D3, L1).
- Leicester are winless in three previous Premier League trips to Craven Cottage (D2, L1).
- Two of three draws in this Premier League fixture finished goalless.
- No Leicester player has made an error which led to a conceded league goal this season.
- Ivan Cavaleiro has taken more corners than any other Fulham player in the Premier League this season, having delivered 21 corners in 18 appearances.
Prediction
Fulham were absolutely superb in their pressing and attacking play in the first-half at West Brom with excellent mix of passing, yet they let their defending get sloppy throughout the second half but were lucky to get an equaliser from a nicely worked opportunity.
Leicester were just simply outplayed by Leeds on Sunday despite maintaining their usual high energy tempo, with defending ultimately costing them because they often pushed too high up than ought to have done against such strong opposition.
Now if Brendan Rogers can ensure that his Foxes continue their strong gameplay but keep their defensive lines, I feel that they could get a win although Fulham will make a fight of it here.
Prediction: Fulham 1-2 Leicester
Result: Fulham 0-2 Leicester