Fulham welcome relegation battling Leeds United to Craven Cottage in a huge Premier League clash.
Victory would see Fulham climb to ninth in the table before Brentford play in mid-afternoon, whilst Leeds can move up to 15th with a win until West Ham play on Sunday afternoon.
Team News
Daniel James is ineligible for Fulham due to league rules not allowing loan players to face their parent club.
Neeskens Kebano (Achilles), Layvin Kurzawa (knee) and Aleksandr Mitrovic (suspension) all remain absent.
Leeds could welcome Patrick Bamford back into contention after he missed their home defeat against Liverpool with a calf injury.
Tyler Adams (hamstring) and Stuart Dallas (thigh) remain ruled out.
When is Kick-Off?
Fulham host Leeds at 12:30pm BST on Saturday 22 April at Craven Cottage, live on BT Sport 1 in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Fulham have won two of their last five league meetings against Leeds (W2, L3).
- Leeds have won just one of their last five league visits to Fulham (W1, D2, L2).
- Marco Silva’s Cottagers have scored five goals and conceded twice in two previous meetings against Leeds in all competitions this season (W2), but are yet to defeat Leeds in three consecutive clashes.
- Fulham have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight league matches at home (W3, D1, L4), which came during a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest in February 2023.
- Rasmus Kristensen has scored in each of Leeds’ last two away games (W1, L1).
Prediction
Following five consecutive defeats in all competitions heading into last weekend’s trip to Everton, Fulham just seemed to finally rediscover their spark out of nowhere with an aggressive yet rewarding effort in attack, whilst their defence was just as excellent except for sloppy marking of Dwight McNeil’s goal.
Leeds meanwhile just seem in defensive freefall with no clean sheets in their last eight games in all competitions, with 11 goals conceded in their last two matches alone despite their clear goalscoring ability yet they can’t produce consistent overall performances which has to change quick.
Javi Gracia’s Whites though should be buoyed by Fulham’s own defensive issues and particulary at home, although they did lose their FA Cup visit here almost two months ago underlining their defensive fragilities.
In fact, I just don’t see Leeds getting anything here if they don’t tighten up defensively but a goal might just be achievable if lucky.
Prediction: Fulham 2-1 Leeds
Result: Fulham 2-1 Leeds
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