Fulham continue their push for European qualification with a home clash against London rivals, Crystal Palace.
Victory will lift Fulham up to seventh position in the table, whilst Palace can climb to 12th if better Tottenham’s result at Ipswich – providing that Spurs don’t win their game.
Team News
Sasa Lukic is set to be available for Fulham after he suffered a minor fatigue-related injury in the Cottagers’ win over Nottingham Forest last weekend.
Harry Wilson (metatarsal), Kenny Tete (shin) and Reiss Nelson (hamstring) remain absent.
Palace have no fresh injury concerns to report following their 2-1 home defeat to Everton.
Cheick Doucoure, Chadi Riad (both knee) and Joel Ward (calf) remain sidelined.
When is Kick-Off?
Fulham meet Palace at Craven Cottage on Saturday 22 February at 3pm GMT, untelevised live in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Fulham are unbeaten in their last six league meetings against Palace (W2, D4).
- Palace are unbeaten in their last five league visits to Fulham (W2, D3).
- Fulham have conceded twice in four of their last five home clashes against Palace, except for a 1-1 draw last season.
- Six of Raul Jimenez’s nine league goals for Fulham this season have been scored at home.
- Palace have claimed four points in three London derbies away from home this season (W1, D1, L1).
Prediction
Now just five points off the top four following a clinically executed win over Forest, Fulham now just need to build a consistent winning run if they want to put themselves right into that mix going into the run-in and still be clinical.
Palace meanwhile are unbeaten in their last eight away top-flight games and are yet to concede on the road in 2025 with four 2-0 results in all competitions, which underlines their potential to be delivering more points if their home form had been better but this away trip will be tough given Fulham’s strong month.
If there is a winner then it be down to whichever team has the better end product on the day otherwise I fancy a score draw.
Prediction: Fulham 1-1 Crystal Palace
Result: Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace
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