This is a truly sad result if we know that last summer this team spent more than 100 million pounds on strengthening the force.
Three days ago, after losing to Crystal Palace, Huddersfield became the first team to be relegated in the Premier League. In the early morning of April 3, after losing to Watford in round 33, Fulham became the second team to have to say goodbye to the English top flight.
Before the match early this morning, Fulham only had 17 points after 32 rounds, the chance of staying in the league was only in theory. Because to stay in the Premier League, Fulham need to reach the milestone... 40 points. Certainly Fulham cannot reach that achievement, especially considering their disastrous form since the beginning of the season.
forced to win or draw away to Watford to keep their fragile hope of staying in the league. Despite having to sack two coaches, Slavisa Jokanovic and Claudio Ranieri, in one season, Fulham still played very poorly under the leadership of coach Scott Parker.
After 90 minutes, Fulham lost 1-4. The four players who scored for Watford were Doucoure, Will Hughes, Troy Deeney and Kiko Femenia while Fulham had an honorary goal thanks to Ryan Babel.
To lose to Watford, Fulham only won 17 points after 33 rounds. The London team is 16 points behind Burnley (ranked 17th, with 33 points). Thus, from round 24 to now, Fulham still has only 17 points in hand.
This means that, even if they win the remaining 5 matches, Fulham will have a total of 32 points and cannot stay in the Premier League. According to statistics, the recent crushing defeat to Watford was the 9th consecutive defeat of the London club.
The reason Fulham was relegated early was that their defense was too fragile, having conceded 76 goals. In addition, Fulham played extremely badly away.
Since the beginning of the tournament, they have only earned 2 out of the total 48 maximum points when playing away from home (won 0, drew 2, lost 14). This is a truly sad result if we know that last summer, this team spent more than 100 million pounds on strengthening the force. However, Fulham is also 3 points ahead of Huddersfield Town, the team that is at the bottom of the rankings, even relegated 1 round before them.
The other team in the red light area is Cardiff City. The Welsh club currently has 28 points, 5 points behind the safe zone, so they have a chance to stay in the Premier League.
