Fulham - Crystal Palace quarter-final prediction

Overview

Fulham's form has been quite unstable recently. In the last 5 matches, coach Marco Silva's team won 3 (against Wolves, Man United, Tottenham) and lost 2 (against Crystal Palace, Brighton). The Craven Cottage team scored 8 goals in these matches but also conceded 7 goals.

Fulham secured a ticket to the FA Cup quarter-finals through wins over lower-ranked Watford and Wigan, before beating Manchester United on penalties at Old Trafford.

After losing in the quarter-finals of the previous two seasons, Fulham will try to do better this season.

Meanwhile, Crystal Palace has shown stability. They have won all 5 of their most recent matches in all competitions, including 3 wins in the Premier League. In addition, there was the defeat of Millwall in the FA Cup and most recently a friendly victory against Ham Kam (Na Uy).

Coach Oliver Glasner's team has scored 11 goals, while conceding only 2 and keeping 3 clean sheets. Not to mention, Crystal Palace received extremely good news when the number one striker Jean- Philippe Mateta will return to the away match at Fulham after suffering a terrible injury in the FA Cup. According to British media, the French striker will wear a mask to compete.

After a 2-0 win at Craven Cottage in the Premier League more than a month ago, Crystal Palace could take a psychological advantage when entering the FA Cup quarter-finals.

However, it is worth noting that Fulham won 2-0 at Selhurst Park earlier this season.

Personnel situation

Fulham manager Silva will once again be without the services of three injured players, Harry Wilson, Kenny Tete and Reiss Nelson.

On the other side of the front line, Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure and Joel Ward are all absent from Crystal Palace's important FA Cup match.

Expected lineup:

Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Lukic, Traore, Pereira, Iwobi, Muniz.

Crystal Palace: Leno, Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Berge, Lukic, Traore, Pereira, Iwobi, Muniz.