Overview
Newcastle is one of the teams with the best form in the Premier League 2024-2025. After 4 rounds, coach Eddie Howe's team has 10 points, with 3 wins and 1 draw. The "Magpies" will have the opportunity to continue to improve their achievements when they only have to face Fulham in the next round.
Fulham are in the middle of the table with 5 points after 4 matches. In the last 2 rounds, coach Marco Silva's team was held to a draw. Including the match against Preston in the 3rd round of the Carabao Cup, Fulham have drawn 3 consecutive matches despite only facing weak opponents. Compared to a Newcastle team in good form, what Fulham showed was not too impressive.
Therefore, although playing at home, Fulham is the underdog. In addition, they are at a physical disadvantage because they have to play the third round of the Carabao Cup in the middle of the week, while Newcastle will play next week. Perhaps, a victory will be difficult to escape the hands of the "Magpies" in this match.
Since 2001, Fulham and Newcastle have met a total of 35 times in all competitions. Of these, Fulham have won 14 matches, scoring 39 goals, an average of 1.1 goals per match.
Meanwhile, Newcastle won 16 matches, scoring 48 goals, an average of 1.4 goals per match. The remaining 5 matches were drawn.
Notably, in all competitions, Newcastle are on a 3-match winning streak against Fulham. The Magpies' away matches are also often exciting with many goals. The proof is that 7/10 of their recent away matches have had more than 2 goals.
Human resources situation
Hosting Newcastle at home, Fulham only have one player who cannot play due to injury, Carlos Vinicius.
Meanwhile, Newcastle suffered a series of personnel losses, when Isak, Wilson, Miley, Lascelles and Botman were all unable to play.
Expected lineup:
Fulham: Leno, Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson, Lukic, Pereira, Smith Rowe, Traore, Jimenez, Iwobi.
Newcastle: Pope, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall, Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton, Almiron, Murphy, Gordon.
The match between Fulham and Newcastle takes place at 9:00 p.m. on September 21 (Vietnam time).
