After yet another loss at Selhurst Park last weekend, the Eagles look to continue the excellent form away from home in West London.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 22 February 2025 – 3pm |
| Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, London SW6 6HH |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 27/04/2024 – Goals from Rodrigo Muniz and Jeffrey Schlupp cancelled each other out as the fixture ended in the draw, mainly thanks to a late equaliser from distance by the Palace man. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Jeffrey Schlupp (7.7) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Rob Jones |
| Assistant | Eddie Smart |
| Assistant | Sam Lewis |
| Fourth Official | Will Finnie |
| VAR | Graham Scott |
| Assistant VAR | Neil Davies |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Cheick Doucoure, Joel Ward all continue to miss out through injury.
FULHAM – Harry Wilson, Kenney Tete, and Reiss Nelson look like long term absentees while Sasa Lukic is a doubt.
DISCIPLINARY RECORD
This is the section of our match preview that highlights those that have not been the best of friends with match officials as the season goes on. Of course, they all begin with a clean slate, but we will start to see those that will be heading for a ban or two as the campaign progresses.
| RED CARDS – Daichi Kamada (1), Joachim Andersen (1), Tom Cairney (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 5.5) – Sasa Lukic (9), Will Hughes (8), Andreas Pereira (7) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 09/11/2024 | Palace 0-2 Fulham |
| 27/04/2024 | Fulham 1-1 Palace |
| 23/09/2023 | Palace 0-0 Fulham |
| 20/05/2023 | Fulham 2-2 Palace |
| 26/12/2022 | Fulham 0-3 Fulham |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 15/02/2025 | Palace 1-2 Everton |
| 10/02/2025 | Doncaster 0-2 Palace |
| 02/02/2025 | United 0-2 Palace |
| 26/01/2025 | Palace 1-2 Brentford |
| 18/01/2025 | West Ham 0-2 Palace |
Last FIVE results for Fulham;
| 15/02/2025 | Fulham 2-1 Forest |
| 08/02/2025 | Wigan 1-2 Fulham |
| 01/02/2025 | Newcastle 1-2 Fulham |
| 26/01/2025 | Fulham 0-1 United |
| 18/01/2025 | Leicester 0-2 Fulham |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 13th in the Premier League with 30 points from 25 games played, while Fulham are 8th with 39 from the same games played.
RECORD AGAINST FULHAM
| Played | 52 |
| Won | 14 |
| Drawn | 19 |
| Lost | 19 |
FORM PLAYERS ACCORDING TO WHO SCORED
This is the section of our match preview where we list two players from each side that are top of the ratings by our friends over at Who Scored. Obviously, there are no ratings to share at the moment but that will soon change!
| Antonee Robinson | 7.16 |
| Daniel Munoz | 7.09 |
| Ebere Eze | 7.07 |
| Alex Iwobi | 7.05 |
ONE TO WATCH
| ALEX IWOBI |
| FORMER CLUBS – Arsenal, Everton |
| The 28 year old seems to have been around than his age actually suggests, but he has been a key player for Fulham this season having just passed 50 appearances for the club after joining from Everton back in 2023. |
THE NUMBERS
Following their 2-0 win at Selhurst Park in November, Fulham are looking to complete the league double over Palace for the first time since the 2000-01 second-tier campaign.
Palace are now winless in their past 6 against Fulham (D4 L2). The Eagles are, however, unbeaten in their past five at Craven Cottage (W2 D3).
Fulham are vying to complete a top-flight double against Crystal Palace for the first time. The Whites last won both league meetings in a single season in the Championship in 2000-01.
Having won 4 of their first 7 Premier League games against Fulham, Palace are without a win in their last 6 against the Cottagers (D4, L2). However, the Eagles are unbeaten in their last 5 matches at Craven Cottage (W2, D3).
Palace are aiming to win 4 successive top-flight away games for the first time.
They are unbeaten in their past 8 away league matches, accruing 18 points from those fixtures.
Palace have lost only 4 of their previous 17 league games, although 2 of those defeats have come in their last 3 matches.
They are aiming to win consecutive top-flight London derbies in the same season for the first time since beating Wimbledon and Tottenham in 1997-98.
Jean-Philippe Mateta could become the first Palace player to score in 4 consecutive Premier League away games.
Mateta, who scored braces at both West Ham and Manchester United, is vying to become the fourth player to score multiple goals in 3 consecutive Premier League away appearances, after Dennis Bergkamp in September 1997, Harry Kane in September 2017 and Mohamed Salah in December 2024.
KEY CLASH
| MAXENCE LACROIX v RAUL JIMENEZ |
| This will be a very interesting battle between the French defender making it an impression first season in South London against the wily Mexican striker who has so far accrued 9 Premier League goals this season. |
PRE-MATCH STATS
This is the section of our match preview where we keep a tally on the statistics for Palace players as the campaign continues and how they compare to other Premier League players.
| Goals | Jean-Philippe MATETA 11 (9th) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE 5 (15th) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 1280 (19th) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 88 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 1607 (22nd) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 69 (6th) |
| Fouls | Will HUGHES 45 (7th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 34 (22nd) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 71 (5th) |
| Clearances | Maxence LACROIX 125 (8th) |
| Big Chances Missed | Jean-Philippe MATETA 13 (6th) |
TEB PREDICTION
Oliver Glasner is as close as he has been this season to a fully fit squad, other than the notable absences of Riad and Doucoure. But with Eze and Wharton returning to full fitness, it provides more options and talent heading into the final three months of the season. The hosts have been in good form but like Palace, have struggled at home a little. For that reason, we can see this ending a point a piece.
| PREDICTED SCORE: 1-1 |
