On the brink of another international break, the Eagles host Fulham looking to extend the three game unbeaten run.
MATCH INFORMATION
| 9 November 2024 – 3pm |
| Selhurst Park, Holmesdale Road, London, SE25 6PU |
PREVIOUS MEETING
| 23/09/2023 – It was a stalemate the last time these two sides met at Selhurst with really nothing to report other than the visitors having the better of the shot count. |
| WHO SCORED MAN OF THE MATCH – Sam Johnstone (7.9) |
MATCH OFFICIALS
| Referee | Michael Salisbury |
| Assistant | Simon Long |
| Assistant | Marc Perry |
| Fourth Official | Anthony Taylor |
| VAR | Graham Scott |
| Assistant VAR | Dan Rabathan |
TEAM NEWS
PALACE – Chadi Riad, Chris Richards, Matheus Franca, Jefferson Lerma, Adam Wharton, Ebere Eze, Joel Ward, Will Hughes, and Rob Holding are all expected to miss out.
FULHAM – Sasa Lukic will not be available due to injury.
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 – Joachim Andersen (1) |
| YELLOW CARDS (over 2.5) – Will Hughes (5), Daniel Munoz (3), Sasa Lukic (4), Calvin Bassey (3), Jefferson Lerma (3) |
FORM GUIDE
Last FIVE meetings between the two sides;
| 27/04/2024 | Fulham 1-1 Palace |
| 23/09/2023 | Palace 0-0 Fulham |
| 20/05/2023 | Fulham 2-2 Palace |
| 26/12/2022 | Palace 0-3 Fulham |
| 28/02/2021 | Palace 0-0 Fulham |
Last FIVE results for Palace:
| 02/11/2024 | Wolves 2-2 Palace |
| 30/10/2024 | Villa 1-2 Palace |
| 27/10/2024 | Palace 1-0 Spurs |
| 21/10/2024 | Forest 1-0 Palace |
| 05/10/2024 | Palace 0-1 Liverpool |
Last FIVE results for Fulham;
| 04/11/2024 | Fulham 2-1 Brentford |
| 26/10/2024 | Everton 1-1 Fulham |
| 19/10/2024 | Fulham 1-3 Aston Villa |
| 05/10/2024 | Manchester City 3-2 Fulham |
| 28/09/2024 | Nottingham Forest 0-1 Fulham |
LEAGUE POSITION
Heading into the fixture, Palace are 17th in the Premier League with 7 points from 10 games played while Fulham are 9th with 15 points from the same amount of games.
RECORD AGAINST FULHAM
| Played | 51 |
| Won | 14 |
| Drawn | 19 |
| Lost | 18 |
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 | 7.15 |
| Alex Iwobi | 7.04 |
| Ebere Eze | 6.97 |
| Maxence Lacroix | 6.95 |
ONE TO WATCH
| ANTONEE ROBINSON |
| FORMER CLUBS – Everton, Bolton Wanderers (loan), Wigan Athletic (loan) |
| The United States international has been in fine form for Fulham this season in both an attacking sense and defensively. His assist for one of the two late goals Fulham scored on Monday night in the victory over Brentford shows exactly what he is capable of. |
KEY CLASH
| JEAN-PHILIPPE MATETE v JOACHIM ANDERSEN |
| It will definitely be a strange afternoon seeing Palace face our former Danish defender who made the short move across London towards the end of the summer transfer window. While we are sure that Andersen will receive a very warm welcome, this will certainly be a fascinating battle between the two players that know each other well. |
THE NUMBERS
The last three league meetings have all ended in a draw.
Palace are without a win in 5 Premier League games against Fulham since a 2-1 victory at Craven Cottage in October 2020.
Palace’s tally of 7 points from 10 matches is their third-worst start to a Premier League campaign, after 2013-14 and 2017-18.
The Eagles have 4 points from their past 2 league games, one more than they managed in their first 8 this season (D3, L5).
They could win successive Premier League London derbies for the first time in over 7 years.
Jean-Philippe Mateta has scored 14 goals in 12 Premier League appearances at Selhurst Park since Oliver Glasner was appointed in February.
Eddie Nketiah has had 17 shots without scoring in the league this season, the most of any player yet to register a goal.
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 3 (22nd) |
| Assists | Ebere EZE, Maxence LACROIX, Tyrick MITCHELL, Dnaiel MUNOZ 1 (52nd) |
| Passes | Marc GUEHI 564 (19th) |
| Tackles | Daniel MUNOZ 35 (1st) |
| Touches | Marc GUEHI 712 (16th) |
| Shots | Ebere EZE 37 (3rd) |
| Fouls | Daniel MUNOZ 18 (7th) |
| Dispossessed | Ebere EZE 13 (28th) |
| Saves | Dean HENDERSON 34 (6th) |
| Clearances | Marc GUEHI 62 (1st) |
| Big Chances Missed | Ebere EZE 5 (9th) |
TEB PREDICTION
The visitors are in good form but can be got at and while the Eagles are struggling with injuries, they can take a lot of confidence from the amount of chances created at Molineux last weekend when they should really have returned with all three points from Wolves. We are going for Palace to head into the final international break of the year after continuing their unbeaten run with a second victory of the season.
