Crystal Palace vs Fulham Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Crystal Palace have shown a little improvement of late and they must now contend with a Fulham side who produced a dramatic late win against Brentford on Monday.
Kick-off date/time: Saturday 9th November, 2024: UK – 3:00pm / US ET – 10:00am / US PT – 7:00am
How to watch on tv: UK – Not televised / US – USA Network
How to watch online: UK – Cannot be streamed / US – Fubo
Crystal Palace Preview: Three unbeaten
After three straight defeats, Crystal Palace are now three games unbeaten in all competitions with a 1-0 win over Spurs and a 2-2 draw at Wolves in the Premier League sandwiching a 1-2 victory away at Aston Villa in the last 16 of the Carabao Cup.
The Eagles went ahead on the hour-mark at Molineux last weekend, only to concede twice in quick succession to the hosts. However, Marc Guehi restored parity with 13 minutes of normal time remaining, ensuring a share of the spoils.
Fulham Preview: Wilson to the rescue
Substitute Harry Wilson was the hero of the hour in Monday's contest with Brentford, with the Welshman scoring twice in injury time to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and spark jubilant scenes amongst the fans at Craven Cottage.
That dramatic win stopped a run of three games without a win, and it pushed the Cottagers up to ninth in the Premier League table heading into the weekend's action.
Crystal Palace Team News: Nketiah joins a long list of absentees
The injuries are piling up for Oliver Glasner with Eddie Nketiah the latest to join the sidelines, while none of Adam Wharton, Jefferson Lerma or Eberechi Eze will make Saturday's squad. There was no word on Joel Ward nor Chris Richards though, so the defensive pair could be involved.
Chadi Riad and Matheus Franca are long-term absentees, and midfielder Will Hughes is suspended for picking up his fifth yellow card of the season last weekend.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Henderson; Chalobah, Lacroix, Guehi; Munoz, Kamada, Doucoure, Mitchell; Sarr, Schlupp; Mateta
Unavailable: Riad (Injured), Wharton (Injured), Hughes (Suspended), Lerma (Injured), Franca (Injured), Eze (Injured), Nketiah (Injured)
Questionable: Ward (Injured), Holding (Out of favour), Richards (Injured)
Fulham Team News: Lukic the only player missing
Sasa Lukic is the only injury absentee according to Marco Silva, which points towards striker Carlos Vinicius' return to fitness with the Brazilian now offering another option in attack.
Silva has stated that he is tempted to reward Wilson with a starting spot following his match-winning heroics on Monday, but the rest of the side is likely to remain fairly similar
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Leno; Tete, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Pereira, Berge; Wilson, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jimenez
Unavailable: Lukic (Injured)
Questionable:
Crystal Palace vs Fulham Prediction
The pressure has eased a little on Oliver Glasner's shoulders in recent weeks but he doesn't have an awful lot of credit in the bank and his side sit precariously above the relegation zone heading into the weekend.
Fulham, meanwhile, will no doubt be buoyed by their comeback win on Monday but they have only kept one clean sheet in the Premier League this season. With Palace desperate to distance themselves from the bottom three, this could therefore be an open game with both teams scoring.
Crystal Palace vs Fulham Tip: Both teams to score
