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Fulham vs Crystal Palace prediction

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Round: Regular Season - 3
Venue: Craven Cottage, London
Referee: Samuel Barrott, England

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Form

Recent form

Fulham

58Average

Last 5 matches · 2W-2D-1L · +1 goal difference

Crystal Palace

32Poor

Last 5 matches · 1W-1D-3L · -6 goal difference

Our call

Our verdict

Double Chance

Crystal Palace or Draw

BetGenius backs Crystal Palace or Draw (Double Chance) at 68% confidence — a solid call. Total goals: Over 2.5 Goals.

68%

Confidence

Solid

Preview

Match preview

Both Fulham and Crystal Palace head into matchday three searching for their first Premier League points of the season after suffering consecutive defeats in their opening fixtures. Fulham fell to a 3-2 defeat against Chelsea before losing 1-0 away at Sunderland. Crystal Palace currently sit in eighteenth position following a 2-0 loss at Everton and a 4-1 home defeat against Manchester City.

Historical head-to-head records strongly favour the visiting side at this venue. Across the six meetings hosted by Fulham in the provided sample, Crystal Palace have remained unbeaten, picking up four wins and two draws, including a 2-1 victory in their August meeting.

Both squads deal with fitness concerns ahead of kickoff. Fulham will be without Tom Cairney, Hugo Larsson, and Luc De Fougerolles. Crystal Palace travel across London without Jean-Philippe Mateta, Ben Chilwell, Chadi Riad, and Honest Ahanor.

Analysis

Key factors

Crystal Palace are unbeaten in their last six matches played at Fulham, winning four and drawing two.
Both teams have zero points after losing their opening two Premier League fixtures.
Defensive records have been vulnerable early on, with Crystal Palace conceding six goals and Fulham conceding four across two matches.
Fulham are missing T. Cairney, H. Larsson, and L. De Fougerolles through injury.
Crystal Palace are without J. Mateta, B. Chilwell, C. Riad, and H. Ahanor.

Availability

Team news

Fulham

R. SessegnonRed Card

Crystal Palace

D. HendersonFoot Injury
C. RiadKnee Injury
Q. TimberInjury
T. TomiyasuCalf Injury
J. LarsenInjury

Numbers

Statistical comparison

Fulham at homeCrystal Palace away

Played

1-1-2

W-D-L

1-1-2

1.5

Scored /game

0.8

1.8

Conceded /game

2.3

—

Clean sheets

—

Failed to score

—

60%

BTTS (last 5)

60%

40%

Over 2.5 (last 5)

80%

Combined scoring rate: 2.3 goals per game (Fulham at home plus Crystal Palace away).

Players

Key players this season

Crystal Palace

D. Kamada3A

League scoring and assist totals for this season — not a predicted lineup. Availability is only shown where team news names the same player.

Table

Table context

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#	Team	P	GD	Pts
11	Newcastle	7	-4	8
12	Aston Villa	7	-4	8
13	Manchester United	7	0	7
14	Crystal Palace	7	-8	7
15	Bournemouth	7	-4	6
16	Tottenham	7	-4	6
17	Nottingham Forest	8	-4	6
18	CoventryRelegation - Championship	7	-8	6
19	FulhamRelegation - Championship	7	-3	5
20	SunderlandRelegation - Championship	7	-8	4

History

Head-to-head

Full record →

1
Fulham: 4
Draws: 4
Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace have won 4 of the last 9 meetings, averaging 2.3 goals a game.

2026-08-07Fulham1-2Crystal Palace
2026-01-01Crystal Palace1-1Fulham
2025-12-07Fulham1-2Crystal Palace
2025-03-29Fulham0-3Crystal Palace
2025-02-22Fulham0-2Crystal Palace

BetGenius

Our record in Premier League

67%75 won from 112 settled predictions

Settled results only — every published pick is recorded win or lose. Full track record →

Predictions

1 published market

FeaturedWON

Double Chance

Crystal Palace or Draw

68%

Confidence

Crystal Palace have demonstrated sustained success when travelling to Craven Cottage, remaining unbeaten across their last six away encounters against Fulham with four wins and two draws. Both teams have endured difficult starts to the campaign with two losses from two matches, but Fulham have failed to beat Palace on home soil in all recent meetings. Although Palace have conceded six goals in their opening two games, Fulham's own defensive frailties, conceding four goals in two fixtures, keep the match competitive and give the visitors a solid chance to secure at least a point.

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Crystal Palace

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