Can West Ham Close the Gap on the Top Four with a Win at Fulham?

    Fulham vs West Ham - 10/12/2023

    Can West Ham Close the Gap on the Top Four with a Win at Fulham?
    08/12/23 10497

    There are four fixtures to be played in the English Premier League on the 10th of December, including the meeting between Fulham and West Ham.

    The match will take place at Craven Cottage and the hosts begin the weekend in 12th place on 18 points while the visitors are in 9th place on 24 points.

    Fulham come into the game on the back of a good 5-0 home win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night in the Premier League.

    Fulham were forced to wait until the 30th minute to open the scoring but doubled their advantage before half time.

    It was one way traffic in the second half and Fulham scored 3 more goals to seal a big win.

    The victory over Nottingham Forest was the second win in 3 games for Fulham having also beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 at home in the Premier League.

    However, sandwiched between those 2 victories was a 4-3 loss at Liverpool.

    Trends show Fulham have won only 2 of their 7 most recent Premier League fixtures.

    They have won 3 of their last 4 league games at home but only 5 of their last 10 Premier League matches on home soil have ended with a win.

    There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 3 of Fulham’s 4 most recent home Premier League games.

    West Ham make the short trip to Craven Cottage having recorded an excellent 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Thursday night.

    The Hammers conceded the opening goal in the 11th minute and were 1-0 down at the interval.

    Into the second half and West Ham scored the equaliser in the 52nd minute and took advantage of sloppy play in the Spurs defence to score the winning goal in the 74th minute.

    The win over Spurs means West Ham are undefeated in their 6 most recent fixtures in all competitions.

    They have been wins over Nottingham Forest at home and Burnley away in the Premier League plus Olympiakos at home and TSC away in the Europa League.

    The only match West Ham failed to win was the 1-1 draw at home with Crystal Palace in the Premier League.

    Trends show West Ham have won each of their last 2 away trips in the Premier League.

    They have won 4 of their last 7 league games on the road and have seen over 2.5 goals and both teams score in each of those 7 matches.

    Team news: Fulham are without the injured trio of Adama Traore, Rodrigo Muniz, and Issa Diop. There are also doubts over the fitness of Tyrese Francois.

    West Ham continue without striker Michail Antonio but he is the only confirmed absentee for the visitors.

    This should be a good game to watch, with both teams feeling confident about their chances of success.

    We should see goals at both ends of the pitch, with over 2.5 goals in total. West Ham are one of the form teams in the Premier League right now and it could be the visitors who take maximum points.

    Home team
    Away team
    Probability %
    1X2
    Pred
    Correct score
    Avg. goals
    Weather conditions
    Coef.
    Score
    Live
    coef.
    EPL
    293140
    21-2
    1 - 2
    2.76
    13°
    2.90
    2.38 3.50 2.90 no no no
    FT
    5 - 0(3 - 0)
    -
    - - -

    Premier League


    <
    May 2024
    Football predictions
    >
    {"4":"April 2024","5":"May 2024","6":"June 2024"}
    MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
    0102030405
    06070809101112
    13141516171819
    20212223242526
    2728293031