Week 17 features a match on Monday Dec 26th, where Crystal Palace plays host to Fulham in a meeting of these two Premier League teams in the ever popular London derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Crystal Palace sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Nottingham Forest. Morgan Gibbs-White scored the first goal for Nottingham Forest in the 54th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Crystal Palace was frustrated by Nottingham Forest’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Nottingham Forest ended the match with the shutout victory. Crystal Palace is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Fulham is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Manchester United. Christian Eriksen struck first for Manchester United in the 14th minute, but Daniel James got the equalizer for Fulham in the 61st minute. Fulham is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Willian and Bobby Reid are the top scorers for Fulham in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Crystal Palace is glad to have Wilfried Zaha in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals
James McArthur and Chris Richards are unavailable to play for Crystal Palace, while Manor Solomon is unavailable to play for Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s team.