Week 5 brings us a match on Aug 30th where Fulham will host Brighton & Hove Albion at Craven Cottage in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 19 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Fulham is fresh off their 3-2 win against Brentford. Bobby Reid struck first for Fulham in the 1st minute, then João Palhinha added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Andreas Pereira. Fulham is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while brighton & Hove Albion is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against West Ham United. Alexis Mac Allister scored the first goal for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 22nd minute on a penalty, then Leandro Trossard added another in the 66th minute on a feed from Pascal Groß In the end, West Ham United couldn’t muster any offence and Brighton & Hove Albion ran away with the shutout win. Brighton & Hove Albion is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Leandro Trossard has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Brighton & Hove Albion. Fulham is fortunate enough to have Aleksandar Mitrović in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored six goals
Manor Solomon and Joe Bryan are unavailable to play for Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s team, while Graham Potter’s squad will be without Sarmiento.