On Sat Dec 31st, Fulham hosts Southampton at Craven Cottage in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 8th placed Fulham is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Crystal Palace. Bobby Reid scored the first goal for Fulham in the 31st minute, then Tim Ream added another in the 71st minute on a feed from Aleksandar Mitrović At the end of 90 a dissapointed Crystal Palace couldn’t manage to score, and Fulham took the shutout win. Fulham is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while southampton is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Brighton & Hove Albion. Adam Lallana scored the first goal for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 14th minute, then Romain Perraud added another on an own goal in the 35th minute on a feed from Solly March. Southampton looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Tue Aug 27th, Fulham hosted Southampton at the Craven Cottage in their last match together. Southampton won by a score of 1 to 0 in front of a crowd of just over eight thousand spectators. Michael Obafemi scored the first goal for Southampton in the 57th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Fulham was frustrated by Southampton’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Southampton ended the match with the shutout victory.
Southampton hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Stuart Armstrong and Romain Perraud, and they each have 1 goal. Andreas Pereira and Daniel James 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
Manor Solomon, Antonee Robinson and Aleksandar Mitrović are unavailable to play for Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva’s team, while Southampton will be without Kyle Walker-Peters, Theo Walcott, Valentino Livramento and Larios Lopez.