Three points is the only outcome that will be enough for the Fulham fans in this Craven Cottage duel with Derby County, having a robust lead on the away team in the Championship table.
- Fulham have the most scored goals (48) in Championship
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Championship
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fulham and Derby County.
Fulham form and stats
Fulham have performed here at Craven Cottage this season with 7 wins from 9 Championship matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1. Ever since the Reading game Fulham has been unbeatable here at Craven Cottage producing five straight wins.
A nice win for Fulham last time playing, versus Barnsley. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-1 with Neeskens Kebano, Aleksandar Mitrović, Harry Wilson and Fabio Carvalho scoring for the victors. The forward Aleksandar Mitrović bettered all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.92 out of 10. Mitrović scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).
In the game before, an away victory match versus Peterborough United with a 1-0 scoreline.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Fulham home games with this odds we find five games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in four wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, four matches were won by at least two goals.
The manager M. Saraiva da Silva will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Preston North End in only three days.
Goals are plentiful at Craven Cottage in the league this season as Fulham has scored 23 goals here in 9 home games. Fulham have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Derby County form and stats
Derby County have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 1-4-4 (9 played).
Derby County go into this game after a win, the home game against AFC Bournemouth that ended 3-2. Midfield player Tom Lawrence was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.35/10. Lawrence scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Millwall that ended 1-1.The visitors have scored 5 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. County have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Fulham-Derby County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fulham three wins, Derby County three wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Mitrović 21 goals |  H. Wilson 6 goals |  F. Carvalho 4 goals |
Fulham missing players
Derby County missing players
| Fulham | Derby County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 48 | 23 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 78% | 78% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 56% | 61% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 44% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 33% | 22% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 56% | 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 44% | 56% |
| 39% | 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 33% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 44% | 33% |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 4 | 4.1 |
| 4 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1.7 | 1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16.1 | 16.7 | 19.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 44% | 41% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 19% | 28% |
| 10 | 9.4 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 12.8 | 13 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
- All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Derby County have the most dropped points from leading position (14) in Championship
- Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fulham have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Fulham have scored more than double the goals of Derby County.
- Fulham have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals (23) at home in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals (48) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Championship
- Fulham have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Championship
- Fulham have the the best goal difference (+33) in Championship
- Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Fulham is in the best form (6-0-0) in Championship
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fulham | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 33 | 41 |
| 2 | AFC Bournemouth | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 40 |
| 3 | West Bromwich Albion | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Stoke City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Coventry City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Huddersfield Town | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 28 |
| 8 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Millwall | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Blackpool | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 26 |
| 11 | Luton Town | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 24 |
| 12 | Swansea City | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 24 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 14 | Middlesbrough | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -3 | 22 |
| 16 | Preston North End | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Sheffield United | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 18 | Bristol City | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 19 | Cardiff City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 18 |
| 20 | Reading | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -6 | 17 |
| 21 | Hull City | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 22 | Peterborough United | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -17 | 15 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -16 | 11 |
| 24 | Derby County | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -2 | 0 |