Fulham look to Craven Cottage supporters for inspiration before Preston North End match

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

A key match in Championship as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Fulham in 3rd position and Preston North End placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

It's no vacation for neither Fulham nor Preston North End as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Fulham form and stats

11 victories, 2 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Fulham have to build on here at Craven Cottage in the Championship.

Fulham's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Swansea City (placed 9th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the away draw at Derby County that finished 1-1.

A late climax in the match against Swansea City as the winning goal came three minutes into overtime; scored by Aleksandar Mitrović.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fulham's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played four games, won two matches, drawn one and lost one.

Fulham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Craven Cottage with 30 goals in 18 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Preston North End form and stats

As the visiting team in Championship matches, Preston North End have produced an overall stat of 5-5-7 so far.

There might be some fixture complaints from Preston North End as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the Championship match against West Bromwich Albion (0-2). A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Hull City.

Preston North End goalkeeper Declan Rudd had a great day against West Bromwich Albion, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Preston North End playing away, we found one game. Results were zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Preston North End have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fulham - Preston North End 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Fulham five wins, two draws and Preston North End one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
23 goals
Preston North EndD. Johnson
D. Johnson
10 goals
Preston North End
T. Barkhuizen
9 goals

Fulham missing players

Preston North End missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Preston North End
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 18 5 Played P 4 17 35
17 11 2 Won W 0 5 16
9 2 1 Drew D 3 5 8
9 5 2 Lost L 1 7 11
49 30 7 Scored S 3 15 49
37 21 6 Conceded C 5 19 40
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
71% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 65% 77%
49% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 24% 43%
17% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 20%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
51% 50% 80% BTTS BTTS 75% 35% 51%
34% 39% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 20%
20% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 41% 31%
 
5.9 7.2 8.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 4.2 4.6
4.6 4.1 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 7.5 5.9 5.7
1.8 2 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 1.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
473 271 67 Total Shots T S 42 178 394
161 91 20 Shots on Target S O 10 51 127
30% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 29% 39%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Preston North End has the fewest scored goals (15) away

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

Fulham:
Preston North End:
Championship:
England:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 West Bromwich Albion 35 19 12 4 64 36 17 8 7 2 36 22 18 11 5 2 28 14 28 69
2 Leeds United 36 20 8 8 54 30 17 10 4 3 24 13 19 10 4 5 30 17 24 68
3 Fulham 35 17 9 9 49 37 18 11 2 5 30 21 17 6 7 4 19 16 12 60
4 Nottingham Forest 35 16 11 8 46 33 17 8 4 5 20 16 18 8 7 3 26 17 13 59
5 Brentford 35 16 8 11 57 31 17 9 5 3 31 15 18 7 3 8 26 16 26 56
6 Preston North End 35 16 8 11 49 40 18 11 3 4 34 21 17 5 5 7 15 19 9 56
7 Bristol City 35 15 8 12 49 51 17 7 4 6 24 26 18 8 4 6 25 25 -2 53
8 Blackburn Rovers 35 14 10 11 50 40 18 8 7 3 22 14 17 6 3 8 28 26 10 52
9 Swansea City 35 13 12 10 44 43 18 8 4 6 24 20 17 5 8 4 20 23 1 51
10 Millwall 35 12 14 9 40 39 17 8 6 3 24 17 18 4 8 6 16 22 1 50
11 Cardiff City 35 12 14 9 48 48 17 8 7 2 24 15 18 4 7 7 24 33 0 50
12 Sheffield Wednesday 35 13 9 13 45 41 17 7 5 5 15 18 18 6 4 8 30 23 4 48
13 Queens Park Rangers 35 13 7 15 53 59 18 8 4 6 35 31 17 5 3 9 18 28 -6 46
14 Birmingham City 35 12 10 13 45 52 17 6 5 6 26 26 18 6 5 7 19 26 -7 46
15 Derby County 35 11 12 12 43 48 18 9 7 2 25 13 17 2 5 10 18 35 -5 45
16 Reading 35 11 9 15 41 41 17 6 2 9 21 24 18 5 7 6 20 17 0 42
17 Hull City 36 11 8 17 48 58 19 6 3 10 27 33 17 5 5 7 21 25 -10 41
18 Charlton Athletic 35 10 9 16 44 49 18 7 5 6 25 22 17 3 4 10 19 27 -5 39
19 Huddersfield Town 35 10 9 16 41 56 18 6 5 7 20 25 17 4 4 9 21 31 -15 39
20 Stoke City 35 11 5 19 43 53 18 7 3 8 24 23 17 4 2 11 19 30 -10 38
21 Middlesbrough 35 8 13 14 34 45 18 6 7 5 16 17 17 2 6 9 18 28 -11 37
22 Wigan Athletic 35 9 10 16 37 50 17 6 5 6 18 22 18 3 5 10 19 28 -13 37
23 Barnsley 35 8 10 17 42 58 18 5 7 6 26 31 17 3 3 11 16 27 -16 34
24 Luton Town 35 10 3 22 42 70 17 7 3 7 26 26 18 3 0 15 16 44 -28 33

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.