Fulham favourites for feisty fight facing Stoke City

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Fulham leading Stoke City by 18 points.

It's no vacation for neither Fulham nor Stoke City 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

When playing at home in the Championship, Fulham have managed 7 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 12 games.

The home team returns to Craven Cottage after sharing the points with Luton Town (placed 22nd) on their last time out; the Championship game ended 3-3. Before that, Fulham had a home game versus Leeds United which ended with a victory 2-1.

A goal frenzy last time out for Fulham, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Luton Town. Fun stuff to watch!

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fulham handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W4-D1-L0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Reading are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Fulham in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 12 league matches. On the other hand, Fulham have conceded 14 goals.

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Stoke City form and stats

Stoke City have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Championship, after 2-1-8 (11 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. O'Neill, the Stoke City manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Stoke City are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Championship against Sheffield Wednesday (placed 4th). A 1-2 defeat away at Middlesbrough before that.

We have checked recent matches where Stoke City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were W2-D2-L3.

The schedule is very tough for Stoke City now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Championship game at Huddersfield Town is waiting in only three days.

Stoke City find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 11 goals from 11 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Stoke City have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Stoke City - Fulham 2-0 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Fulham won 5, Stoke City won 5 and 0 draws. 2 games with over 2,5 goals, 8 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
18 goals
FulhamT. Cairney
T. Cairney
6 goals
Stoke CityS. Clucas
S. Clucas
6 goals

Fulham missing players

Stoke City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Fulham Stoke City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 11 24
11 7 3 Won W 1 2 6
6 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
7 3 0 Lost L 2 8 15
38 23 10 Scored S 3 11 28
28 14 4 Conceded C 5 19 39
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 92%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 79%
58% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 67%
21% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 27% 25%
12% 8% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 12%
58% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 58%
25% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 9% 17%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 33%
 
6 7.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.2 3.5 4.9
4.5 3.9 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 4 3.8 3.7
1.8 2 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.2 1.2
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
323 173 77 Total Shots T S 49 110 298
113 60 28 Shots on Target S O 11 34 86
34% 38% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 32% 33%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stoke City have scored away.
  • Fulham have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Stoke City have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 24 14 9 1 47 25 11 6 5 0 29 16 13 8 4 1 18 9 22 51
2 Leeds United 24 14 6 4 37 16 12 7 4 1 19 8 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 48
3 Brentford 24 12 4 8 37 19 12 7 3 2 22 8 12 5 1 6 15 11 18 40
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 6 7 36 23 11 6 4 1 13 7 13 5 2 6 23 16 13 39
5 Fulham 24 11 6 7 38 28 12 7 2 3 23 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 39
6 Preston North End 24 11 6 7 36 28 12 9 2 1 29 13 12 2 4 6 7 15 8 39
7 Nottingham Forest 23 10 7 6 30 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 7 37
8 Swansea City 24 10 7 7 31 30 12 5 2 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 37
9 Blackburn Rovers 24 10 6 8 31 29 13 6 5 2 16 11 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 36
10 Bristol City 24 9 8 7 36 36 11 4 4 3 16 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 0 35
11 Cardiff City 24 8 10 6 35 33 12 7 4 1 19 10 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 34
12 Millwall 24 8 10 6 30 31 11 5 4 2 17 13 13 3 6 4 13 18 -1 34
13 Hull City 24 9 6 9 37 33 13 6 2 5 21 16 11 3 4 4 16 17 4 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 5 10 37 45 12 4 4 4 21 24 12 5 1 6 16 21 -8 32
15 Reading 23 8 5 10 29 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 2 29
16 Birmingham City 24 8 5 11 25 35 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 29
17 Charlton Athletic 24 7 7 10 33 34 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 18 -1 28
18 Derby County 24 6 9 9 22 32 12 5 5 2 14 9 12 1 4 7 8 23 -10 27
19 Middlesbrough 24 6 9 9 22 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -10 27
20 Huddersfield Town 24 6 7 11 26 36 12 3 4 5 12 15 12 3 3 6 14 21 -10 25
21 Stoke City 24 6 3 15 28 39 13 4 2 7 17 20 11 2 1 8 11 19 -11 21
22 Luton Town 24 6 3 15 31 50 12 4 3 5 19 20 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 21
23 Barnsley 24 4 8 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 20
24 Wigan Athletic 24 4 8 12 21 36 12 4 4 4 12 15 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 20

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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 24 14 9 1 47 25 11 6 5 0 29 16 13 8 4 1 18 9 22 51
2 Leeds United 24 14 6 4 37 16 12 7 4 1 19 8 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 48
3 Brentford 24 12 4 8 37 19 12 7 3 2 22 8 12 5 1 6 15 11 18 40
4 Sheffield Wednesday 24 11 6 7 36 23 11 6 4 1 13 7 13 5 2 6 23 16 13 39
5 Fulham 24 11 6 7 38 28 12 7 2 3 23 14 12 4 4 4 15 14 10 39
6 Preston North End 24 11 6 7 36 28 12 9 2 1 29 13 12 2 4 6 7 15 8 39
7 Nottingham Forest 23 10 7 6 30 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 13 6 5 2 20 12 7 37
8 Swansea City 24 10 7 7 31 30 12 5 2 5 16 15 12 5 5 2 15 15 1 37
9 Blackburn Rovers 24 10 6 8 31 29 13 6 5 2 16 11 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 36
10 Bristol City 24 9 8 7 36 36 11 4 4 3 16 14 13 5 4 4 20 22 0 35
11 Cardiff City 24 8 10 6 35 33 12 7 4 1 19 10 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 34
12 Millwall 24 8 10 6 30 31 11 5 4 2 17 13 13 3 6 4 13 18 -1 34
13 Hull City 24 9 6 9 37 33 13 6 2 5 21 16 11 3 4 4 16 17 4 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 24 9 5 10 37 45 12 4 4 4 21 24 12 5 1 6 16 21 -8 32
15 Reading 23 8 5 10 29 27 12 6 0 6 18 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 2 29
16 Birmingham City 24 8 5 11 25 35 11 5 2 4 13 12 13 3 3 7 12 23 -10 29
17 Charlton Athletic 24 7 7 10 33 34 13 5 3 5 18 16 11 2 4 5 15 18 -1 28
18 Derby County 24 6 9 9 22 32 12 5 5 2 14 9 12 1 4 7 8 23 -10 27
19 Middlesbrough 24 6 9 9 22 32 13 6 4 3 12 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -10 27
20 Huddersfield Town 24 6 7 11 26 36 12 3 4 5 12 15 12 3 3 6 14 21 -10 25
21 Stoke City 24 6 3 15 28 39 13 4 2 7 17 20 11 2 1 8 11 19 -11 21
22 Luton Town 24 6 3 15 31 50 12 4 3 5 19 20 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 21
23 Barnsley 24 4 8 12 32 47 13 3 6 4 22 25 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 20
24 Wigan Athletic 24 4 8 12 21 36 12 4 4 4 12 15 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 20

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