Home advantage could prove decisive in Fulham - AFC Bournemouth battle

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 15.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Fulham are ready for a new challenge after their 1-3 against West Ham United last time. AFC Bournemouth are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Fulham form and stats

The total Premier League results playing at home this season for Fulham, who have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League, are 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager da Silva led his Fulham to a defeat away at West Ham United. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Craven Cottage. Midfield player Pereira got a match rating of 7.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Pereira scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match, Fulham lost 1-4 at home to Newcastle United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fulham have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 6 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Goals from both teams! That has happened in 7 league rounds in a row for this club. Will it happen again?

Fulham are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (9 from 4 played).

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AFC Bournemouth form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Christie and Billing scored in AFC Bournemouth's previous match, the home game against Leicester City that ended 2-1. Billing, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.6. Billing scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 30 successful passes (of 32 total).

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Brentford.

A new game in only four days for Bournemouth, the Premier League home match versus Southampton. Busy days.

The AFC Bournemouth defense is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle, having conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Fulham-AFC Bournemouth H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Fulham one win, AFC Bournemouth three wins, two draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
6 goals
AFC BournemouthP. Billing
P. Billing
3 goals
FulhamB. Reid
B. Reid
2 goals

Fulham missing players

AFC Bournemouth missing players

Fulham AFC Bournemouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 3 Played P 1 4 9
3 2 2 Won W 0 1 3
2 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
14 8 7 Scored S 0 4 8
18 9 5 Conceded C 9 16 20
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
89% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 56%
56% 75% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 75% 33%
33% 50% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 50% 22%
89% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 33%
11% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 33%
11% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 56%
 
3.8 3.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.2 3.7
5.3 4.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 7.8 6.1
2.9 2.2 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.1 10.2 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 5 6.5 6.4
3.4 4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.8 2.6
45% 50% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 36% 35%
 
14.4 12.8 11 Shots against (avg) S A 20 17.8 14.8
5.8 5.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 13 7.8 5.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • AFC Bournemouth have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • AFC Bournemouth have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • AFC Bournemouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • AFC Bournemouth have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
  • AFC Bournemouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • AFC Bournemouth haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • All of AFC Bournemouth's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • All of Fulham's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Fulham have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fulham have the most conceded goals (9) at home in Premier League
  • Fulham haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Arsenal 9 8 0 1 23 10 5 5 0 0 14 7 4 3 0 1 9 3 13 24
2 Manchester City 9 7 2 0 33 9 5 5 0 0 24 5 4 2 2 0 9 4 24 23
3 Tottenham Hotspur 9 6 2 1 20 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 5 2 2 1 7 6 10 20
4 Chelsea 8 5 1 2 13 10 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 3 16
5 Manchester United 8 5 0 3 13 15 3 2 0 1 6 4 5 3 0 2 7 11 -2 15
6 Newcastle United 9 3 5 1 17 9 5 2 3 0 11 5 4 1 2 1 6 4 8 14
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 8 4 2 2 14 9 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 2 1 1 8 6 5 14
8 AFC Bournemouth 9 3 3 3 8 20 5 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 16 -12 12
9 Fulham 9 3 2 4 14 18 4 2 1 1 8 9 5 1 1 3 6 9 -4 11
10 Liverpool 8 2 4 2 20 12 4 2 2 0 15 5 4 0 2 2 5 7 8 10
11 Brentford 9 2 4 3 16 17 4 2 1 1 10 6 5 0 3 2 6 11 -1 10
12 Everton 9 2 4 3 8 9 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 1 2 1 5 5 -1 10
13 West Ham United 9 3 1 5 8 10 5 2 1 2 6 6 4 1 0 3 2 4 -2 10
14 Leeds United 8 2 3 3 11 12 4 2 2 0 6 2 4 0 1 3 5 10 -1 9
15 Crystal Palace 8 2 3 3 10 12 5 2 1 2 7 7 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 9
16 Aston Villa 8 2 2 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 0 1 3 2 7 -4 8
17 Southampton 9 2 1 6 8 17 4 1 1 2 5 6 5 1 0 4 3 11 -9 7
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 1 3 5 3 12 4 1 2 1 2 4 5 0 1 4 1 8 -9 6
19 Leicester City 9 1 1 7 15 24 4 1 1 2 7 5 5 0 0 5 8 19 -9 4
20 Nottingham Forest 8 1 1 6 6 21 4 1 0 3 5 8 4 0 1 3 1 13 -15 4

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