Soccer betting preview: Fulham welcomes Leeds United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Fri 19.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Season ticket holders at Craven Cottage haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Fulham languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Leeds United will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Premier League
  • Leeds United have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Fulham form and stats

Fulham's results here at Craven Cottage in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats. The Fulham manager S. Parker might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

The Fulham fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Craven Cottage: A 0-3 defeat against Manchester City (placed 1st). In the game before, an away victory match versus Liverpool with a 1-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fulham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Fulham here at Craven Cottage in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 15 games). Fulham have conceded 21 in these home matches.

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Leeds United form and stats

The visitors are W6-D0-L8 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Three consecutive losses in away matches means Leeds United are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

Leeds aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 276 league minutes without a goal. Raphinha was the last player to find the net.

Leeds United delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Chelsea (placed 4th) in their previous match; a Premier League game. Prior to that match, the Leeds United manager M. Bielsa Caldera faced defeat when travelling to West Ham United and losing 0-2.

Goalkeeper Illan Meslier made a total of eight saves, making him a hero against Chelsea. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Leeds United in our archives, and the results are: one win for Leeds United, one draw and two defeats.

Leeds United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 24 goals from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Leeds have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Leeds United - Fulham 4-3 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Fulham-Leeds United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fulham two wins, Leeds United three wins, five draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leeds UnitedP. Bamford
P. Bamford
13 goals
Leeds UnitedJ. Harrison
J. Harrison
6 goals
FulhamB. Reid
B. Reid
5 goals

Fulham missing players

Leeds United missing players

Fulham Leeds United
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
29 15 5 Played P 3 14 28
5 2 0 Won W 3 6 11
11 4 1 Drew D 0 0 3
13 9 4 Lost L 0 8 14
22 8 2 Scored S 8 24 43
36 21 10 Conceded C 1 29 46
83% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
62% 60% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 79% 68%
31% 40% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 71% 57%
10% 7% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 50% 36%
7% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 36% 29%
38% 27% 40% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 46%
31% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 29% 32%
48% 60% 60% Failed to Score F T 0% 21% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.1 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.5
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 11.8 11.8 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 14.5 14.1
3.6 3.4 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.3 5.3 5.3
21% 16% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 29%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Fulham have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in Premier League
  • Fulham have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Premier League
  • Leeds United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leeds United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Fulham have scored home.
  • Leeds United have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Premier League
  • Leeds United haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Manchester City 30 22 5 3 64 21 16 12 2 2 36 13 14 10 3 1 28 8 43 71
2 Manchester United 28 15 9 4 55 32 13 6 3 4 28 19 15 9 6 0 27 13 23 54
3 Leicester City 28 16 5 7 48 32 13 6 1 6 20 19 15 10 4 1 28 13 16 53
4 Chelsea 29 14 9 6 44 25 14 7 5 2 25 11 15 7 4 4 19 14 19 51
5 West Ham United 27 14 6 7 42 31 14 8 3 3 23 15 13 6 3 4 19 16 11 48
6 Everton 28 14 4 10 40 37 14 5 2 7 19 22 14 9 2 3 21 15 3 46
7 Tottenham Hotspur 27 13 6 8 46 28 14 7 3 4 25 14 13 6 3 4 21 14 18 45
8 Liverpool 28 12 7 9 47 36 15 7 2 6 22 18 13 5 5 3 25 18 11 43
9 Aston Villa 27 12 5 10 39 28 12 5 2 5 20 16 15 7 3 5 19 12 11 41
10 Arsenal 27 11 5 11 35 28 13 5 3 5 16 14 14 6 2 6 19 14 7 38
11 Crystal Palace 29 10 7 12 31 47 15 5 5 5 15 21 14 5 2 7 16 26 -16 37
12 Leeds United 28 11 3 14 43 46 14 5 3 6 19 17 14 6 0 8 24 29 -3 36
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 28 9 8 11 28 37 13 5 4 4 15 14 15 4 4 7 13 23 -9 35
14 Southampton 28 9 6 13 35 49 13 5 2 6 17 16 15 4 4 7 18 33 -14 33
15 Burnley 29 8 9 12 22 37 15 4 6 5 12 16 14 4 3 7 10 21 -15 33
16 Newcastle United 28 7 7 14 28 45 14 4 4 6 17 23 14 3 3 8 11 22 -17 28
17 Brighton & Hove Albion 27 5 11 11 27 35 14 1 7 6 13 19 13 4 4 5 14 16 -8 26
18 Fulham 29 5 11 13 22 36 15 2 4 9 8 21 14 3 7 4 14 15 -14 26
19 West Bromwich Albion 29 3 9 17 20 57 15 2 5 8 9 33 14 1 4 9 11 24 -37 18
20 Sheffield United 28 4 2 22 16 45 15 3 1 11 10 22 13 1 1 11 6 23 -29 14

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