Delightful dogfight as daring Fulham duel with determined Nottingham Forest

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 11.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Craven Cottage (25700 seats)

Fulham and Nottingham Forest have delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golf term. The teams both hold mid-table spots in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League

The hosts Fulham saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the FA Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sunderland.

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Fulham form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Fulham have managed 5 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.

Vinícius was the last player to score a league goal for Fulham and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Fulham haven't scored in 287 minutes.

Fulham are returning here after guesting Sunderland in a FA Cup match and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. Duffy was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.25 out of 10. The defender Duffy served one assist, hit three key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.

0-0 away at Chelsea before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Fulham handle that role? We have found 7 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

Goal party? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 15 of the 20 latest league games with this club has contained three goals or more.

Fulham have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Craven Cottage with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Fulham's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Nottingham Forest form and stats

Nottingham Forest have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-6 (10 played).

Nottingham go into this game after a win, the home game against Leeds United that ended 1-0. Boly, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Boly won 8 of 10 duels.

A loss, in the Carabao Cup away at Manchester United, earlier. Nottingham Forest are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. From a total of 8 matches.

Few goals the story here? 10 of this side's last 13 league matches have contained two goals or less.

Goals are few and far between in Nottingham Forest's away league games. Only {3 goals} from 10 travels. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Nottingham Forest have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H match ended Nottingham Forest - Fulham 2-3, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: six - one - three (Fulham wins - draws - Nottingham Forest wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FulhamA. Mitrović
A. Mitrović
11 goals
Nottingham ForestB. Johnson
B. Johnson
5 goals
FulhamB. Reid
B. Reid
4 goals

Fulham missing players

Nottingham Forest missing players

Fulham Nottingham Forest
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 0 10 21
9 5 3 Won W 0 1 6
5 3 1 Drew D 0 3 6
8 3 0 Lost L 0 6 9
32 18 10 Scored S 0 3 17
30 16 5 Conceded C 0 23 35
86% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 90% 95%
73% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 70% 67%
73% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 33%
32% 36% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 29%
18% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 19%
64% 73% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 33%
27% 18% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 33%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 70% 38%
 
4.8 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.7 3.1
5.5 5.2 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 7.4 6.2
2.5 1.7 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.9 2.3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 12.9 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.2 10.2
4 4.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.3 3.1
36% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 13% 26%
 
13.5 12.4 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 16.7 14
5.3 5.8 6.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 6.3 5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Fulham have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fulham have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Nottingham Forest have scored away.
  • Fulham have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Premier League
  • Nottingham Forest have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Nottingham Forest have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Nottingham Forest have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League

  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 20 16 2 2 45 17 9 8 1 0 25 10 11 8 1 2 20 7 28 50
2 Manchester City 21 14 3 4 53 21 11 9 1 1 38 12 10 5 2 3 15 9 32 45
3 Manchester United 22 13 4 5 36 28 11 8 2 1 21 8 11 5 2 4 15 20 8 43
4 Newcastle United 21 10 10 1 34 12 11 6 5 0 19 6 10 4 5 1 15 6 22 40
5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 12 3 7 41 31 11 7 0 4 22 15 11 5 3 3 19 16 10 39
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 10 4 6 38 27 10 5 2 3 17 10 10 5 2 3 21 17 11 34
7 Brentford 21 8 9 4 35 28 11 6 4 1 23 10 10 2 5 3 12 18 7 33
8 Fulham 22 9 5 8 32 30 11 5 3 3 18 16 11 4 2 5 14 14 2 32
9 Chelsea 21 8 6 7 22 21 10 5 3 2 13 7 11 3 3 5 9 14 1 30
10 Liverpool 20 8 5 7 34 28 10 6 3 1 23 9 10 2 2 6 11 19 6 29
11 Aston Villa 21 8 4 9 25 31 11 5 2 4 17 15 10 3 2 5 8 16 -6 28
12 Crystal Palace 21 6 6 9 19 29 11 4 3 4 11 16 10 2 3 5 8 13 -10 24
13 Nottingham Forest 21 6 6 9 17 35 11 5 3 3 14 12 10 1 3 6 3 23 -18 24
14 Leicester City 21 6 3 12 32 37 10 2 3 5 11 12 11 4 0 7 21 25 -5 21
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 5 5 11 15 30 11 4 2 5 9 14 10 1 3 6 6 16 -15 20
16 Leeds United 21 4 7 10 28 36 10 3 4 3 15 14 11 1 3 7 13 22 -8 19
17 West Ham United 21 5 4 12 18 26 10 4 1 5 11 12 11 1 3 7 7 14 -8 19
18 Everton 21 4 6 11 16 28 11 3 2 6 10 14 10 1 4 5 6 14 -12 18
19 AFC Bournemouth 21 4 5 12 19 43 10 3 3 4 10 11 11 1 2 8 9 32 -24 17
20 Southampton 21 4 3 14 17 38 10 1 3 6 9 17 11 3 0 8 8 21 -21 15

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.