Fulham at Southampton

Fulham travel to Southampton on Saturday for a 10am EDT match on Peacock.

Given Fulham’s form against bottom half teams this year, I would say, set the cruise control for frustration. But… neither team has anything to gain or lose from this match, so I’m hoping that it’s actually free-flowing and fun.

 

I think Fulham was partly undone by a lack of good substitutes against Chelsea. Muniz and Smith Rowe had both been sidelined by injuries while Wilson was just getting back on the pitch. Muniz will miss this match again, so I really want Fulham to score early so they don't need Vinicius to deliver any late heroics.

Fulham has given up 25 points from a winning position this season, so if they score one goal, for goodness sake, they need to score another! And then one more after that too! That is the best way to ensure a win (see: Liverpool) Since both Fulham and Southampton have given up 25 points from a winning position there is a good chance that the team that scores first will lose. Only Ipswich has done worse in this metric than Fulham and Southampton.

Fulham haven't managed to string together three wins in a row this season, but they also haven't suffered three losses in a row. Hopefully they don't decide to break that trend this week.