Fulham host Crystal Palace in the League Cup. Both clubs have had an up-and-down time of it across all competitions this year, mixing decent wins with some rough defeats.
Crystal Palace have actually won the last two meetings between these sides, and that recent head-to-head record gives this game an interesting backdrop even though kickoff is still a month away.
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Mixed form on both sides
Fulham's sample covers 20 games across the Premier League, League Cup and friendlies, and it reads six wins, six draws and eight losses, with 22 scored and 25 conceded. That's a side that's neither flowing nor collapsing, just steady mid-table stuff.
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Fulham: 20 completed matches; Crystal Palace: 20 completed matches.
Fulham
- Win
- 30% 6 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 22
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- -3
Crystal Palace
- Win
- 35% 7 / 20
- Draw
- 20% 4 / 20
- Loss
- 45% 9 / 20
- Scored
- 29
- Conceded
- 34
- Difference
- -5
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Fulham | Manchester United | 20.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | West Ham | Fulham | 15.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | Liverpool | Fulham | 12.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 05.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | Sunderland | Fulham | 30.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| League Cup | Fulham | AFC Wimbledon | 27.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Chelsea | 24.08.2026 | 2-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Fulham | VfB Stuttgart | 15.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Malaga | Fulham | 12.08.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 07.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendlies Clubs | Crystal Palace | Bristol City | 03.10.2026 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Leeds | Crystal Palace | 20.09.2026 | 0-0 |
| UEFA Europa League | Crystal Palace | Lech Poznan | 17.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | Ipswich | 12.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| League Cup | Crystal Palace | Middlesbrough | 08.09.2026 | 3-0 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 05.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | Manchester City | 28.08.2026 | 1-4 |
| Premier League | Everton | Crystal Palace | 22.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | SC Freiburg | Crystal Palace | 15.08.2026 | 3-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 07.08.2026 | 1-2 |
Crystal Palace's equivalent run shows eight wins, four draws and eight losses from 20 games, with 31 scored and 33 conceded. They've been more direct going forward but just as leaky at the back, so it balances out to a similar overall picture.
Neither team's recent record points clearly one way, which makes the head-to-head history worth a closer look.
Comparative Team Statistics: Fulham vs Crystal Palace

History leans towards Palace
Looking back over the meetings between these two, Crystal Palace have won four of the last six, with one draw and one Fulham win mixed in. That includes the reverse fixture from earlier this season, which Palace won 3-2, and a pre-season friendly that went the same way.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 05.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 07.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | Fulham | 01.01.2026 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 07.12.2025 | 1-2 |
| FA Cup | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 29.03.2025 | 0-3 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 22.02.2025 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | Fulham | 09.11.2024 | 0-2 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 27.04.2024 | 1-1 |
| Premier League | Crystal Palace | Fulham | 23.09.2023 | 0-0 |
| Premier League | Fulham | Crystal Palace | 20.05.2023 | 2-2 |
Fulham's own win over Palace goes back to November 2024. It's a decent run for Palace, though a chunk of those results come from league and cup matches with different context to a League Cup tie a month from now.
Cup matches don't always follow the pattern set by recent league form.

Front men in focus
J. Strand Larsen has been Crystal Palace's most productive attacker in the data we have, with two goals and an assist from a single outing, so he's clearly a threat when he plays.
Rodrigo Muniz has been doing similar work for Fulham, with two goals from two matches. Neither snapshot tells us who actually starts on the night, given this is still a month away and squads could rotate for the League Cup.
Match odds and squad lists
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Cuenca | Spain | 26 | Defender | 190 | 75 |
| K. Tete | Netherlands | 31 | Defender | 180 | 71 |
| E. Smith Rowe | England | 26 | Midfielder | 182 | 79 |
| B. Leno | Germany | 34 | Goalkeeper | 189 | 82 |
| A. Iwobi | Nigeria | 30 | Midfielder | 180 | 75 |
| S. Berge | Norway | 28 | Midfielder | 195 | 96 |
| J. Andersen | Denmark | 30 | Defender | 192 | 86 |
| T. Castagne | Belgium | 30 | Defender | 185 | 80 |
| R. Sessegnon | England | 26 | Midfielder | 178 | 70 |
| H. Reed | England | 31 | Midfielder | 181 | 72 |
| A. Robinson | USA | 29 | Defender | 183 | 70 |
| B. Lecomte | France | 35 | Goalkeeper | 186 | 78 |
| D. Affengruber | Austria | 25 | Defender | 185 | 79 |
| C. Bassey | Nigeria | 26 | Defender | 185 | 76 |
| Rodrigo Muniz | Brazil | 25 | Attacker | 178 | 67 |
| Kevin | Brazil | 23 | Attacker | 176 | 71 |
| Oscar Bobb | Norway | 23 | Midfielder | 177 | 70 |
| S. Charles | Northern Ireland | 22 | Midfielder | 189 | 87 |
| Manuel Ángel | Spain | 22 | Midfielder | 170 cm | 60 kg |
| L. De Fougerolles | Canada | 20 | Defender | 183 | 75 |
| H. Larsson | Sweden | 22 | Midfielder | 187 | 79 |
| Gonzalo García | Spain | 22 | Attacker | 182 | 74 |
| C. Nwoko | England | 20 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| B. Slade | England | n/a | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| César Palacios | Spain | 21 | Midfielder | 182 | 68 |
| Joshua King | England | 19 | Midfielder | 187 | 74 |
| M. Zepa | n/a | n/a | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. Nketiah | England | 27 | Attacker | 175 | 72 |
| J. Strand Larsen | Norway | 26 | Attacker | 193 | 79 |
| I. Sarr | Senegal | 28 | Attacker | 185 | 76 |
| J. Lerma | Colombia | 31 | Midfielder | 179 | 70 |
| T. Tomiyasu | Japan | 27 | Defender | 187 | 84 |
| D. Kamada | Japan | 30 | Attacker | 184 | 76 |
| B. Chilwell | England | 29 | Defender | 178 | 77 |
| C. Doucouré | Mali | 26 | Midfielder | 180 | 73 |
| D. Muñoz | Colombia | 30 | Midfielder | 180 | 73 |
| W. Hughes | England | 31 | Midfielder | 185 | 74 |
| D. McNeil | England | 26 | Attacker | 183 | 68 |
| D. Henderson | England | 29 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 85 |
| R. Matthews | England | 32 | Goalkeeper | 184 | 78 |
| A. Disasi | France | 28 | Defender | 190 cm | 83 kg |
| W. Benítez | Argentina | 33 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 91 |
| J. Mateta | France | 29 | Attacker | 192 | 88 |
| B. Sosa | Croatia | 28 | Defender | 187 | 79 |
| Q. Timber | Netherlands | 25 | Midfielder | 179 | 71 |
| C. Richards | USA | 26 | Defender | 188 | 87 |
| E. Guessand | France | 25 | Attacker | 185 | 79 |
| Óscar Mingueza | Spain | 27 | Defender | 184 | 75 |
| T. Mitchell | England | 27 | Midfielder | 175 | 68 |
| Yeremy Pino | Spain | 23 | Attacker | 172 | 65 |
| C. Riad | Morocco | 23 | Defender | 186 | 78 |
| A. Wharton | England | 22 | Midfielder | 182 | 77 |
| D. Osorio | Chile | 22 | Midfielder | 182 | 72 |
| A. Khalaili | Israel | 22 | Midfielder | 183 | n/a |
| S. Williams | England | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| Z. Gozo | USA | 19 | Attacker | 170 | 63 |
| J. Canvot | France | 20 | Defender | 188 | 75 |
| H. Ahanor | Italy | 18 | Defender | 184 | 79 |
Put it all together and there's no clean signal to lean on. Fulham's form is steady but unremarkable, Palace have scored more but conceded just as freely, and the head-to-head recently favours the visitors without settling anything for a cup night.
Given the rotation risk that comes with a League Cup fixture still a month out, we're happy to sit this one out rather than force a pick.
