Fulham vs Newcastle Prediction

Recent form across all competitions

Looking further back across all competitions, Newcastle have won eight, drawn five and lost seven in their last twenty outings, with 31 scored and 31 conceded. That sample mixes Premier League games with cup ties and pre-season friendlies, so it's a broad picture rather than a clean read on current league form.

Fulham: 20 completed matches; Newcastle: 20 completed matches.

Fulham

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

25

Difference

-2

Newcastle

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

33

Difference

-2

Fulham's equivalent run shows six wins, six draws and eight losses, with 22 scored and 25 conceded. There are some decent results mixed in, like draws with Liverpool and Manchester United, but also losses to Chelsea, Crystal Palace and West Ham that match the shakier league position.

Comparative Team Statistics: Fulham vs Newcastle

A fixture that swings both ways

The most recent meeting went to Fulham, a 2-0 win at home back in May. Before that, Newcastle had the upper hand, beating Fulham in both a League Cup tie and a Premier League match earlier in that same season.

Go back further and the head-to-head has produced some lopsided scorelines in both directions, including a 1-4 and a 0-4 in Fulham's favour away from home, alongside heavy Newcastle wins too. It's a fixture with history, but that history doesn't tell us much about where either side stands right now.

Where they sit right now

Five games into the season, Newcastle are ninth on eight points, having won two, drawn two and lost one. They've scored nine and conceded nine, so it's been fairly even going both ways.

Fulham are down in nineteenth with just two points from the same number of matches, winning none, drawing two and losing three. They've scored five and shipped eight, which points to problems at both ends of the pitch early on.

It's only five games each, so there's a long way to go, but Newcastle have clearly had the better start.

Players making an impact

Newcastle's Jacob Willock has been their standout attacking contributor recently, scoring twice in his last five appearances, with Harvey Barnes chipping in two assists over the same stretch. On the disciplinary side, Jacob Murphy has picked up three yellow cards in his last five games for Newcastle.

Fulham:

Penalty cards:

T. Castagne x 2

Newcastle:

Best scorers:

J. Willock - 2

Best assist providers:

H. Barnes - 2

Penalty cards:

J. Murphy x 3

Y. Wissa x 2

On Fulham's side, Timothy Castagne has two yellows in his last five, a similar tally to Yoane Wissa's two. This is only a partial player snapshot rather than a confirmed lineup, so it shouldn't be read as a guide to who definitely features when the sides actually meet.

What might shape the game

Newcastle arrive with the better early league form and a track record of scoring freely in recent matches across competitions. Fulham have struggled to find the net and have lost more matches than they've avoided so far this season.

That said, we're still a month out from kickoff, and a lot can change in that time, from fitness to form swings in either direction. The head-to-head record shows this fixture doesn't always follow the form book anyway.