Fulham at Bournemouth

Fulham heads south to Bournemouth on Monday with kickoff at 3pm EDT on USA Network.

After getting five draws in December, Fulham has now gone 11 matches without a draw. It has been a roller coaster in 2025 with Fulham generally alternating between discouraging losses and encouraging wins. So now on the heels of a memorable win Fulham takes on a struggling Bournemouth. They've only gotten two points out of their last six and have fallen to the back of the pack for European places after being just one point out of fourth place after their big win against Forest in January. So it feels like Fulham should come into this confident of getting a result, but after a number of disappointing results nothing is certain.

Fulham is turning a corner on injuries. Tete made his first appearance in months on Sunday. Wilson has returned to training and could be back soon. Castagne has done a fine job as Fulham's only right back, but it is a huge relief to have Tete available again.

A European spot is still in the mix for Fulham, especially now that it is official that the top five places will go to the Champions League. At a minimum now the top seven spots will go to Europe. Depending on how the FA Cup, Champions League, and Europa league play out, qualification spots could drop even lower in the table. In the race for those spots, this matchup with Bournemouth is incredibly important. A win keeps Fulham in the hunt and puts Bournemouth in a tough spot. A loss and Bournemouth leapfrogs above Fulham in the table and we're back to lamenting lost opportunities this season.

 

I want this to be a win so badly. A win here would bring Fulham within three points of both Chelsea and Aston Villa. I’m not sure if catching either of them is truly feasible, but both of them are still on the schedule.

I want to see more Sessegnon and Berge looking forward. Throw in some Iwobi magic and a goal (or two) from whichever striker starts.

 

I was with you @astroevan , a win really could have kickstarted things. With Brighton and Chelsea getting unexpected draws Fulham had a chance to make a move on those top seven spots. After last week anything seemed possible, but that was just bleh. Unfortunately that's the way Fulham have been in 2025. Really good followed by really meh.

Fulham is where streaks go to die. Winning streaks, loosing streaks, scoring streaks, goalless streaks - whatever. If a reset is needed, it seems to happen against Fulham.

 

Jedi fell down.
The end.
This club drives me bat shit crazy.
How can we beat the runaway league leaders, and more convincingly than the final score would suggest, then go out and do this?
Europe is right there for the taking and we’re spitting the bit
Argh.