Fulham at Leeds

Fulham travel to Leeds on Saturday with kickoff at 10am EST on Peacock.

When Fulham faced Leeds back in September, Fulham got their first win of the season after a ridiculous own goal deep into injury time. That match was also when we got our first look at Kevin when he came on as a sub. As a whole, Fulham has gotten better since then and the days of "OG" being the top scorer are well behind us now. However that initial spark from Kevin fizzled a little, but could it be back now? How great would it be for things to come around and see Kevin get his first Premier League goal against Leeds where it all started.

Both teams have been on a good run of form with Leeds getting a series of draws against tough teams until losing in injury time against Newcastle last week. Meanwhile Fulham hasn't lost in six. Fulham will still have a thin squad, but King might be fit enough to come on as a sub. This is also the last match without the Nigerian trio available. I hope that Smith-Rowe, Kevin, and Wilson can all keep the good things going that we've seen recently. It would be absolutely unbelievable if Fulham could get through the AFCON window without losing a match.

Fulham will bring out the black kit like they did against other "white" team - Spurs. I like the black kit and I hope it brings more results like it did against Tottenham!

 

Is this a trap game? Probably, so I hope the team is prepared.

The lineup is out and Sessegnon is playing in front of Robinson with the double Lukic Berge defensive mids. Therefore I am not expecting a high scoring match.

 

Sess has spent the half in front of Castagne, and they have no chemistry at all. The whole in this case is less than the sum of the parts. Harry will need to move to the right. I expect to see Kevin soon on the left. We’re trying to ram through the middle because we’re not set up to be successful on the wings. I think Marco will change that for the second half or soon thereafter.

 

Uninspiring. Tired? I hope ESR's injury is just a cramp. Lukic's looked like it may keep him out for a bit. Let's forget this one asap and move on.

 

The most positive thought I can have coming out of this one is that the way Fulham played today is what I'd thought we'd see consistently during AFCON. Fortunately, we only got it once. Fulham could not do anything with the ball. No one played well, not even the subs. Everyone sucked. What's the opposite of the MotM? I'll go with DotD - Disappointment of the Day. For me the DotD goes to Robinson. Who was he passing to? Sometimes there was the simplest of options to send the ball down the line for someone to run onto and instead he'd send a poor ball centrally to be intercepted. His crosses were bad too. I wanted Silva to pull him out, move Sessegnon to left back and bring in Kevin, but I knew that would never happen. Although I'm singling out Robinson there were plenty of disappointments.

As @daddude7 said, probably best to move on and not think about this one any more.