Fulham vs. Crystal Palace

Prior to April, Crystal Palace hadn't put two wins together all season. Now they are coming into Craven Cottage on a three game winning streak after victories against Liverpool, West Ham, and Newcastle. Oddly, Fulham has faced the exact same competition in the last three matches and only got a win against West Ham. Based on those trends it would seem Crystal Palace is likely to win, but with both teams having little to play for I think it could go either way. Eze's fitness for Crystal Palace could be a critical game-time decision too. For Fulham, Willian should be available again but possibly only as a sub.

One thing I'm pretty sure about is that it won't finish 0-0 like the match back in September. Both teams have been finding the back of the net recently and I expect that to continue. The match kicks off Saturday at 10am EDT on Peacock.

 

Four to go and, as I said before, three are legitimately winnable - starting with today’s match. But as @MicahMan says, who knows how any of it will play out.

 

Well, it was entertaining at least! Fulham couldn't get the ball out of their half in the first 20 minutes and it felt like they were barely hanging on. Then Leno has a strategically timed "issue" and Silva knocked some heads. Diop and the rest of the team finally realized they could dribble toward the Palace goal and things started to look better. A draw felt like a fair result, but it was unfortunate Fulham couldn't hang on for the win. That goal from Schlupp deserved admiration despite it taking two points from Fulham.

It was good to see the team recover from a poor start and it was also good to see Muniz get back on the scoresheet again.

 

When the palace striker destroyed that ball into the back of the net I apparently made a terrible sound because one of the dogs immediately left the room and did not return.

It made me smile because a previous dog wouldn't even come in the room when sports were on.

 

For most of the match it appeared that Palace was taking a page out of Fulham’s book. Dominate the possession and control the pace but give yourself very little chance of scoring. But then Fulham decided to turn the page to the one where they allow their opponent to score a goal (or multiple goals on some occasions) after the 80th minute and give back some points that they were holding.

Such is life in the world of Fulham.

 

Are we saying Richmond might have done better against Palace? As Coach Lasso said "They might be fragile...".
Sunday's events at my house had my son logging into a certain streaming Service so that i might watch the Crew...and Ted Lasso.

 

I keep telling my wife that Ted Lasso is all about Fulham - ignore the colors and everything else feels Fulhamish. West London, small team, never won a title, bouncing around relegation. Plus, Fulham never makes an appearance unlike other teams like Brentford and Crystal Palace. We are about to let our subscription to Apple TV expire, so we are wrapping up our third viewing of Ted Lasso - possibly the best TV show ever.

 

Speaking of Fulhamish... While you still have Apple plus assuming you have MLS adder, check out the Brian McBride highlights under Iconic players
Legendary!