Fulham vs Everton preview as Fulham chase a potential European spot although any dropped points from here on in will be detrimental to this effort. Everton on the other hand are safe of the relegation zone and are out of reach of the European places but will still aim to finish above teams like Manchester United and Spurs.
When the teams met earlier in the season, it took a 94th-minute Beto equaliser to bring the game level. This goal was Beto’s first of the season,n and he has gone on to have a total of seven so far this year. Dominic Calvert-Lewin had the ball in the back of the net earlier in the game, but he was marginally offside following a good long-range effort from Idrissa Gueye. Fulham had taken the lead when former Everton man Alex Iwobi found the bottom corner from the edge of the box.
Fulham come into the game losing three of their last four matches and their win came thanks to a last minute Ryan Sessegnon goal against Southampton, the team bottom of the league. However, just before this run of four they did beat Champions Liverpool at Craven Cottage in what has been three wins in their last five home games and only three defeats in their last 11 home matches.Â
Everton have only won one in their last 10 matches, an away win at Nottingham Forest, aside from that they have six draws and three losses since they won at Crystal Palace in mid-February.
Fulham vs Everton Head-to-Head record: Last 10 matches
Everton 1-1 Fulham
Fulham 0-0 Everton
Everton 1-1 Fulham (Fulham win on penalties)
Everton 0-1 Fulham
Everton 1-3 Fulham
Fulham 0-0 Everton
Everton 0-2 Fulham
Fulham 2-3 Everton
Fulham 2-0 EvertonÂ
Everton 3-0 Fulham
Fulham four wins
Four draws
Everton two wins
Matchup Statistics
- David Moyes and Marco Silva have met three times, but never when Moyes has been managing Everton. Both have won three games.
- There have been fewer than three goals in four matches between these teams in a row, and in six of the last seven matches.
- Alex Iwobi has scored two goals against Everton, including his goal in the game earlier this season and once when he played for Arsenal. He has only scored more goals against three Premier League opposition.
Team StatisticsÂ
- Everton have won the fewest games in the Premier League other than the three relegated sides, but have drawn 15, which is more than any other team. The last time a team drew more than 15 games in a Premier League season was in 2015 when Sunderland ended the season with 17.
- Everton have thrown away a two-goal lead four times this season, including in their last game against Ipswich. This is more than any side in the Premier League since West Brom in 2014.
- None of Fulham’s last 15 games in the Premier League have ended in a draw.
Player Statistics
- Fulham are one Alex Iwobi goal away from having two players score 10 or more goals in a top-flight season since 1966-67. Raul Jimenez already has 10 while Alex Iwobi sits on nine.
- Beto and Iliman Ndiaye are Everton’s top scorers with seven goals. Only Southampton have a lower scoring top scorer with four.Â
- Jordan Pickford and Bernd Leno average roughly three saves per game this season. Pickford has averaged 3.1 per game while Leno has averaged 2.9 in the Premier League.
- Leno and his Fulham defence have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last seven matches.
- Dwight McNeil made his first start since returning from injury and scored in the game.