Crystal Palace v Fulham

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Crystal Palace will be hoping they can improve upon an indifferent start to this season's Premier League campaign when they play host to Fulham in what is an all-London affair at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon as The Eagles look to maintain their position in the top half of the division.

Early season wins against Sheffield United and Wolves have been offset by losses against the likes of Arsenal and Aston Villa while Crystal Palace have also picked up a point by way of a 1-1 stalemate with London rivals, Brentford, at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Results on home soil though at Selhurst Park look to be Crystal Palace's best chance of adding to their points tally this weekend as The Eagles have lost just once in their last seven home games while the bigger picture shows Palace have been handed just four defeats in their last 17 matches on their own patch.

However, one of these four defeats on home soil was to Saturday's visitors, Fulham, in a 3-0 capitulation back in December on Boxing Day, so Palace will be keen to avenge that defeat here this Saturday.

Fulham have produced an identical start to this new Premier League campaign as that of their hosts, Crystal Palace, as The Cottagers sit in 10th place and level on seven points apiece with their hosts prior to this upcoming tussle at Selhurst Park on Saturday afternoon.

Wins against Everton and Luton Town have helped push the visitors into a respectable looking mid-table position in the early Premier League standings but The Cottagers have also been handed a couple of heavy defeats that have come in the form of a 3-0 defeat at home to Brentford and a 5-1 thrashing away from home at the title-holders, Manchester City.

Similar to Crystal Palace, Fulham have also picked up a point in a score-draw against London opponents which came in the shape of a creditable 2-2 draw with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, so the prospect of further goals in this upcoming encounter with Crystal Palace looks a distinct possibility.

To underline this, six of Fulham's last 10 games in the Premier League have resulted in Over 2.5 goals being scored while the same ratio applies to Fulham's last 10 outings on the road in the English top flight as well.

Crystal Palace v Fulham Verdict

As mentioned previously, Fulham ran out 3-0 winners in the last meeting between these two teams and further goals could be on the cards in this upcoming clash as the previous two meetings have resulted in Over 2.5 goals being scored.

The result could go either way but we think Fulham stand a decent chance of walking away with the points as well.

Therefore, our main bet will be Over 2.5 goals @ 2.00

Other side bets worth considering:

Fulham win @ 4.25

Correct score: Fulham 2-1 @ 15.00