Fulham v Crystal Palace
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Fulham vs Crystal Palace

, KO: 15:00 , Craven Cottage
Crystal Palace

Fulham and Crystal Palace have made poor starts to the Premier League so there's a lot at stake as they collide at Craven Cottage in a London derby.

It was all change at both clubs this summer, with the hugely successful Oliver Glasner stepping down at Selhurst Park and Marco Silva ending his five-year reign as Fulham boss.

Pierre Sage took the reins at Crystal Palace while Alvaro Arbeloa replaced Silva at the Cottage and neither coach had any Premier League experience.

That may partly explain their slow starts, with the Eagles losing to Everton and Manchester City while Fulham crashed against Chelsea and Sunderland.

It's too early to start pressing any panic buttons but each manager will be aware chairman in England's top flight can get pretty twitchy when their clubs are in the drop zone.

The transfer window has now closed and Sage will be hoping a late flurry of deadline-day signings will help Crystal Palace spark their season into life.

Fulham also landed three new players in the final few days of the window and it will be interesting to see how many of the new boys feature here.

How the bookies view it: Fulham homing in on the points

This looks like a 50/50 game for me but Bet365 have Fulham as 5/4 favourites with home advantage. Crystal Palace are 21/10 outsiders and the draw is a little bigger at 23/10.

Recent head to head: Eagles in the ascendancy

Crystal Palace have held the edge in this fixture of late, going four unbeaten. Three of those games have ended in wins, including a 2-1 triumph at Craven Cottage last term.

Fulham had gone six unbeaten before that against the Eagles, although four of those matches ended level.

Players to watch: Garcia finding his feet

Fulham's biggest signing this summer was Real Madrid kid Gonzalo Garcia and the striker has made a decent start, scoring twice in his three outings. He's 7/5 with Bet365 to score or assist here.

With Jean-Philippe Mateta injured, the Palace attack should be spearheaded by Jorgen Strand Larsen. The towering Norwegian is 5/4 to score or set up a goal and a tempting 2/1 to get a header on target.

Probable line-ups

Fulham have a pretty clean bill of health, with only Tom Cairney and Jonah Kusi-Asare in the treatment room.

Crystal Palace look set to be without forwards Mateta and Ismaila Sarr again while stopper Chadi Riad is also out injured.

Fulham: Leno, Bassey, Andersen, Castagne, Robinson, Angel, Larsson, Berge, Iwobi, King, Garcia.

Crystal Palace: Henderson, Mitchell, Canvot, Disasi, Khalaili, Richards, Pino, Kamada, Wharton, Osorio, Strand Larsen.

Anything else catch the eye?

Fulham have won on the corner count in both their Premier League games so far while Crystal Palace have only racked up two flag kicks in total.

That suggests backing Arbeloa's side in that market could pay off and Fulham -1 in the corner handicap looks good at 20/21 with Bet365.

Eagles fans will be relieved star player Adam Wharton is still at Selhurst Park after the window closed and he's a tempting 13/8 for over 2.5 tackles.

Fulham vs Crystal Palace Betting Tips & Predictions
Fulham -1 corner handicap
20/21
Bet365
Jorgen Strand Larsen over 0.5 headers on target
2/1
Bet365
Adam Wharton over 2.5 tackles
13/8
Bet365
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