Fulham will be looking to get off the mark at the second attempt in the Premier League when they lock horns with Leicester City at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon.
The Cottagers came up short in last week’s top-flight curtain-raiser, as they were edged out 1-0 by Manchester United, in a game that brought up both of my Old Trafford tips.
Back at their West London base for the first time this season in competitive action this weekend, Marco Silva’s men will be targeting all three points against Leicester City.
After tumbling out of the top-flight two seasons ago, the Foxes secured promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
Now under the guidance of Steve Cooper, Leicester withstood a lot of pressure before pinching a point in their season-opener with Tottenham on Monday night.
The King Power club will be hoping that stalemate will act as a springboard for further success when they do battle with Fulham on the banks of the Thames this weekend.
How the bookies view it: Whites set for home win
Fulham head into their opening Premier League home match of the season as 4/5 favourites on Bet 365.
A second successive stalemate for Leicester has been priced up at 14/5 (Bet 365) while Cooper’s crew are as big as 16/5 (Bet 365) to collect all three points at Craven Cottage.
Head to head: Recent history favours Fulham
Fulham have filed maximum points from three of their last four meetings with Leicester in the Premier League. Marco Silva’s boys bagged a barnstorming 5-3 success the last time the two sides crossed paths back in May 2023.
Players to watch: Muniz to make his mark?
Rodrigo Muniz ended last season as Fulham’s top scorer in the Premier League. The Brazilian striker is a tempting 9/5 on UniBet to find the back of the net against the Foxes on Saturday.
Jamie Vardy announced his return to the Premier League with a goal against Tottenham on Monday night. The Leicester legend looks overpriced at 3/1 (Bet 365) to grab another goal this weekend.
Predicted line-ups
Fulham boss Marco Silva could choose to stick with the same side that pushed Man United all the way at Old Trafford last Friday night.
Oliver Skipp has joined Leicester from Tottenham but the tough-tackling midfielder may have to settle for a spot on the bench this weekend.
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Cairney, Lukiċ; Adama, Smith-Rowe, Iwobi; Muniz
Leicester: Hermansen; Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen; Winks, Ndidi; Fatawu, Buonanotte, Decordova-Reid; Vardy
Anything else catch the eye?
Leicester defender Wout Faes looks worthy of interest to commit just one foul during this clash at 4/5 with UniBet.
The Belgian centre-half committed two fouls against Tottenham on Monday night, one which resulted in him receiving a yellow card.
What's more, Faes was averaging a shade under one foul per-game in the English Championship last season, and he is likely to come up against the aforementioned Rodrigo Muniz here, who was earning Fulham almost two free-kicks per 90 last term.
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