Fulham will look to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they square off with Southampton at Craven Cottage on Sunday afternoon.
While Marco Silva’s men are without a win in their last two league games, they have held both Arsenal and Liverpool to draws, the latter of which brought up one of my player-based bets.
Furthermore, the eighth-placed Cottagers are currently enjoying a four-game unbeaten run in the top-flight.
Seeking to keep the feelgood factor flowing, Fulham will look to heap more misery on out-of-sorts Southampton this weekend.
A 5-0 trouncing at the hands of Tottenham last Sunday night proved to be the final nail in Russell Martin’s coffin.
That bruising setback has left the managerless and rock-bottom Saints nine points adrift of safety ahead of this weekend's trip to the capital.
How the bookies view it: Fulham firm favourites
Fulham are heavily fancied to take top honours on Sunday afternoon, with a home win trading at just 2/5 on Boylesports.
Southampton are as big as 11/2 on Boylesports to claim what would be their first Premier League away win of the season, while a point apiece at Craven Cottage has been priced up at 7/2 with the same oddsmaker.
Head to head: Fulham targeting three in a row
Fulham have triumphed in each of their previous two Premier League meetings with Southampton. What’s more, the Saints have not tasted victory at this venue in the top-flight since way back in February 2014.
Players to watch: Iwobi to sink Saints?
Alex Iwobi has been one of Fulham's standout performers this season. The Nigerian ace is averaging 0.88 shots on target per-game in the Premier League this season, making him an appealing option to work the goalkeeper once or more on Sunday at 8/11 (Boylesports).
Flynn Downes has regularly found himself on the referee’s radar this season. The tough-tackling Southampton midfielder is giving away an average of two fouls per 90 in the top-flight this term and he is 4/5 (PaddyPower) to continue in that vein this weekend.
Predicted line-ups
Calvin Bassey and Tom Cairney are both available again after serving suspensions, however teammate Andreas Pereira will now take over on the naughty step after collecting his fifth yellow card of the season against Liverpool last weekend.
Southampton interim boss Simon Rusk could stick with the same set of players that put in a spirited display when losing 2-1 to Liverpool in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night.
Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Cuenca, Robinson; Berge, Lukic; Wilson, Smith-Rowe, Iwobi; Muniz
Southampton: McCarthy; Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek; Wood, Manning; Dibling, Downes, Aribo Fernandes; Archer
Anything else catch the eye?
With Fulham too short to side with on their own, an alternative option is to back a home win alongside under 4.5 goals at 10/11 on Boylesports.
Silva’s side have won six times in the Premier League this season so far and this bet would have paid out in each of those six successes.
On top of that, this same selection would have also proven profitable in nine of Southampton’s 13 top-flight defeats this term to date.
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