Crystal Palace vs Fulham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 1st January 2026

Crystal Palace and Fulham face off in round 19 at Selhurst Park, and it has the look of a tight Premier League match between two teams currently looking fairly evenly matched.

Crystal Palace are number 9 in the table on 26 points after 18 matches. Fulham rank as number 10 with 26 points after 18 matches played.

Crystal Palace took down Fulham in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario on Thursday.

Crystal Palace are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 12 goals. They managed four clean sheets in these matches.

Fulham travel to their next away match on Thursday having performed a tolerable average of 1.7 goals in ten matches. They scored a total of 17 goals, whilst shipping 14 goals against. An average of 1.4 goals against a game. They hung on to four clean sheets in this streak.

Crystal Palace go into their encounter with fond memories, as they won 2-0 and 2-1 the last two times they played Fulham.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Prediction

Crystal Palace Form

A draw is the best Crystal Palace can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 4-1 defeat against Leeds. A1-1 draw with Arsenal followed before they were defeated 0-1 by Tottenham. Crystal Palace claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Premier League, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored six and conceded nine goals.

Fulham Form

Fulham look back on their last three matches with two victories to show for their efforts. Against Newcastle, they were left empty-handed in a 2-1 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Nottingham Forest in a 1-0 win. They followed that up with a 0-1 win against West Ham in their most recent outing. Fulham won three of a possible six away matches in the Premier League, as well as playing zero draws and suffering three defeats. They scored eight while also conceding ten times.

Having considered the match from different angles, be it form, strength in squad and match history, Crystal Palace get our vote here. They should have enough to see them through a most likely tricky opponent in Fulham.

Crystal Palace won four matches, scored ten goals and conceded eight in their last nine games against teams from the top half of the Premier League table. This earned them 14 points. Fulham won two of their last eight matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 11 and conceding 15 goals. They collected seven points from these. Crystal Palace claimed seven wins, five draws as well as six defeats in the Premier League this season. Fulham have a record of eight wins, two draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Squads

Crystal Palace Squad

Oliver Glasner will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Fulham from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Dean Henderson (0/18), Remi Matthews (0/0), Walter Benitez (0/0), Borna Sosa (0/2), Chadi Riad (0/0), Chris Richards (0/17), Daniel Munoz (3/14), George King (0/0), Jaydee Canvot (0/5), Joel Drakes-Thomas (0/1), Kaden Rodney (0/0), Marc Guehi (2/17), Maxence Lacroix (0/18), Nathaniel Clyne (0/5), Tyrick Mitchell (1/18), Adam Wharton (0/16), Caleb Kporha (0/0), Cheick Oumar Doucoure (0/0), Christantus Uche (0/8), Daichi Kamada (0/14), Dean Benamar (0/0), Jefferson Lerma (0/16), Justin Devenny (1/14), Naouirou Ahamada (0/0), Rio Cardines (0/0), Romain Esse (0/2), Will Hughes (0/15), Edward Nketiah (2/12), Ismaila Sarr (3/12), Jean-Philippe Mateta (7/18), Yeremy Pino (1/16).

Fulham Squad

Here is the full team squad of Fulham. The 48 year-old Marco Silva will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Benjamin Lecomte (0/0), Bernd Leno (0/18), Antonee Robinson (0/6), Calvin Bassey (1/16), Issa Diop (0/5), Joachim Andersen (0/17), Jorge Cuenca (0/5), Kenny Tete (1/15), Timothy Castagne (0/13), Emile Smith Rowe (3/18), Harrison Reed (0/1), Harry Wilson (5/17), Joshua King (0/18), Kevin (0/14), Ryan Sessegnon (2/13), Sander Berge (0/18), Sasa Lukic (1/15), Tom Cairney (0/10), Adama Traore (0/12), Alex Iwobi (2/16), Jonah Kusi-Asare (0/3), Raul Jimenez (4/17), Rodrigo Muniz (1/7), Samuel Chukwueze (2/9).

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Team News

At the time of writing, Crystal Palace have four players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Fulham this coming Thursday. Will Hughes, Ismaila Sarr and Christantus Uche can't be called up by the Crystal Palace-manager, with both serving a ban.

Crystal Palace are unable to field Cheick Oumar Doucoure this coming Thursday against Fulham, as he is sidelined with an injury.

Fulham face a list of three absentees from the squad ahead of their next match this coming Thursday against Crystal Palace. Sander Berge, Calvin Bassey and Antonee Robinson sit this one out for Fulham, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Crystal Palace.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Lineups

Crystal Palace vs Fulham H2H

Crystal Palace had a good reading on Fulham in their last two meetings, which they won by 2-0 and 2-1, respectively. Crystal Palace have a 40% win rate against Fulham, who won two of these matches. The total record reads 4-4-2, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Fulham and Crystal Palace. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 1/1 with the bookies.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Jean-Philippe Mateta will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Fulham hope Harry Wilson can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Crystal Palace won three of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Selhurst Park. They drew three and lost four as well, while Fulham won three of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost six. Both teams have been poor at keeping their opponents from scoring in their last 10 games, respectively. Crystal Palace managed a clean sheet in two of their games at home, Fulham kept a clean sheet in one of their last 10.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Crystal Palace managed an average of 1.1 goals, with Fulham averaging one goal. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Crystal Palace’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.2 goals during this run. In the last ten games for Fulham, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.7 times goals per game themselves.