Fulham Roundup: Zero Points From Three as Anfield Awaits

Three matches into the new Premier League season, Fulham are still searching for their first point. According to the Premier League table, the Cottagers sit 19th of 20 with three defeats from three, four goals scored and seven conceded. Next on the schedule: a trip to Anfield later today.

The table so far

• Position: 19th, inside the relegation places
• Record: P3 W0 D0 L3
• Goals: 4 scored, 7 conceded (goal difference -3)
• Points: 0, level with bottom club Coventry City and ahead of them only on goal difference
• Form: LLL, three straight losses

For context at the top, Manchester City and Arsenal have nine points each from three wins apiece. Fulham and Coventry are the only clubs yet to register a point.

Results so far

• Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace
• Sunderland 1-0 Fulham
• Fulham 2-3 Chelsea

There is a pattern here: both home fixtures at Craven Cottage have finished 2-3, the only game in which Fulham failed to score came at Sunderland, and every defeat has arrived by a single goal. Close, but not close enough to bank a point.

Top scorers

J. King leads the club's charts with 2 goals, with C. Palacios and G. Garcia on 1 apiece, between them accounting for all four of Fulham's goals this season, according to the club's top-scorer data. The goals are being shared around; the trouble sits at the other end, where seven have been conceded.

What's next

Fulham travel to Liverpool on 12 September, kick-off 14:00 UTC at Anfield, and the bookmakers make the hosts strong favourites. A Liverpool win is priced at 1.5, a bookmaker-derived implied probability of 64%, with the draw at 20% and a Fulham win at 16% (odds via api_football, as of 12 September). FanTribe's prediction game pays accordingly: 120 points are on offer for calling a Fulham win, 95 for the draw and 30 for Liverpool.

Manchester United follow, visiting Craven Cottage on 20 September, kick-off 15:30 UTC, and the market again fancies the visitors. A United win is priced at 2.0, a 47% bookmaker-derived implied probability, against 28% for Fulham and 25% for the draw. On FanTribe that translates to 69 points for a Fulham win, 75 for the draw and 40 for a United victory.

Fan watch

On the supporter side, FanTribe's club data currently shows no registered Fulham followers on the platform, so there is no fan sentiment to gauge this week.

Zero points from three is an honest reflection of the opening rounds, and the fixture list offers no respite. Still, with King already on two goals and three different names on the scoresheet, the attack is functioning. It is the seven conceded, rather than the four scored, that is doing the damage.