Fulham vs Arsenal: Premier League preview, team news, stats & head-to-head
Fulham have won just one of their last 14 Premier League games against Arsenal (D4 L9), a 2-1 victory in December 2023. Indeed, the Cottagers have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 20 games against the Gunners in the competition.
After winning five successive league trips to Fulham from 2012-13 to 2022-23, Arsenal have since failed to win at Craven Cottage in the last two campaigns (1 draw, 1 defeat). The Gunners failed to win more consecutive league trips to Fulham in April 1962 (6).
Arsenal have lost just one of their last 18 London derbies in the Premier League (W13 D4), a 0-1 home defeat to West Ham in February last season. Indeed, since the start of the 2022-23 season, the Gunners have only lost one of their 18 away league matches against London teams (13 wins, 4 draws), when it was at Fulham in December 2023 (2-1).
Fulham have won their last two Premier League home games, most recently making it three in a row at Craven Cottage in December 2023. The Cottagers are looking to avoid defeat in each of their opening four home matches of a Championship season for the first time since 2011-12.
Since facing 22 shots against Manchester United in MD1, Arsenal have held their opponents to fewer than 10 shots in their six Premier League matches. The last team to face fewer than 10 shots in more successive matches in the competition was Liverpool from April to August 2022 (9), while the Gunners themselves have never enjoyed a longer run of Opta records in the league (from 2003 to 2004).
Fulham have lost their last two Premier League games and could lose three in a row for the first time since December 2023. They have scored three goals in these last two defeats, last conceding more than 3 times in a row in the competition in September 2020 (4) – a run which included a 0-3 home defeat to Arsenal.
Arsenal have had 14 counterattacks in the Premier League this season – the most of any team. Last season the Gunners ranked 17th in this area with just 47 across the entire campaign.
No team has had more different scorers (excluding own goals) in the Premier League this season than Arsenal (9, tied with Brighton). Only twice before have the Gunners seen 10 different players score in their first eight matches of a Premier League season, in 2009-10 (10 in the 4th game) and 2018-19 (8th).
Fulham’s Alex Iwobi has made eight assists in the opposition’s penalty area in the Premier League this season, with only Bruno Fernandes (9) making more. Iwobi has also created four chances via assists in the division this season, with Fernandes once again the only player to do more (5).
Declan Rice has scored (1) or assisted (1) in Arsenal’s last two Premier League matches; the midfielder has only been involved in a goal in three successive appearances in the competition previously, in February/March 2024 and April/May 2024. Rice has six goals (2 goals, 4 assists) in his last seven away London derbies in the Premier League.