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Fulham prepare to entertain Newcastle United at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Cottagers are clearly on top, winning 53.85% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Craven Cottage was just last season, in January 2006, the Cottagers carving out a narrow 1-0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 2 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Fulham | 1-0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 10 Sep | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Wed 04 May | Fulham | 1 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 07 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 4 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Mon 19 Jan | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Fulham | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 21 Oct | Fulham | 2 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Fulham are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Cottagers in those games, with 5 conceded.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Magpies's have scored 9 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.
Fulham find themselves struggling down in 15th position in the league having picked up 29 points from their 25 matches. Newcastle Utd.'s 33 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Fulham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 9 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is certainly an intriguing match for the Cottagers, and one in which the FootyMad team are tentatively suggesting a drawn game. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Fulham | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | No sequences of note |