Premier League Preview: West Ham Vs Fulham

Fulham are due to visit Upton Park to keep their away date with West Ham this Saturday. West Ham have not lost in their last six home matches to Fulham, winning and drawing three each. Fulham's last win here came in 2001.

West Ham are gung-ho ahead of the Fulham match, with two wins on the trot, first a Premier League home match against Tottenham, last weekend, and then a Carling Cup win against Sunderland.

Valon Behrami has recovered from his knee injury and will be available for selection, but the Hammers will continue to miss Jack Collison and Zavon Hines, while there's a question mark over Thomas Hitzlsperger's fitness.

However, West Ham manager Avram Grant will want to welcome back injury prone Kieron Dyer, who started in the first half of last week's win against Spurs, having to withdraw midway, owing to illness. But Dyer is yet to recover from his illness, and Grant could take a late call on Dyer's inclusion in the starting eleven for the Fulham match.

Fulham's manager Mark Hughes, previously at the helm with Manchester City, has overseen 13 draws in 17 League matches involving the two teams. Hughes has some injury concerns ahead of the match at Upton Park. He will not have the services of Moussa Dembele, Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson, and Zoltan Gera should make it to the starting eleven, joining Clint Dempsey upfront.

Mark Schwarzer has a second choice goalkeeper in David Stockdale who is back from injury.

Last season's Premier League match between the sides at Upton Park ended without result, while Fulham won their home match at Craven Cottage.

Apart from Manchester United, Fulham are the only team with an unbeaten record in their six matches, in the ongoing Premier League season, although five of those matches have ended in draws. Their exploits this year have taken the Cottagers to sixth place on the points table.

Given the current form of the two teams, and taking into account West Ham's advantage playing before a home crowd at Upton Park, a draw appears the most probable result in Saturday's match, although West Ham cannot be denied a thin edge, following the injury concerns among Fulham's forward line.

West Ham's probable starting eleven should have the following: Green, Gabidon, Upson, Da Costa, Jacobsen, Boa Morte, Noble, Parker, Dyer, Piquionne, Obinna

Fulham will probably start with: Schwarzer, Salcido, Hughes, Hangeland, Kelly, Duff, Murphy, Etuhu, Davies, Gera, Dempsey

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Premier League Preview - Fulham Vs Everton

Fulham will host Everton, this Saturday, in an afternoon kick off at Craven Cottage.

Both teams will be seeking to win the match and take away three points from the game. Head to head, in their last games with Fulham, Everton have won all five matches hosted by them at Goodison Park, while winning one at Craven Park.

Fulham have won the remaining four home games, making it 6-4 in Everton's favour. The last match played by these teams was at Craven Cottage, and the hosts won that one, 2-1.

Believe it or not: Fulham are the only unbeaten team, this Premiership season, other than Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United.

With a win and four draws in their five matches played, Fulham are seventh on the points table, ahead of their sixth match. Fulham have been scoring a lot of goals, getting seven in those five matches, while conceding six.

Everton are in 19th place on the points table just ahead of West Ham, thanks to two losses and two draws in their five matches. They flattered to deceive against Manchester United, coming from 3-1 behind to draw the match, on the back of injury time strikes by Cahill and Arteta.

However, Everton have found it hard to score goals, and in their five matches have managed just four, while concedng seven.

For Fulham, Zamora is unlikely to get back to football action till February. Manager mark Hughes has to decide between playing Dempsey and Gera upfront, or the pair of Eddie Johnson and David Elm. I think he is likely to opt for the former attack pair.

David Stockdale has been out, ever since his ankle injury against Blackpool. Stockdale is back to fitness but may still not replace Schwarzer between the sticks.

Damien Duff, who missed the match against Stoke City, is also back in the reckoning and is likley to start, for Everton.

For Fulham, Danny Murphy's battle for the midfield with Mikel Arteta could be the deciding factor.

For Everton, Tim Cahill is the key man; the Australian is just the man Everton would want in an aerial battle in the Fulham area.

Given the current form of the respective teams, Fulham have the edge in this match.

Fulham's starting eleven is likely to include the following players: Schwarzer, Salcido, Hangeland, Hughes, Kelly, Davies, Etuhu, Murphy, Duff, Dempsey, Gera

Everton are likely to select the following players in their starting eleven for this match: Howard, Baines, Distn, Jagielka, Hibbert, Heitinga, Fellaini, Osman, Yakubu, Pienaar, Arteta

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Premier League Preview - Fulham Vs Wolves

Fulham host Wolves this Saturday in an afternoon kick-off. Expect this to be hard-fought contest between two teams, both yet to taste defeat this season.

Relegation favourites not so long ago, Wolves have recouped well in the last month, climbing to 14th n the table. McCarthy's men have recorded two home draws against Everton and Stoke City, apart from an away win against West Ham. Also, Fulham have not beaten Wolves in their last 4 Premier league encounters.

Mick McCarthy will be particularly happy with Ebanks-Blake's form, this season. Hahnemann has been impressive, in goal.

Fulham had a tremendous seventh place finish last season, and their exploits in Europe have propped up manager Roy Hodgson as a contender for 'manager of the year'. Fulham have built up steam in the Europa Cup where they have reached the Semis.

In particular, Fulham's defence has stood the test this season, with just 37 goals conceded in 33 league matches. Also, their home performances have been exceptional, compensating for their poor away record. In fact, in ten games at Craven Cottage, the Cottagers have lost just one.

For Fulham, Bobby Zamora is back from injury, and is likely to start, in the Wolves game, and will be the key for the Cottagers in this home game. John Pantsil could make a come-back too. Fulham have luckily hung on to want-away 'keeper Schwarzer, at least till the January transfer window.

Clint Dempsey is likely to sit out, while a late fitness test could be in order, for Simon Davies. The Cottagers could also hand a debut to left-back Carlos Salcida. Moussa Dembele has also been impressive.

In their last match against Liverpool, Fulham fielded the following players: Schwarzer, Baird, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Duff, Murphy, Etuhu, Greening, Zamora, and Nevland.

Skipper Karl Henry will be missing from Wolves' starting eleven. After being red-carded in the Arsenal match, Henry will have one more match to serve out, after this one, in a three-match ban. as in the game against stoke, Edwards is likely to fill in for Henry. McCarthy will expect a star turn from Kevin Doyle, after shelling out £6.5 mn, a record for the Wanderers.

Wolves' squad is likely to be the same one they named against Stoke: Hahnemann; Zubar, Berra, Craddock, Elokobi, Mancienne, Foley, Edwards, Jones, Jarvis and Doyle.

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