Fulham vs Leicester Preview: Silva's men look to bounce back from United loss

Fulham were unfortunate to lose to Man Utd on the opening day last week, while Leicester earned an admirable draw versus Tottenham

 
11:56am on Thursday 22nd August 2024
By
Martin Macdonald

Both Fulham and Leicester are looking for their first win of the Premier League season at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

Marco Silva's side were involved in the league opener versus Man Utd on Friday and lost 1-0, while the Foxes played on Monday night, drawing 1-1 with Tottenham.

Match Preview

Fulham recent form

In pre-season friendlies, Fulham won three friendlies versus Luton, Benfica and Hoffenheim, though they lost 2-1 at home against Sevilla.

Last Friday, they were unlucky in defeat against United, who had to rely on a late winner from Joshua Zirzkee to claim all three points. If Fulham's decision-making was better in the final third they easily could have drawn the game as they had a number of counterattacking opportunities that fizzled out.

Fulham injury news

Silva has a fully fit squad heading into this one.

Last Fulham starting XI

Leicester recent form

The Foxes didn't impress in pre-season and lost three out of four friendlies against Palermo, Augsburg and Lens.

On Monday, it looked like it was going to be a long evening as Spurs put in an extremely dominant first-half performance to go 1-0 in at the break. Leicester rallied and eventually earned a point, though that was probably more due to Spurs' collapse.

Leicester injury news

Leicester are missing three players for the game as Conor Coady, Jakub Stolarczyk and Patson Daka are all injured. Daka will be absent for a few months after undergoing ankle surgery.

Luke Thomas should make it despite a recent niggle.

Last Leicester starting XI

Fulham vs Leicester - who is the referee and VAR?

Referee: Darren Bond

Assistants: Darren Cann, James Mainwaring

Fourth official: Leigh Doughty

VAR: Jarred Gillett

Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton

Fulham - Player to Watch?

Antonee Robinson was one of the best players on the pitch in the Man Utd game, earning a 7.0 FC Rating, so Leicester will need to be wary of his bombing runs down the left-hand side.

Leicester - Player to Watch?

The second half on Monday was the Jamie Vardy show. After drinking a half-time Red Bull, he scored the equaliser, told Cristian Romero to "f*** off" and then made fun of the Spurs fans, gesturing that they had never won the Premier League like Leicester have.

Fulham vs Leicester - Prediction

Fulham actually played some nice stuff against United and if they can just sort out their decision-making, they will be dangerous.

Fulham 2-1 Leicester

In terms of betting, both teams to score looks a good option here as both conceded on the opening day and should have conceded a lot, lot more if it weren't for the profligacy of United and Spurs.

For all of the analysis of the match as it happens live, check out our Preview and Live Update page for the game.

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