Fulham vs Liverpool Preview

Fulham v Liverpool
Saturday 4 April 2009,

Craven Cottage
Kickoff: 17:30

Fulham

Fulham defeated Manchester United 2-0 at home in their last league outing, the Cottagers' second straight win.

In their last five matches, Fulham have won two, drawn one and lost two, earning seven points from a potential fifteen. Fulham are currently ninth in the league, one point behind eighth placed West Ham and two points clear of10th placed Manchester City.

Fulham currently have no reported injury concerns.

Liverpool

Liverpool thrashed Aston Villa 5-0 in their last league outing, the Reds' third straight league win.

In their last five matches, Liverpool have won three, drawn one and lost one, picking up ten points from a potential 15. The Reds are currently second in the league, one point behind league leaders Manchester United (although Man Utd have a match in hand), and three points clear of third placed Chelsea.

Liverpool will be without Yossi Benayoun and Phillip Degen for this match.

Prediction

The two sides drew 0-0 earlier this season at Anfield, whilst last season's Fulham vs Liverpool fixture resulted in a 2-0 Liverpool win.

After recent losses to Hull and Blackburn, Fulham seem to have found their form again after a win over Bolton and an inspiring victory against Manchester United in their last fixture.

Liverpool have been in scintillating form during the month of March; their 4-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League seemingly serving as a catalyst for the side, who followed up the result with a 4-1 hammering of Manchester United and a 5-0 demolition of Aston Villa, with Steven Gerrard bagging a hat-trick in the latter of the two matches.

If the International break has not slowed down Liverpool's title ambitions, then Fulham—or any team for that matter—will be hard pressed to stop Liverpool on current form.

However, this match may not prove as easy for Liverpool as their win over Villa.

Fulham will undoubtedly be on a high after their massive victory over Man Utd two weeks ago, and with the current fourth best home record in the league, having defeated the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United, as well as drawing with Chelsea at Craven Cottage this season, Fulham will certainly not be a walk-over against any team at their home ground.

In spite of this, it looks as if nothing will stop Liverpool from at least mounting an exciting title challenge in the end of season run-in by picking up all of their remaining points, and so the Reds will go into another important match as favourites for victory.

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For Saturday's matches, we have also previewed Arsenal vs Manchester City and Newcastle vs Chelsea. Whilst on Sunday, a big match in Manchester United vs Aston Villa has been previewed.