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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides 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 ...
With Newcastle Utd. only showing average form on the road, Footymad are of the opinion a draw at Craven Cottage will be a good result. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Fulham | Unbeaten in the last 7 home games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | No sequences of note |