Fulham vs Leicester Prediction: Believe in the Foxes

With both teams hoping to pick up their first win of the 2024-25 season at the second attempt, Fulham and Leicester City go head-to-head at Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.

The Cottagers started the new season with a narrow 1-0 defeat to Manchester United, while Steve Cooper's side impressed by holding Tottenham Hotspur to a 1-1 draw.

Latest Fulham vs Leicester team information

With no Fulham players injured or sent off against Manchester United, manager Silva is expected to have a healthy squad for Saturday's game and has already added Norwegian midfielder Sander Berge following his arrival from Burnley.

Berge - who is also said to have attracted interest from Manchester United - is likely to be immediately thrust into the starting line-up for his full debut on Saturday, potentially leaving Sasa Lukic on the bench if Emile Smith Rowe and Andreas Pereira retain their places.

The hosts are expected to welcome back Danish defender Joachim Andersen from Crystal Palace early, but Calvin Bassey and Issa Diop should continue to provide the defensive wall in front of Bernd Leno for the time being.

In terms of Leicester's situation, winger Abdul Fatawu was the unfortunate victim of a clash of heads with Bentancur on Monday night, but the 20-year-old was uninjured and completed the full 90 minutes at the King Power.

However, neither Luke Thomas (unspecified injury), Conor Coady (thigh injury) nor Patson Daka (ankle injury) were involved in the draw with Spurs, but while the latter two are certain to miss this game, Thomas could return to the squad.

Similar to Fulham, the Foxes could also hand a debut to new defensive midfielder Oliver Skipp, but the former Tottenham man could be left on the bench while Harry Winks, Wilfred Ndidi and Facundo Buonanotte operate in midfield.

Latest Fulham vs Leicester expected lineup

Fulham: Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Pereira, Berge; Traore, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Muniz

Leicester City: Hermansen; Justin, Faes, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Ndidi; Fatawu, Buonanotte, Decordova-Reid; Vardy

Latest Fulham vs Leicester match review

Given the honour of opening the new Premier League season alongside Manchester United, Fulham initially looked set to secure a point at Old Trafford last Friday night, where Marco Silva's side successfully fended off several ineffective attacks from Erik ten Hag's side.

However, Fulham failed to capitalise on their chances, and with three minutes remaining, Man United new boy Joshua Zirkzee met Alejandro Garnacho's pass and scored with a delicate shot into the far corner.

Only a poor miss from Garnacho just before the hour mark prevented a heavier defeat for Fulham, whose manager Silva can take heart from the positives of the loss, although the positives did not translate into points for the capital club.

Early wins at Craven Cottage have also been hard to come by for Fulham in recent years, with the hosts having to go back to the 2012-13 season to find the last time they won their first Premier League game at home, then lost four of their next five.

Furthermore, Silva's side took just one point from a total of 12 at Craven Cottage last season, although those three defeats came against Liverpool, Manchester City and Newcastle United, while the only 1-1 draw came against Crystal Palace.

Speaking of two-goal draws, Leicester should have had no hope of overturning the deficit against Tottenham on Monday, with Cooper's side blown away in the first half, but the Lilywhites only had Pedro Porro's goal to their credit.

The second goal Tottenham were looking for could not come, despite several saves from Leicester goalkeeper Mads Hermansen - and when Ange Postecoglou's defence struggled early in the second half, Jamie Vardy - a nightmare for the Big Six at 37 - made the most of his chances.

However, the Leicester icon - who Cooper had announced would miss the opening game through injury - then missed a golden opportunity to complete Leicester's comeback, but the Foxes still looked capable of adding to their tally until Rodrigo Bentancur's serious injury halted their momentum.

However, Leicester now head to London having won more away games than any other team in England's top four divisions last season (14), but before being relegated in 2023 they had gone eight consecutive away games without a win.

The fifth and most recent defeat in that run was a 5-3 defeat at Craven Cottage in May 2023 – where they were 4-0 down after just 51 minutes – which also marked Fulham’s third win in their last four games against newly promoted sides. While neither team could win on the opening day of the season, Saturday’s opponents may have more positives to take away from this, even if Leicester were poor in the first 45 minutes against Tottenham before improving in the second half.

A similarly slow start may not prove fatal against a Fulham side whose lack of breakthrough has damaged their chances at Old Trafford, and we could see the points shared evenly in this game.

Fulham vs Leicester score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Fulham vs Leicesteras follows:

• Sportsmole:Fulham 1-1 Leicester

• WhoScore:Fulham 2-1 Leicester
• Our newspaper predicts:Fulham 1-2 Leicester

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