Crystal Palace vs Fulham Prediction: Eagles to get back to winning ways

Crystal Palace welcome Fulham to Selhurst Park to kick-off the new year on Thursday night (17:30 GMT, live on Sky Sports Premier League).

Read on to find my Crystal Palace vs Fulham predictions, as well as the latest team news and match odds.

Team News

Crystal Palace are without Daniel Munoz, who has a knee injury, while Cheick Doucoure is also unavailable due to a similar issue.

Ismaila Sarr is at the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and Daichi Kamada won’t play due to a hamstring problem.

Centre-back Chris Richards, meanwhile, needed stitches in his foot after facing Arsenal in the League Cup and so was sidelined for Sunday’s defeat to Spurs..

Fulham’s Nigeria trio of Samuel Chukwueze, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey are representing the Super Eagles at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Forward Rodrigo Muniz remains sidelined and Ryan Sessegnon is a doubt having struggled with a hamstring issue which has forced him to miss the last five matches.

Crystal Palace vs Fulham Odds

Crystal Palace are priced at 6/5 to win on Thursday, while Fulham are 5/2 to claim another victory after beating West Ham on Saturday. The draw is available at 23/10.

Both teams to score is a 4/5 chance while Eagles forward Jean-Philippe Mateta is 7/2 to open the scoring and Fulham striker Raul Jimenez is 11/5 to find the net at any time.

Crystal Palace to win @ 6/5

Crystal Palace have an extra workload compared to past seasons, as the Eagles are balancing the Premier League and domestic cup competitions with the Conference League.

With that in mind, there are greater demands on the squad this season and that appears to have been taking its toll over recent weeks.

However, while Palace have now gone five games without a win, Oliver Glasner still has genuine quality to call upon and so the Eagles can be confident of getting back to winning ways against Fulham.

Palace’s last league win came against the Cottagers in the reverse meeting between the pair at Craven Cottage in early December and so another victory would certainly provide a boost at the start of 2026.

Under 2.5 goals @ 8/11

Palace have scored just one goal in their last four home matches, drawing blanks against rivals Brighton, Manchester City and, most recently, Tottenham.

With that in mind, while the Eagles may have enough to get the better of Fulham, it is unlikely to be a goal fest.

The Cottagers have kept two clean sheets in two games and are looking solid at the back, meaning one goal may even be enough to decide this fixture.

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