Fulham are winless in their last eight Premier League games against Newcastle (2 draws, 6 defeats) and have lost their last five games in a row.
Newcastle have won their last four away league games against Fulham, having previously lost six in a row at Craven Cottage.
None of Fulham’s 16 Premier League home games against Newcastle have ended in a draw. The Cottagers have won nine and lost seven. The only game played more times in the competition’s history without ending in a draw is Everton v Fulham at Goodison Park (17).
Fulham have won just one of their last six Premier League home games (D2, L3). Before that, they had won four of their previous six games at Craven Cottage (D1, L1).
With 10 points (3 wins, 1 draw), this is Newcastle’s best start to a Premier League season after four games since 1995/96 under Kevin Keegan (12 points) – the Magpies have not been unbeaten in their first five top-flight games since 2011/12 under Alan Pardew (2 wins, 3 draws).
Fulham have the sixth-highest number of shots on goal in the Premier League this season (58), but have only managed to score four goals – only Southampton (2.1%) have a lower shot conversion rate than the Cottagers (6.9%) this season.
Newcastle have an overall xG of 6.5 in the Premier League this season but have only conceded three goals. The difference of 3.5 between goals conceded and xG against the best in the league so far is.
Newcastle have won six of their 12 Premier League away games so far in 2024 (D1 L5). Only Arsenal and Man City (10 each) have more away wins this year. In fact, that’s already more away wins than the Magpies have in all of 2023 (W5 D7 L8).
Harvey Barnes has either scored (2) or assisted (1) in his last three Premier League appearances for Newcastle. He has previously been involved in a goal in four consecutive matches in the competition, only coming at Leicester in January 2021.
Alexander Isak turns 25 on the day of this game. The last Newcastle player to score a Premier League goal on his birthday was Fabricio Coloccini against Tottenham in January 2011, while the only Swedish player to ever do so was Martin Pringle for Charlton against Chelsea in November 2000.
