Fulham — Crystal Palace 2:3, 5 September: match result

match finished Premier League · Matchday 3 Saturday 5 September · 14:00 UTC

Fulham 19th · 0 pts DDWWL

2 : 3 1st half 2:1

Crystal Palace 13th · 3 pts LLLLW

Craven Cottage · referee S. Barrott

Match predictionSafe

Crystal Palace to stay within two goals

93% · Crystal Palace sit 6 places higher in the table

Prediction landed. We predicted “Crystal Palace to stay within two goals”, and the match finished 2:3.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Fulham 39% draw 24% Crystal Palace 37%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Fulham win, and the match finished 2:3. Fans backed Fulham win — they got it wrong.

fans 31 votes

Fulham 45% draw 16% Crystal Palace 39%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

J. King 1-0 11'

T. Mitchell assist: E. Nketiah 1-1 35'

C. Palacios 2-1 42'

J. Larsen for E. Nketiah 46'

T. Mitchell 2-2 54'

S. Berge for C. Palacios 61'

B. Chilwell for T. Mitchell 74'

W. Hughes for Q. Timber 74'

B. Chilwell assist: D. Kamada 2-3 77'

E. Smith Rowe for S. Charles 79'

R. Sessegnon for A. Robinson 79'

H. Larsson for O. Bobb 79'

Rodrigo Muniz for A. Iwobi 83'

O. Mingueza for Y. Pino 89'

D. Osorio for D. Kamada 89'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Fulham 4-2-3-1 · Alvaro Arbeloa 3-4-2-1 · Pierre Sage Crystal Palace

Bernd Leno  
Timothy Castagne  5 Joachim Andersen  3 Calvin Bassey  33 Antonee Robinson  
Shea Charles  17 Alex Iwobi  
Oscar Bobb  24 Joshua King  8 César Palacios  
Gonzalo García  

Eddie Nketiah  
Daichi Kamada  10 Yéremy Pino  
Anan Khalaili  23 Quinten Timber  20 Adam Wharton  3 Tyrick Mitchell  
Chris Richards  5 Axel Disasi  6 Jaydee Canvot  
Dean Henderson  

Fulham bench

23Benjamin Lecomte
22David Affengruber
32Emile Smith Rowe
15Hugo Larsson
11Kevin
20Manuel Ángel Morán
9Rodrigo Muniz
30Ryan Sessegnon
16Sander Berge

Crystal Palace bench

33Ben Chilwell
28Cheick Doucouré
24Darío Osorio
22Jørgen Strand Larsen
17Takehiro Tomiyasu
44Walter Benítez
19Will Hughes
12Zavier Gozo
30Óscar Mingueza

Match stats

19 metrics for the full match

65%Possession35%

24Shots10

6Shots on target5

10Shots off target3

8Blocked shots2

21Shots inside box7

3Shots outside box3

127Attacks84

83Dangerous attacks22

7Corners1

1Offsides6

6Fouls6

2Saves5

670Passes367

596Accurate passes288

13Free kicks7

20Throw-ins17

6Goal kicks17

0Penalties0

Fulham

Crystal PalaceThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Fulham and Crystal Palace met on matchday 3 of the Premier League on 5 September at Craven Cottage. Final score — 2:3.

Fulham sit 19th on 0 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 4 draws, 4 losses), unbeaten in 4 matches, 3 matches without conceding. Crystal Palace sit 13th on 3 points after 10 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 7 losses), winless in 4 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Fulham won 0, Crystal Palace won 1, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 2:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Fulham last five Crystal Palace

DDWWL form LLLLW

10 Matches 10

2 — 4 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 2 — 1 — 7

10 — 12 Scored — conceded 10 — 24

1 Points per game 0.7

1 Goals scored per game 1

3 Clean sheets 1

2 Failed to score 5

unbeaten in 4 Current streak winless in 4

Fulham at home: 5 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses, goals 7—8, 1 points per match.

Crystal Palace away: 5 matches, 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses, goals 3—11, 0.8 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

0 Fulham wins 1 draw 1 Crystal Palace win goals 2:3 Fulham — Crystal Palace

01/01/2026	Crystal Palace — Fulham	1:1	Premier League
07/12/2025	Fulham — Crystal Palace	1:2	Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
14	Ipswich Town	9	3	2	4	14—18	11
15	Fulham	10	2	4	4	10—12	10
16	Nottingham Forest	10	2	3	5	9—13	9
17	Coventry City	10	3	0	7	10—19	9
18	Manchester United	9	1	4	4	10—15	7
19	Crystal Palace	9	2	1	6	9—21	7

Full Premier League table

Fulham — Crystal Palace, 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC : score 2:3