Fulham vs Crystal Palace prediction: ENGLAND: FA Cup betting tips on match 2025-03-28 12:15.
[p]The FA Cup is down to the quarter-final stage, with the eight remaining sides standing potentially just 90 minutes away from a Wembley semi-final. Fulham haven’t reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup since 2001/02, but they do have some recent history on their side which suggests they could break that duck here as they made the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup only last season. [/p]
[p]The Cottagers had to knock Manchester United out at Old Trafford to reach this stage, and they boast some impressive form coming into this clash, winning six of their last eight games (L2). It’s one of those defeats which stands out above the rest though – a 2-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace – and Fulham ominously haven’t beaten the South Londoners at home since January 2005 (D3, L3). [/p]
[p]Since Fulham’s last semi-final appearance in the FA Cup, Palace have appeared at that stage twice, even reaching the final in 2015/16. They’ve got form on their side to suggest they can make it three times across the last ten editions after winning their last five competitive away games without conceding a single goal, which includes that aforementioned win on this ground. [/p]
[p]You’d have to go back to mid-December and a visit to Arsenal for the last time Palace conceded an away goal, going an incredible 549 minutes unbreached on the road since. This promises to be an incredibly stern test of that new-found resolve, and it will certainly be sterner than what they’ve faced to reach this point in the FA Cup, as Palace knocked out lower-league opposition in rounds three, four and five![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Rodrigo Muniz has scored three FA Cup goals already this season – ten of his last 12 club goals arrived after half-time, but the two that didn’t came in this competition. Fresh from his first-ever England goal in the international break, Eberechi Eze has seen three of his last four club goals come in cup competitions, the last two of which opened the scoring inside ten minutes. [/p]
[p]Hot streak: Each of Crystal Palace’s last ten games saw at least one goal scored after half-time. [/p]
[p][i]Written by Chris Wilson[/i][/p]