Tottenham vs Fulham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2023-10-22 19:00.
Tottenham Hotspur fans will have particularly enjoyed the sight of their beloved side sitting pretty atop the Premier League (PL) table over the last couple of weeks. That may well change by the time this game rolls around on Monday, yet their fantastic league performances to date (W6, D2) have seen Ange Postecoglu, James Maddison and Son Heung-Min pick up manager and player of the month awards already this season.
Spurs’ personable boss is the first man in PL history to scoop the award in his first two months and the first since Jürgen Klopp in 2019/20 to pick up back-to-back awards – a season in which Liverpool won the league in emphatic fashion. Another record looks set to topple too as a win here against London rivals Fulham would see Postecoglou pick up 23 points in his first nine PL games, more than any other manager in the league’s history.
Perhaps playing into that narrative is the fact that Fulham have failed to win each of their last ten PL London derbies (D4, L6), a run which includes four already this season (D2, L2). The Cottagers at least head into this on the back of some rather solid five-game competitive form (W3, D1, L1), a run which culminated with a 3-1 victory over newly promoted Sheffield United.
That result sent Fulham into the international break sitting comfortably in mid-table, but next on the agenda must be to register a first pair of back-to-back victories since May. Achieving such a feat away from home will be easier said than done, not least because they’ve conceded seven goals in three road trips since winning 1-0 in their first away league game of the campaign.
Players to watch: Spurs captain Son scored an incredible six goals during September en route to picking up his aforementioned personal accolade, but only one of those strikes served to open the scoring. Fulham’s Willian will have played no side more often than Spurs if he makes a 24th personal H2H appearance here and he should be raring to go after scoring in the previous round and making six prior goal contributions against these opponents (G4, A2).
Hot stat: Fulham have failed to win 20 of their last 21 away PL London derbies (D6, L14).