West Ham vs Fulham prediction: ENGLAND: Premier League betting tips on match 2025-12-26 15:00.
[p]This London derby between West Ham United and Fulham sees two sides approaching the end of 2025 with different ambitions for the rest of the campaign.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]West Ham fans might not be enjoying the festive period very much after Saturday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Manchester City left them in the relegation zone and five points adrift of safety. The Hammers are winless across their last six league matches (D3, L3) but there’s still hope as 64% of teams spending Christmas Day third-from-bottom in the Premier League have gone on to survive, something they’ve also done twice before. But they’ll struggle to emulate that feat unless they improve their home form as they’ve won just two league fixtures here all season (L6).[/p]
[p]Fulham supporters have been living on their nerves in the run-up to Christmas as they’ve watched their side play out six consecutive games in which they’ve either won or lost by a one-goal margin (W4, L2), including Monday’s 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest. The Cottagers haven’t produced a top-flight draw since late August (W7, L8), although recent results have lifted them comfortably clear of relegation danger, giving them the chance to record three consecutive league away wins for the first time since February.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]West Ham have only lost two of the last ten H2Hs (W6, D2) and they’ve won six of the last seven meetings they hosted (L1). Five of those wins saw them score exactly three times.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]West Ham haven’t kept a clean sheet in their last 14 league fixtures.[/p]
[p]West Ham have received exactly one yellow card in three of their last five home Premier League games.[/p]
[p]There have been an odd number of goals in each of Fulham’s last seven matches.[/p]
[p]Fulham received exactly two yellow cards in each of their last four league away games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Mateus Fernandes opened the scoring in West Ham’s last home game (L 3-2 vs Aston Villa), but two of his last four club strikes arrived in the 90th minute. After scoring in both of Fulham’s last two league away games, each of Harry Wilson’s last eight club goalscoring appearances have been in games featuring 3+ goals.[/p]
[p]Łukasz Fabiański remains unavailable for West Ham with a back injury, while El Hadji Malick Diouf and Aaron Wan-Bissaka are at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Fulham had three players called up for AFCON and will also miss Ryan Sessegnon and Rodrigo Muniz with injuries.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Fulham’s knack of getting over the line in recent games just gives them the slight advantage here, so our tip is to back Fulham to win.[/p]
[p][i]Author: John Pennington[/i][/p]