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FC Fulham vs. Liverpool FC
It’s finally that time again. The Premier League starts again in its league business. This means we can once again enjoy teams like Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool in all their glory and under pressure to perform. The latter is what we want to talk about today, because Jürgen Klopp’s LFC has to deal directly with a difficult to assess promoted team on the first matchday of the new season. The Reds are visiting Fulham FC in London. There it comes to the absolute traditional clash.
While everyone is familiar with the history of Liverpool FC, few know that Fulham is the oldest active club in England’s capital city. Thus, football romantics can look forward to a true feast of emotions. Which information is important for this match, which transfers can be decisive and how the match will probably end, you can find out here with us. In this Fulham – Liverpool tip you will also get three betting tips from experts.
Fulham FC, as a promoted team, are the clear underdogs in this match and we don’t have to sugarcoat anything, because if Liverpool are in some form, this duel should clearly go to the Reds. Still, surprises may be in store. The Cottagers have strengthened themselves very well and in the league opener there have been one or two surprises in the past. So there is still a lot of suspense there.
Fulham – Liverpool Info
– Date & Time: 06/08/2022, at 13:30.
– Venue: Craven Cottage, Fulham (London)
– Competition: Premier League, Matchday 1
– TV coverage: Sky
Fulham Form & Balance Check
Fulham FC dominated the second-tier Championship this past season. With 90 points and 106 goals scored, they swept over their opponents and so in the end they quite rightly took the championship title. To survive in the Premier League, however, you have to be cut from a very special cloth. Coach Marco Silva still sees room for improvement.
According to him, the main problem is the defence, which needs to be improved. The first step was taken with the signing of Bernd Leno. He came from FC Arsenal and is supposed to keep the London box clean in the future. Malang Sarr from Chelsea and Issa Diop from West Ham are also expected to join the team in central defence. If all this works out, the Cottagers’ squad sounds very Premier League-ready.
The dream of every German promoted player
As already mentioned, Fulham FC were promoted to the PL in the summer. Compared to German promoted teams, the Londoners or even most other English clubs that come from the Championship have a huge advantage, the money. It’s hard to imagine for teams like Fürth or Bochum how the Cottages can make transfers for 20 million euros or even more in some cases. Examples here are Pereira (10 million), Palhinha (20 million), Mbabu (5 million) or Carvalho (5 million). This means they have spent more money than, for example, Union Berlin, who are represented internationally this year.
Fulham facts & analysis
– Championship dominated last year.
– Many and expensive transfers made
– Keeping class as clear goal
Liverpool Form & Balance Check
Likely not much needs to be said about Liverpool FC. In recent years they have more than attracted attention. Especially in Germany, probably again more people follow the Reds than City because of the German coach. Nevertheless, there are again individual innovations in Jürgen Klopp’s team this season. For example, the newly crowned African Player of the Year Sadio Mane has left the club for Munich.
His successor, however, was not long in coming. With Darwin Nunez, LFC might have got the shooting star of the next few years. The young Uruguayan fulfils all the criteria to become a very strong PL striker. In the Community Shield against Manchester City he already showed that he can help the Reds. We’ll see to what extent he can fill Mane’s gap and to what extent he can help Jürgen Klopp win more titles.
Title number 1: Check
It’s no big secret that Liverpool want to win as many titles as possible every year. Preferably all of them straight away. Even if this goal is somewhat utopian, it has to be Klopp’s mantra to achieve it. They have already clinched title number one with the Community Shield. In addition, they have achieved this success against their omnipresent rivals from Manchester. This shows that the Reds have every chance of winning the championship as well as the Champions League again this year. In addition, they have put a first exclamation mark on the question of the best English team.
Liverpool facts & analysis
– Finished 2nd last year.
– Community Shield won
– Sadio Mane replaced with Darwin Nunez
– Championship a clear target
Predicted line-up – last update on 4 August 2022
At Liverpool FC, we believe there will be a change at centre forward. Bobby Firmino will make way for Darwin Nunez. The latter will then have the chance to score his goals directly in the first league game. The rest of the team will probably remain unchanged compared to the Community Shield. The only exception to this is the change of goalkeeper from cup keeper Adrian to Alisson.
Fulham FC will start directly with some newcomers. Starting with Bernd Leno in goal. The German has not been in the Cottages team for long, but with his quality he won’t need much time to get used to the team. Then there are Palhinha and Pereira, who are expected to dominate the midfield.
Fulham – Liverpool direct comparison & stats
Easily the most exciting thing about the direct comparison between these teams is that the last meeting went to Fulham. To that end, that Cottages success was away at Anfield Road. Another interesting fact is that despite the Reds’ attacking prowess, they have never scored more than three goals in their last four meetings. In contrast, in the four duels before that, at least four goals have always been scored.
– Last duel went to Fulham
– Fulham won away at Liverpool
– Last four duels never over 3 goals
– Most frequent result is 2-0 to Liverpool
– Fulham unbeaten against Liverpool for two games
