English Premier
2025-10-03 - Bournemouth vs Fulham
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Friday 3rd October 2025 - Kick Off 8pm
This game is live on TV
Bournemouth
Any time a goal deep into injury time earns a positive result, it is going to be welcomed by a team, although Andoni Iraola may be a touch disappointed with the last couple of Bournemouth performances. Keeping the points ticking over is clearly going to please most, but the manager may actually feel Bournemouth have been dropping points from fixtures against Newcastle United and Leeds United.
Despite that, The Cherries are 6th in the Premier League table and 11 points have been secured through the first six fixtures played. They return home on Friday night and Bournemouth have a 2-1-0 record at the Vitality Stadium where they have scored 3 goals and conceded 1.
Bournemouth are unbeaten in 4 games in the Premier League since losing in the League Cup Second Round, while they are unbeaten in the top flight since the opening weekend of the season. They were held to a goalless draw by Newcastle United in the last League fixture here and that snapped Bournemouth's run of 3 successive home Premier League wins.
Lewis Cook could be available this weekend, although the manager may choose not to risk him with a two week break between games coming up.
Fulham
An early goal gave Fulham the perfect start at Villa Park last Sunday, but they conceded two very quick second half goals and were ultimately well beaten. Marco Silva was not very happy with some of the officiating on the day, and he has not been happy in previous fixtures either, but the manager will be demanding a positive reaction from his team.
The loss at Villa Park has dropped Fulham to 11th in the Premier League table with 8 points on the board, but it is an inconsistent Division and the Club can make a quick move up the League standings with a good result or two. That will mean improving the 0-1-2 away record in the top flight where Fulham have scored 2 goals and conceded 6.
Fulham had returned from the September international break with 3 straight wins in all competitions and they looked on course for another success when scoring first at Aston Villa last Sunday. The side have now lost 6 of their last 9 away Premier League games, although Fulham do have a couple of wins in that time.
Raul Jimenez scored the opener last weekend, but was soon withdrawn with an injury and is considered a doubt. Kenny Tete and Rodrigo Muniz are both expected to miss out as well.
Head to Head
Bournemouth took four points from Fulham last season and the majority were earned in a 1-0 home win.
They are now unbeaten in 4 at the Vitality Stadium against Fulham and won 3 in a row.
Prediction
A Friday Night Football game has been scheduled in the Premier League and it comes from the South Coast between two clubs that will be hoping to push onto the European places come the end of the season.
Both Bournemouth and Fulham challenged for those positions down to the wire in the last campaign and the starts made can only be seen as a positive for Andoni Iraola and Marco Silva respectively.
There has been a discrepancy with the Fulham performances at home and away and that could be a factor on Friday.
They may be without the first choice striking options if Raul Jimenez cannot recover to lead the line with Rodrigo Muniz already expected to miss out. That does make things all the more difficult when visiting a Bournemouth team that have conceded a single home League goal and who have kept the points ticking over, even after relatively disappointing draws with Newcastle United and Leeds United.
Andoni Iraola will likely have noted that his team have not been at their attacking best in the last couple of games, but Fulham have not been that sound defensively away from home.
Bournemouth have beaten them 3 times in a row at the Vitality Stadium and the expectation is that they will find some answers in the final third to secure another three points against this visiting opponent.
The Statistics :
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Pick :
Bournemouth 1-0 Fulham
