English Premier
2026-03-04 - Fulham vs West Ham United
A Sports Betting Pick by Auls
Football: English Premier League
Wednesday 4th March 2026 - Kick Off 7:30pm
This game is live on TV
Fulham
Another Premier League victory has continued Fulham's push to join the battle for European places and there are only 5 points between them and West London rivals Chelsea. In between is another West London rival in Brentford and so Marco Silva is looking to provide the Fulham supporters with local bragging rights, as well as needing for them to dust off the passports for a long-awaited European adventure.
The manager and the players have to be given credit for Fulham being in 9th place in the Premier League table and also involved in the FA Cup Fifth Round. This could be a really memorable season, but Fulham have to remain focused as they bid to improve the 8-2-4 record at Craven Cottage.
Fulham beat Tottenham Hotspur here this past Sunday and they have won 3 in a row in all competitions, which will have given the team a lot of confidence. That victory in the London derby against Spurs means Fulham have won 4 of the last 5 at Craven Cottage in all competitions with the sole exception being a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Everton.
Joachim Andersen has an illness and has to be considered a doubt, while influential Harry Wilson picked up a knock on Sunday and is another. Sasa Lukic should be available, but Kevin is set to miss the remainder of the season.
West Ham United
If you had only seen the final scoreline, the expectation would have been that West Ham United had been outplayed and well beaten at Anfield on Saturday. That was far from the case with the home team just showing a bit more composure in the final third and Nuno Espirito Santo will still be feeling pretty confident that his West Ham United team can drag themselves out of the bottom three.
Everything remained static in the bottom third aside from Wolves earning three points and that means West Ham United are still 18th in the Premier League table and 2 points from safety. They will be able to move past Nottingham Forest with a victory and seeing their relegation rivals fail to earn a positive result at Manchester City, but the focus has to be on improving the 3-4-7 away record.
West Ham United have not won any of the last 4 games in all competitions in normal time, but they will be aggrieved that they have not earned more than 2 Premier League points in games against Manchester United, Bournemouth and Liverpool considering performances produced. The Hammers have lost 4 of the last 6 away Premier League games, but both exceptions have been in winning efforts.
Freddie Potts is suspended and Pablo is not quite ready to be available.
Head to Head
A late goal was enough for Fulham to earn a 0-1 win in East London at the end of December.
West Ham United have won twice in the last 5 visits to Craven Cottage, but the last 2 here have ended 5-0 in favour of Fulham before the 1-1 draw last season.
Prediction
At a time when it felt like Nuno Espirito Santo was going to be fired for the second time this season by a Premier League club, the manager has just found a formula to help West Ham United turn things around.
They have not quite been able to move out of the bottom three, but West Ham United have looked to be in better form than the likes of Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur and the supporters do believe avoiding the drop is very possible.
Losing 5-2 at Anfield will have hurt, but West Ham United deserved a lot more than they got and they have continued to produce some solid attacking displays together. The signing of Taty Castellanos has given the team a real focal point and that has helped West Ham United who continue to create very good chances.
There are still some issues defensively, as seen at Liverpool, and that is something that will offer Fulham encouragement.
Being without Harry Wilson would hurt Fulham considering the form the Welshman has been in for a number of weeks, but this is still a team that have enjoyed playing at Craven Cottage and who look to have a couple more options to fill in if needed.
Fulham's win over Tottenham Hotspur can only have maintained the momentum that has been picked up of late and that will mean a confident home team coming into this fixture.
You can understand the home team being favoured with that in mind, although West Ham United have shown they have plenty of bite in the final third too. The visiting team have won 2 of the last 4 away games played in the Premier League and games between these London rivals have tended to be competitive in recent years.
Only one goal was scored when they met at the London Stadium in December, but that was not for a lack of action in the final third.
The last 5 Fulham games at Craven Cottage have all ended with at least three goals shared out (the last 4 have ended 2-1 or 1-2), while 5 of the last 6 away League games played by West Ham United have also ended with at least three goals shared out.
In each of the last three seasons since Fulham returned to the top flight under Marco Silva, one of the two League games between these teams have featured at least three goals being scored. This one on Wednesday night could be sparked by an early goal and another Fulham fixture ending 2-1 either way cannot be ruled out.
Picking a winner is the challenge, so the focus has to be on picking at least three goals to be scored on the night.
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The Pick :
Fulham 1-2 West Ham United
