(Football news) Last Saturday, the relegation-threatened Burnley and the Fulham men both let a two-goal lead slip away in a 2-2 draw, while the Cherries were also held to a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.
Fulham, who haven’t won in the Premier League since the beginning of the year, came within twenty minutes of becoming the first team to win the league in 2024 last weekend at Turf Moor thanks to goals from Palhinha and Rodrigo Muniz.
Burnley looked destined for an all too familiar home loss until Chelsea’s David Fofana scored twice in the last 20 minutes thanks to an inspired replacement by Kompany. Although Fofana may not have been aware of his second goal of the game, it did not lessen the significance of the strike.
Since a slender 1-0 beating of Rotherham United in the FA Cup, Fulham’s efforts to pick up another victory have seen Silva’s men play out a trio of draws and suffer a trio of defeats, and their 13th-placed position in the rankings could become more precarious without an immediate upturn in fortunes.
Only seven points separate the Cottagers from 18th-placed Everton in the drop zone, although by netting twice against the Clarets last weekend, Fulham matched their goalscoring tally from their previous six league fixtures, where Arsenal were the only team that they did not draw a blank against.
Furthermore, nineteen of Fulham’s 26 points in the 2023-24 Premier League season have been won at Craven Cottage, where they have taken 14 from the last 18 on offer, and Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth powers may be waning slightly.
As is the case with their upcoming hosts, Bournemouth have not revelled in a Premier League triumph since the end of 2023, and the Cherries’ winless run in the top flight stretched to four games during the visit of Nottingham Forest to the Vitality Stadium last weekend.
Akin to their previous stalemate with West Ham United on February 1, the Cherries drew first blood early doors as Justin Kluivert poked home at the back stick from a corner, but a sublime curler from Callum Hudson-Odoi – who was then the victim of a red card-worthy challenge from Philip Billing – saw the Reds head home with a slice of the spoils.
A nervy final 15 minutes were in store for the home crowd when Billing was given his marching orders, but neither side’s performance truly merited a three-point haul, and Bournemouth’s previous festive joy has slowly evaporated on account of taking just two points from the last 12 on offer.
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