“I’m going to have to reflect and analyse and make a decision closer to the game. I’m in consultation with him. So, I’m not 100 per cent sure, ” Howe admitted. Fulham will be able to welcome back star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic from his one-game suspension. And Fulham boss Marco Silva has no fresh injury concerns to contend with as Neeskens Kebano remains the only long-term absentee. AFP Joelinton has been charged by police with drink-driving Newcastle v Fulham: What has been said? Speaking on the visitors, Toon boss Howe said: “Very much in good form.
They last did so in league football between August and September 2009 in the Championship. Fulham have won their last two away Premier League games, beating Crystal Palace and Leicester, keeping a clean sheet in both. They haven’t won three in a row since April/May 2008, while they’ve never won three away top-flight games in a row without conceding before.
The Magpies are conceding a goal on average every 166 minutes with him on the pitch, the best ratio of any Newcastle player to play at least 200 minutes for the club in the Premier League. Nick Pope has kept a clean sheet in his last four Premier League appearances for Newcastle, his longest string of clean sheets in the competition. The last English goalkeeper with five consecutive clean sheets was Fraser Forster in February 2016 for Southampton (six in a row). Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored in his last three away Premier League appearances for Fulham and could become the first ever Cottagers player to score in four in a row.
He could become the second player this season to score against the Magpies at St James’ Park in the Premier League after previously playing for them in the competition, along with Ivan Toney. Callum Wilson has scored four goals in his four Premier League games against Fulham, netting in both of his appearances for Newcastle against the Cottagers. Fulham have won four away Premier League games in 2022-23, as many as they managed in their previous two top-flight campaigns combined (1 in 2018-19, 3 in 2020-21). The Cottagers haven’t won five away games in a Premier League season since 2003-04. Newcastle United have kept a clean sheet in their last four Premier League matches – the Magpies have never kept five in a row in the top-flight in their entire history.
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