Fulham vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview
Fulham vs West Ham United Matchday Stats Preview
Fulham won both Premier League meetings with West Ham last season by an aggregate score of 7-0. They’ve not won three consecutive league games against the Hammers since between October 1965 and October 1966.
West Ham have won 16 of their 28 Premier League games against Fulham, their best win rate against any side they’ve faced at least five times in the competition (57%).
Fulham have won only three of their last 12 Premier League games (D4 L5), with two of those victories coming against newly promoted sides – 4-2 v Luton in May and 2-1 v Leicester in August. Indeed, their only other such win came away to West Ham in April (2-0).
West Ham’s only win so far in the Premier League this season came away to Crystal Palace (2-0); they last won their opening two away league games of a season in 2015-16 (first 3).
Fulham lost only one of their four Premier League games that followed an international break last season (W2 D1), while West Ham lost three of their four such games in 2023-24 (W1).
Fulham manager Marco Silva has more Premier League wins against West Ham than any other side (P9 W6 L3), with the 17 goals his sides have scored against the Hammers in the competition also being his most.
Only Newcastle United (54) have faced more shots in the Premier League this season than West Ham (52), while their expected goals against total of 6.4 is also the second-highest, behind newly promoted Ipswich (6.9).
Fulham’s Raúl Jiménez has scored five Premier League goals against West Ham, his joint-best return against an opponent in the competition (also Everton and Southampton), with four of those five coming at home.
Since the start of last season, only Kieran Trippier (10) has more assists among defenders in the Premier League than Fulham’s Antonee Robinson (8). All eight have come in open play, with only Mohamed Salah (13), Brennan Johnson (10), and Anthony Elanga (9) having a better 100% open play assist rate in the division in that time.
West Ham’s Jarrod Bowen has nine Premier League goals away from home since the start of last season, with only Erling Haaland (16) and Ollie Watkins (10) netting more, while his only goal this term came away at Crystal Palace.