Bournemouth vs Fulham

Bournemouth have won three home league games in a row against Fulham for the first time since a run of three between 1928 and 1931.

Fulham have lost three in a row on the road in the Premier League, as many defeats as they suffered in the 16 before this (W8 D5), with the Cottagers last enduring a longer top-flight losing streak between November 2023 and January 2024 (5).

This is just the eighth game in Premier League history to end 1-0 with the winner scored in the first minute, and the first since Everton v Brentford in March 2023.

Bournemouth have won their last two home league games against Fulham, last winning three in a row against them between 1928 and 1931.

Fulham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 league games against Bournemouth (1-0 in April 2019), while they’ve only failed to score in one of their last eight against the Cherries (0-3 in December 2023).

Bournemouth have lost each of their last four home league games; in their Football League/Premier League history, only in October 1996 and April 2005 have they ever suffered five successive home defeats, both as a third-tier club.

Fulham have alternated between winning (4) and losing (3) in each of their last seven Premier League games, beating Liverpool 3-2 last time out. Only in September (v Newcastle & Nottingham Forest), November (v Brentford & Crystal Palace), and February (v Newcastle & Nottingham Forest) have the Cottagers won back-to-back league games this season.

Bournemouth have conceded exactly twice in each of their last five Premier League games; not since February 2017 have they shipped 2+ goals in more successive league matches (7).