On Saturday Feb 19th, Fulham hosts Huddersfield Town at Craven Cottage in a meeting of these two closely matched Championship teams. Weather on match day is looking like a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Fulham sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Hull City. Aleksandar Mitrović struck first for Fulham in the 57th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Hull City couldn’t muster any offence and Fulham ran away with the shutout win. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Fulham should be reasonably happy with their performance, while huddersfield Town is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Sheffield United. Neither Huddersfield Town nor Sheffield United could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Huddersfield Town should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in The John Smith’s Stadium, Fulham won by a score of 5 to 1. Aleksandar Mitrović scored the first goal for Fulham in the 9th minute, then Joshua Onomah added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Bobby Reid.
Huddersfield Town’s most prolific scorer has been Duane Holmes. The American midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Fulham is glad to have Aleksandar Mitrović in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals.