Week 35 brings us a match on Feb 26th where Fulham will travel to Cardiff to battle Cardiff City in a Championship match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 19th placed Cardiff City, recorded a 1-1 draw against Blackpool. Marvin Ekpiteta scored the first goal for Blackpool in the 11th minute, then in the 49th minute, Cody Drameh sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Joel Bagan earning Cardiff City at least a draw. Cardiff City is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Fulham, recorded a 1-2 loss against Huddersfield Town. Daniel Ward scored the first goal for Huddersfield Town in the 31st minute, then Duane Holmes added another in the 43rd minute from the penalty spot. Fulham should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
Fulham and Cardiff City last played eachother at the Craven Cottage on Wed Oct 20th. Fulham won by a score of 2 to 0. Tom Cairney struck first for Fulham in the 57th minute, then Aleksandar Mitrović added another in the 63rd minute on a feed from Bobby Reid In the end, Cardiff City couldn’t muster any offence and Fulham ran away with the shutout win.
Aleksandar Mitrović has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Fulham. Joel Bagan has been the most prolific scorer on Cardiff City in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.