On Saturday afternoon all spectators at Craven Cottage will be full of excitement. Fulham then takes on London against Huddersfield Town. In other words: the numbers nineteen and twenty are then facing each other in the Premier League. A degradation cracker with a lot of buzz.
Fulham:
Fulham has not been in last place in the Premier League since Boxing Day. That does not mean that the leak is at the top of The Cottagers. Fulham is in the nineteenth position in the Premier League and the numbers eighteen and nineteen are also relegated to the Championship at the end of the race. For the time being, Fulham remains the largest degradation candidate together with Huddersfield Town. Perhaps the team of Claudio Ranieri will perform better in the new calendar year. The club management of Fulham has already indicated that it is looking for reinforcements during the transfer period. That is also necessary because even at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Boxing Day, Fulham did not play well at times.
The Cottagers managed to catch a point against Wolverhampton on Boxing Day. The game between the two PhD students ended in a 1-1 draw. The Cottagers came after more than seventy minutes of play on an 1-0 lead by a goal from Ryan Sessegnon, but Sergio Rico had to score the equalizer ten minutes later. Aleksandar Mitrović had the possibility to give Fulham three points in the final phase, but the Serbian saw his effort being taken off the line. Over the entire game, they were happy with Fulham with the draw against the Wolves, because Fulham was in the majority of the game especially busy with defending.
Huddersfield Town:
For both Huddersfield Town and Fulham, Saturday afternoon’s game is almost crucial. If Huddersfield Town loses at Fulham then The Terriers have four points behind on The Cottagers and then it becomes very difficult for Huddersfield Town to maintain. It must be really crazy anyway this Hudddersfield Town this season not degrade from the Premier League, because in the first half of the season, the team of David Wagner certainly can not convince. The German-American coach of The Terriers and his team are in twentieth place in the English league and only managed to get ten points in nineteen matches. Of course it is easy to blame Wagner for that, but it must also be remembered that he has a bad selection. Especially in offensive terms no one gets hot or cold from this Huddersfield Town.
That was also Wednesday afternoon but again when The Terriers went to visit Manchester United. Huddersfield Town managed to keep Manchester United away from the goal, but The Terriers themselves did not create many chances. Wagner saw that his team trailed 3-1 at Old Trafford and the defeat was obviously correct. On behalf of The Terriers, Romain Saïss was meticulously visiting Manchester United and he only made the twelfth league goal of Huddersfield Town. This is by far the least scoring team in the Premier League and something like that at the end of the stage can make the difference between relegation and no degradation. With 34 goals against, Huddersfield Town has a reasonable defense, but if you never know how to score, it will be a difficult story to get points. Partly due to a lack of scoring ability, Huddersfield Town has failed to win six matches. In fact, Huddersfield Town lost all six matches. At Craven Cottage a result has to be achieved by The Terriers, because otherwise it will be very difficult for Huddersfield to make this season a success.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / NO @ 1.81
