Fulham host Bournemouth at Craven Cottage on Saturday afternoon in gameweek 35, with Marco Silva potentially in charge of his penultimate home match for the club. The visitors arrive on a 15-match unbeaten run in the Premier League and are chasing a first league double over Fulham.
Fulham were beaten 3-0 by Arsenal last time out, a result shaped by a sickness bug in the squad and one that matched their joint-heaviest Premier League defeat of the season. Sander Berge missed that trip to the Emirates because of illness, while Emile Smith Rowe is expected to be available after going off with cramp.
The numbers at Craven Cottage still give Fulham a route into the contest. They have won 10 of their 17 Premier League home games this season and have only been shut out at home twice in the league. Only Arsenal, Manchester United, Manchester City and Aston Villa have managed more home victories in 2025-26, and Fulham are only three points below the top seven.
Bournemouth, though, have built a case for themselves that is hard to dismiss. They sit sixth in the table, six points adrift of the top five, and followed a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace with a run of five straight matches in which they have scored at least twice. Their unbeaten sequence is made up of seven wins and eight draws, and it has kept their European push alive.
The contrast with earlier in the spring is sharp. Between February 21 and March 14, Bournemouth scored just one goal in four games, but they have since found their rhythm again and beat Fulham 3-1 at home in October. They will try to complete a Premier League double over Silva's side for the first time.
That makes Saturday more than a routine late-season meeting. Fulham need a response after Arsenal, Bournemouth need to keep pace near the top six, and the meeting at Craven Cottage carries enough weight to shape both clubs' final stretch. Last season's game at Fulham ended 2-2, but this time neither side has much margin for error.
