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Fulham and Rotherham United face off at Craven Cottage in a match of the 21st round of the Championship. The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, who in the last 4 matches won 2 and drew 2. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 12-12-2015, ended with Fulham’s victory by (4-1 ). The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between the 9th and 24th of the overall standings, in fact this is a confrontation between the 18th placed in home games and the 24th as a visitor.
Fulham
After 7 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, the home team is in 9th place, having won 29 points. In the last match, they drew with Wolverhampton away by (4-4), after having won at home in a game against Reading, by (5-0). This is a team that normally achieves more positive results as a visitor than at home, having won 15 points, scoring 16 goals and 12, and 13 points at the stadium with 18 goals scored and 13 goals conceded. In the last 10 home games for the championship, Fulham have recorded 3 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, having won 13 points out of 30. The team conceded goals to their opponents in 7 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, since they managed to achieve in 9 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 20 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 10 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard.
Fulham come to this game with a surprising 4-4 draw against Wolves, adding their second consecutive game without losing in the competition: goals were scored by Johansen, Ayité (2 goals) and Cairney. In this home game, coach Slavisa Jokanovic should keep the team at 4-2-3-1 with Martin the most offensive benchmark: this player is the top scorer with 5 goals scored. It is important to note that the home team have not lost at home for four straight games. It might be a while before the fans see Sone Aluko again.
Rotherham United
The visiting team is currently in 24th place with 10 points, after 2 wins, 4 draws and 14 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Burton Albion by (2-1). In the last match, won at home to Queens Park Rangers by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 9 points, against only 1 in their games as a visitor. In the league, Rotherham United won 1 point in 30 chances, after 1 draw and 9 defeats in the last 10 games they played as a visitor.
For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 10 games. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In his games as a visitor there is a tendency to have goals, since 10 of his last 10 games in the competition finished with More than 2.5 goals. In 20 games in this competition, he never managed to get back on the scoring in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Paul Warne-led team comes to this motivated round due to a 1-0 home win against QPR, putting an end to the fifteen consecutive games without winning in the competition: the only goal of the team was scored by Brown. In this away game the coach must line up in the usual tactical system, that is, the 4-4-2, benefiting the midfield and the organized attacks, looking, for the most part, the offensive Danny Ward: this player is the Highest scorer with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach can not rely on Odemwingie, suspended, in addition to Camp and Halford, players who are injured.
Prediction: over 2.5 goals @ 1.57