Fulham face Newcastle with a 2-point table gap at Craven Cottage

Home ground has not yet delivered consistency

Can Fulham make Craven Cottage count against Newcastle? The home side’s Premier League home record this season is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, while Newcastle’s away record is 2 wins and 2 losses from 4 away games. Both teams have scored 6 goals in those respective settings, but Newcastle have conceded 8 away goals compared with Fulham’s 7 at home.

A narrow provisional table gap

Before this regular-season round 10 match, Newcastle are ranked #13 with 11 points from 9 games, while Fulham are ranked #15 with 9 points from 9 games. Newcastle are 2 points ahead of Fulham. Both remain well behind league leaders Arsenal, who have 24 points: Fulham trail the leaders by 15 points and Newcastle by 13.

That makes the result relevant to the teams’ positions without establishing any confirmed qualification or relegation consequence. The match is scheduled for Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 15:00 UTC at Craven Cottage, where Robert Jones is the referee.

Recent results offer mixed evidence

Fulham’s most recent-first nine-match form is Loss, Loss, Loss, Draw, Draw, Loss, Win, Win, Draw. Newcastle’s nine-match sequence is Draw, Win, Draw, Loss, Win, Loss, Loss, Win, Loss. Both teams list 4-2-3-1 as their preferred formation in all 9 matches, but that shared selection alone does not establish how either side will approach the game.

At kickoff, the concrete question is whether Fulham can turn their home scoring record into a defensive improvement against an away side that has kept 2 clean sheets in 4 away games.