Crystal Palace will look to their strong recent record at Craven Cottage as they target a place in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals away to Fulham on Wednesday night. The Eagles have won their last three visits to the ground, a run manager Pierre Sage will hope can spark a turnaround in form, with the team currently 17th in the Premier League having taken just seven points from eight games, a record of two wins and a draw.
Palace's 2-0 home defeat to Newcastle last Saturday left them 17th in the Premier League with just seven points from eight games. They did show resilience in a 2-2 draw at Beşiktaş last week, with goals from Yeremy Pino and Jean-Philippe Mateta. Their recent form across the last five games stands at one win, one draw and three losses, leaving them 14 points behind the league leaders. Overall this season, they have scored nine goals but conceded 19, giving them a goal difference of minus ten.
He is expected to rotate his squad for the cup tie, with players like Anan Khalaili, who provided an assist in Turkey, pushing for a start. The team's next Premier League assignment is a trip to face 14th-placed Tottenham on Saturday 31 October, adding to the need for careful squad management. Before that cup draw with Beşiktaş, Palace had suffered a heavy 5-0 loss at Brighton and a 3-2 defeat in Lyon, though they did secure a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest earlier in the month.
Fulham are likely to stick with a settled side, having kept clean sheets in their last two outings. Their lineup against Coventry featured Leno in goal and attackers like Oscar Bobb and Joshua King. Palace, who lined up in a 3-4-2-1 shape last time out, will need to be wary of Fulham's organised defence while hoping their own forwards can rediscover the scoring touch that brought three goals against Nottingham Forest earlier this month. The match kicks off at 19:45 on Wednesday, October 28.
