Prediction: 3-1
Tip: Aleksandar Mitrović to score or assist/Goals Over 2.5
Key Points:
1. Aleksandar Mitrovic is the competition's top scorer
2. Fulham is ranked 1st in goals scored per match (2.7 goals)
3. Blackpool haven't won an away game in their last five matches
Title favorites Fulham will host Blackpool at Craven Cottage for round 29 of the SkyBet Championship on Sunday afternoon.
Fulham has picked up their pace in extending the margin between the first and the second-ranked teams in the standings. Marco Silva's side has a game in hand, but that has not stopped them from establishing a five-point lead at the top.
It would be a daunting task to roadblock the Cottagers' momentum by any means. They have comprehensively managed to win four out of their last five league games. In those games, Fulham has scored 22 goals in total and conceded seven.
Fulham's defense is a fragility that Blackpool would love to exploit. Neil Critchley's side has earned back-to-back narrow margined victories that take their tally to three wins with two losses in their last five.
Though unlikely, the Seasiders will be pushing to have a strong performance in the remaining games to wiggle their way into the play-off places. They have to overcome the eight points that separate the fourteenth-placed side from the sixth.
Blackpool is struggling with their offense this season. Ranked as one of the lowest sides in terms of shots on target and goals scored per game. Contrastingly, both Harry Wilson and Aleksandar Mitrovic have contributed regularly for Fulham. But both of them were left out in their last outing. Expect them to make a strong start again in the Tangerines.
The hosts will lack the services of Ivan Cavaleiro and Kenny Tete due to injury, while Jean Michaël Seri hasn't yet returned from his international duties for AFCON. For the visiting side, numerous players are unavailable due to their varied nature of injuries. The players who won't be making the trip are Chris Maxwell, James Husband, Grant Ward, Keshi Anderson, Matty Virtue, and Sonny Carey, while Reece James suffers from the coronavirus.
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