Fulham are winless in their last eight Premier League meetings with Newcastle (D2 L6), losing each of the last five in a row.
Newcastle have won each of their last four away league games against Fulham, having lost six in a row at Craven Cottage before this.
None of Fulham’s 16 Premier League home games against Newcastle have finished level, with the Cottagers winning nine and losing seven. The only exact fixture to be played more without being drawn in the competition’s history is Everton v Fulham at Goodison Park (17).
Fulham have won just one of their last six Premier League home games (D2 L3), having won four of their previous six at Craven Cottage before this (D1 L1).
With 10 points (W3 D1), this is Newcastle’s best start to a Premier League campaign after four games since 1995-96 under Kevin Keegan (12 points) – the Magpies haven’t gone unbeaten in their opening five top-flight matches since 2011 -12 under Alan Pardew (W2 D3).
Fulham have had the joint-sixth highest number of shots in the Premier League this season (58) but have scored just four goals – only Southampton (2.1%) have a lower shot conversion rate than the Cottagers (6.9%) this term.
Newcastle have an xG against total of 6.5 in the Premier League this season, but have conceded just three goals, with their difference of 3.5 between goals conceded and xG against the best in the division so far.
Newcastle have won six of their 12 Premier League away games so far in 2024 (D1 L5), with only Arsenal and Man City (10 each) winning more on the road this year. Indeed, it’s already more away victories than the Magpies managed in the whole of 2023 (W5 D7 L8).
Harvey Barnes has either scored (2) or assisted (1) a goal in each of his last three Premier League appearances for Newcastle. Only in January 2021 at Leicester has he registered a goal involvement in four consecutive games in the competition before.
Alexander Isak turns 25 on the day of this game. The last Newcastle player to score a Premier League goal on his birthday was Fabricio Coloccini against Tottenham in January 2011, while the only Swedish player to ever do so is Martin Pringle for Charlton against Chelsea in November 2000.
