A meeting of west London’s two best teams of last season, 10th hosting ninth. After a far stormier summer and in losing so slackly at home to Brentford, Fulham look in far greater danger of being unable to maintain previous standards.
Where will their goals from? Marco Silva confirmed afterwards that Aleksandar Mitrovic is set to join the Saudi Arabian gold rush and partner Neymar at Al-Hilal, saying: “He forced everything to leave the club, he wanted to leave the club.” Raúl Jiménez, Fulham’s summer arrival and Mitrovic’s putative replacement, has now gone 25 Premier League games without a goal
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