Written by billythekid
Against 10-man Nottingham Forest, the Cherries scored an injury-time winner and it was scored by in-form Dominic Solanke with his first hat-trick. This was AFCB’s fourth away win in a row and the first time in the Premier League. Our team have won five of their last six games and are up to 11th in the table with 22 points. Our next game is back home at Dean Court on Boxing Day at 3 pm when our visitors are Fulham. The Cherries will want to give their fans some extra Christmas cheer and keep their unbeaten run going and looking for another 3 points in the last home game of 2023.
Marco Silva in his first two seasons at Fulham has done a good job. His first season was in the Championship, his side finished as Champions with 90 points, two more points than the Cherries. In his second season, now with Fulham in the Premier League, his side finished in mid-table in 10th position, a good start in the first season in the top league. So far this season his side have had a mixed start and missed the goals from their former striker Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Fulham have 21 points going into our game, but they have only picked up 6 points on their travels. They have had one win and that finished 0-1, the first game of the season away against Everton. The three draws were 2-2 against Arsenal, 0-0 at Crystal Palace and 1-1 at Brighton. They have lost five games, their heaviest defeat 5-1 against Manchester City, 2-0 with Spurs, 3-1 against Aston Villa, 4-3 at Anfield and 3-0 up in Newcastle. At home, they have beaten Luton Town, Sheffield United, Wolves, Nottingham Forest and West Ham both 5-0, their highest score this season. They have lost against Brentford, Chelsea and Manchester United and their last game against Burnley.
The last time our two sides met at Dean Court was in April this year. Our side were 0-1 down at half-time with Andreas Pereira on the score sheet. A goal from Marcus Tavernier five minutes into the second half made it 1-1, and Dominic Solanke scored the next and winning goal to make it 1-2.
In all our league games at home against Fulham, AFCB have W 9, D 4, L 3.
In all competitions, AFCB have W 14, D 12, L 11.
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AFCB Team News
Lewis Cook went off with an injury against Nottingham Forest, no news how bad it is. Our manager has received a touchline ban for this game after receiving a yellow card at the Nottingham Forest game.
AFCB Player To Watch
In the form he is in, it has to be Dominic Solanke, 7 goals in his last six games and now 11 goals this season.
Fulham Team News
Raul Jimenez their joint top scorer with four goals is suspended. They have two players on the injury list, Adama Traore and Tim Ream. Willian also missed their game against Burnley.
Fulham Player To Watch
Willian, if fit, is their other joint top scorer with 4 goals and is now 35 years old a very good and experienced player. Andreas Periera in his last four league games has three assists and is good at set-pieces. Joao Palhinha is a very important player for Fulham in midfield and is good at winning tackles. Rumours are he could be off in January to a bigger club.
The Referee
Tim Robinson is in charge of this game, we also had him for our game against Spurs.
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