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Betting tips for Fulham vs Arsenal: Premier League preview and odds
Tom McGarry’s Fulham vs Arsenal betting tips include 23/20, 5/2 and 6/4-priced selections, with Sasa Lukic expected to be carded
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Our betting expert has three Fulham vs Arsenal tips for Sunday’s Premier League clash at Craven Cottage (2pm kick-off). Scroll down to see the expert analysis behind his selections.
Fulham vs Arsenal betting tips
- Arsenal to win and both teams to score @ 23/20 with Betfred
- Sasa Lukic to be carded @ 5/2 with Betfred
- Both teams 20 or more booking points @ 6/4 with Betfred
Odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
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Gunners to win entertaining contest
Premier League leaders Arsenal will be aiming to maintain their momentum at the top of the table when they head to Craven Cottage to take on high-flying Fulham on Sunday.
The Gunners have won all of their previous four matches in the domestic top flight to reaffirm their position at the summit, but they will head across London on the back of a 2-2 draw away to Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their Europa League round-of-16 tie on Thursday night.
Fulham are enjoying an eye-catching first season back in the Premier League, with European qualification a realistic possibility, but the unbeaten run of seven matches in all competitions for Marco Silva’s team came to an end at Brentford last time out.
This will be a game between two sides who have exceeded expectations so far this season, which could make for an entertaining contest in west London.
Arsenal’s four-match winning streak in the league has not come without drama, as two of those victories were come-from-behind successes that required goals deep into second-half stoppage time, against Aston Villa and Bournemouth.
The Gunners conceded twice in those two games, while they also let in two against Sporting during the week, much to the displeasure of boss Mikel Arteta, who admits his men “must improve massively” by reducing the goals against if they are to keep winning matches.
That improvement may not come this weekend, as Arsenal will be facing a home side who have netted in six successive matches, including the two they struck in defeat at the Bees on Monday night.
Only Tottenham and Everton have stopped Fulham scoring in their 13 home matches in the league this season, although getting on the scoresheet may not be enough to save them from defeat by Arsenal, against whom they have a dismal recent record.
In the previous eight meetings between the two sides, the Gunners have had seven wins and a draw, a run that includes a 2-1 victory when the teams clashed at the Emirates Stadium earlier this season. A similar result, with both teams getting on the scoresheet, could be on the cards on Sunday.
Fulham vs Arsenal tip 1: Arsenal to win and both teams to score @ 23/20 with Betfred
Lukic to assume Palhinha role
Fulham will once again have to do without influential midfielder Joao Palhinha for Sunday’s game, as the Portugal international serves the second match of his two-game suspension for picking up 10 yellow cards – the joint highest tally in the Premier League so far this season.
The man who replaced Palhinha in the starting XI against Brentford was January recruit Sasa Lukic, who was making his first league start for the club, and he followed in the footsteps of the player he took over from by getting a caution.
Lukic is certainly no stranger to the referee’s notebook, as he was cautioned 10 times himself in Serie A last season with Torino, while he was also sent off during his time in Italy.
The Serbia international will again be expected to deliver a combative performance in Palhinha’s absence on Sunday, which could lead to him marking his full home league debut with another yellow card.
Fulham vs Arsenal tip 2: Sasa Lukic to be carded @ 5/2 with Betfred
Cards on the agenda
Even without Palhinha in the team, Fulham are a side who enjoy getting stuck in, as heading into the weekend no team has picked up more cautions in the Premier League this season than the Cottagers’ total of 64.
Unsurprisingly Arsenal do not rank too highly in that department, with their tally of 39 yellows leaving them 14th on that list, although they did pick up two cautions in the reverse meeting with Fulham back in August.
Those two yellows equate to 20 booking points and it would be no surprise to see the Gunners pick up at least a couple of cards on Sunday, given their need to keep winning.
Fulham will certainly be there or thereabouts when it comes to getting cautions, which could make backing both teams to receive 20 or more booking points in the match using #PickYourPunt a good option.
Fulham vs Arsenal tip 3: Both teams 20 or more booking points @ 6/4 with Betfred
Fulham vs Arsenal odds
Odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.
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