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Liverpool v Fulham
Premier League Match Day 32 25/26 at Anfield
Saturday 11th April 2026 KO: 17:30
Referee:
Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Live on Sky sports
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Fulham prepare for an important Premier League clash against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday evening
The two teams butt heads just over three months on from playing out a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture at Craven Cottage, where Harrison Reed scored a phenomenal 97th-minute long-range equaliser for the hosts.
After kick-starting 2026 with just two wins in eight Premier League matches, Fulham have since celebrated three victories across their last five games (D1 L1), including a 3-1 home success over relegation-threatened Burnley three weeks ago.
Only four teams have accumulated more top-flight points than the Cottagers in the last six gameweeks (10), while only Bournemouth and Man United (both nine) have picked up more points from losing positions this calendar year than Marco Silva’s side (eight).
Sitting ninth in the Premier League table, Fulham are still harbouring aspirations of qualifying for Europe for the first time since 2011-12, as they are just two points behind the top seven and only five points behind this weekend’s opponents Liverpool in fifth with seven games remaining.
Fulham must improve their form on the road if they wish to climb the table; Silva’s men boast the fifth-best home record in the Premier League this season (29 points), but they rank 17th in the away form table after collecting 15 points from as many games, losing eight of those (W4 D3).
The Cottagers, who have won only two of their 32 league visits to Liverpool (D8 L22), may need to produce another strong second-half showing if they wish to prevail on Saturday, as no PL team this term has scored more goals in the last 20 minutes of matches than Fulham (18, level with Liverpool). Interestingly, the Merseysiders have conceded 18 goals in that period, two more than any other club.
It is fair to say that Liverpool are in a Slot of bother. Just two wins have been posted across their last eight matches in all competitions since the beginning of March (D1 L5), with the Merseysiders suffering defeat in each of their last three by an aggregate score of 8-1.
After being humbled 4-0 by Manchester City in the FA Cup quarter-finals last weekend, Liverpool’s struggles continued on Wednesday night. A 2-0 first-leg defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League saw the Reds record their lowest match Expected Goals (xG) under Arne Slot, who got it “massively wrong” on the night in the eyes of former defender Jamie Carragher.
Liverpool were also beaten 2-1 at Brighton in their most recent Premier League match prior to the international break. Since and including gameweek six (September 27), Slot’s reigning champions have remarkably lost more league matches (10) than they have won (nine), with 11 teams accumulating more points in the division than their 34 in that period.
Fortunately for Liverpool, a fifth-placed finish will be enough to secure Champions League football for next season and Slot’s side currently occupy fifth spot with seven games left to play; they are five points behind Aston Villa in fourth and only three points above rivals Everton in eighth.
Liverpool will welcome this weekend’s return to Anfield where they have lost just one of their last 13 games in all tournaments (W8 D4). However, the Reds are winless in their last three Premier League meetings with Fulham (D2 L1) and only once have they endured a longer winless league run against the Cottagers (four matches between 1966 and 1967).
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Liverpool are winless in their last three Premier League games against Fulham (D2 L1). Only once have they had a longer run without a league win against the Cottagers (4 games between 1966 and 1967).
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Fulham have won just two of their 32 away league games against Liverpool (D8 L22), winning 1-0 in both May 2012 and March 2021.
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Fulham have scored 13 goals in seven Premier League games against Liverpool since their return to the division in 2022 – only Spurs (14) and Brighton (15) have netted more against the Reds in that time.
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Both Fulham and Liverpool have scored at least twice in each of their last three Premier League meetings; the only fixtures to see both sides score 2+ four times in a row in the competition are Brighton v Leicester (Sep 2022 to Apr 2025) and Crystal Palace v Man City (Dec 2023 to Apr 2025).
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After winning only two of their first eight Premier League games of 2026 (D2 L4), Fulham have won three of their last five (D1 L1), while only Bournemouth and Manchester United (both 9) have won more points from losing positions this calendar year than the Cottagers (8).
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No side in the Premier League this season has scored more goals in the final 20 minutes of games than Fulham (18, level with Liverpool), while the Reds have conceded 18 in that time, two more than any other side.
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Harry Wilson has been involved in 16 goals for Fulham in the Premier League this season following his goal last time out against Burnley (10 goals, 6 assists), while only Clint Dempsey (23 in 2011-12), Louis Saha (18 in 2003-04), Dimitar Berbatov (18 in 2012-13) and Luís Boa Morte (17 in 2004-05) have more goal involvements in a single campaign for the Cottagers.
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Since (and including) MD6 in the Premier League this season, Liverpool have lost (10) more league games than they’ve won (9), with 11 sides collecting more points in the competition than their 34 in that time.
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Liverpool rank 19th for high-intensity pressures applied in the opponent’s half in the Premier League this season and 20th for high-intensity pressures applied in the middle third, 289 fewer than any other side.
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Only Bruno Fernandes (73) has created more chances from open play in the Premier League this season than Liverpool’s Florian Wirtz (47), and while he’s 10th for expected assists from open play (4.04), he’s only recorded two open-play assists (-2.04 underperformance).
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Source Oliver Thomas at SportsMole/BBCSports