Match Report
Crystal Palace edged past Fulham 3-2 on 5 September 2026. Joshua King opened the scoring inside the first 11 minutes for Fulham to make it 1-0. Tyrick Mitchell levelled it in the 35th minute for Crystal Palace, set up by Eddie Nketiah, to make it 1-1. Fulham regained the lead through César Palacios in the 42nd minute to make it 2-1. Tyrick Mitchell levelled it 54 minutes into the game for Crystal Palace to make it 2-2. Ben Chilwell put Crystal Palace in front 77 minutes into the game, set up by Daichi Kamada, to make it 3-2. Ben Chilwell scored after coming off the bench. Our current Elo ratings make Fulham slightly the stronger side, by 34 rating points over Crystal Palace, even though it was Crystal Palace who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Crystal Palace only a 23.8% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes.