Fulham – Nottingham Forest: a make-or-break game before the winter break 
Monday night at Craven Cottage: Fulham vs Nottingham Forest. Two sides stuck in the Premier League midtable. A few days before Christmas, the aim’s simple: pick up points, quiet the doubts and stop looking over your shoulder.
Fulham: create plenty, control too little 
Fulham’s season feels fragile. Capable of attractive spells, Marco Silva’s men still struggle to string results together. Their recent League Cup exit to Newcastle — a cruel one — left a mark but it also refocused the club on one fight: the league.
Fifteenth in the table, the Cottagers still have a comfortable buffer above the drop zone. But their form screams chronic instability, a consequence of a squad barely refreshed last summer. At home, Fulham don’t play with calculators: matches are open, lively, rarely shut down. Goals come — and so do mistakes.
Craven Cottage often serves up unhinged games; the team scores almost every time… but never really puts the result beyond doubt.
Nottingham Forest: a unit taking shape 
Nottingham Forest are moving forward, quieter but with more coherence. Since Sean Dyche arrived, the Tricky Trees look more structured, more pragmatic. Results have followed — a positive run built on discipline and efficiency.
The display against Tottenham was a loud statement. Forest aren’t fragile anymore. They don’t need to dazzle every week; they know how to exploit opponents’ weak moments. One caveat: away matches remain tricky, and Craven Cottage has never been kind to them in the Premier League.
Squads: several key men missing
Fulham have to cope with multiple big absences, many tied to AFCON. Bassey, Iwobi and Chukwueze are missing, reducing attacking options and impact on transitions. Lukic is doubtful, while Sessegnon and Muniz are ruled out.
Forest aren’t spared either. Sangaré and Boly are out, Wood and Yates injured, and Aina unavailable. A few returns are hoped for — notably Awoniyi — while Dominguez and Sels should be fit.
Likely line-ups
Fulham: Leno – Tete, Andersen, Cuenca, Robinson – Berge, Lukic – Wilson, Smith Rowe, Kevin – Jimenez
Nottingham Forest: Sels – Savona, Murillo, Milenkovic, Williams – Luiz, Anderson – Hutchinson, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi – Jesus
What to take away
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- Fulham play with no restraint at home, for better and for worse.
- Forest have a steadier team dynamic.
- Missing players affect the balance of both teams.
- Forest have never won at Craven Cottage in the Premier League.
Football Prediction
Fulham vs Nottingham Forest
Both teams to score
Fulham never shut up shop at home, while Forest arrive with enough confidence to exploit the space. With a shaky defence and opposite dynamics, a both-teams-score outcome looks logical.
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