Fulham vs Sunderland – Match Preview & Prediction

Nearly 6,000 mackems travel down to Craven Cottage as the lads take on Premier League side, Fulham in the 4th round of the F.A Cup

In the last round, Sunderland performed a brilliant comeback, scoring 2 goals in the dying moments of the game to beat Shrewsbury 1-2.

Their opponent, Fulham, beat Hull City 0-2 in the last round thanks to goals from Layvin Kurzawa and Dan James.

Fulham have been impressing so far in the Premier League, despite it being their first season back in the top division, they currently sit in 7th place.

The Black Cats are also in good form, only losing 1 of their last 7 games as they battle to earn a play-off place on their long awaited return to the Championship.

Former Newcastle striker, Aleksandar Mitrovic broke the record for the most goals in a Championship season last year, scoring 43 goals in 44 games, and he has kept that form going in the Premier League with 11 goals so far in 17 games.

Sunderland have made 3 new signings this week that could all feature.

They are all young players who will be eager to make their debut.

Pierre Ekwah, Isaac Lihadji and Joe Gelhardt all signed for the club this week and they are all available to feature.

Prediction

Fulham 0-1 Sunderland.

Scorer – Patrick Roberts.