🏏 Sun, 24 May 2026 16:00 BST
Fulham FC
vs
Newcastle United
4-2-3-1 vs 3-5-2
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- 13th-placed Fulham (49 points) and 11th-placed Newcastle (49 points) battle over position on goal difference in this final-day head-to-head. Both are confirmed mid-table, but with Fulham on -6 goal difference and Newcastle on 0, the winner of this match finishes higher. 10th-placed Chelsea (49 points, +6 goal difference) are also level on points, so a big win could still shift the standings.
- In this season's Matchday 9 meeting at St James' Park, Newcastle won 2-1. Fulham have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses in their last five and Newcastle 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, evenly matched records. Fulham have scored 45 and conceded 51, Newcastle scored 53 and conceded 53, so the balance between attack and defence is a challenge for both.
- Fulham's Emile Smith Rowe (25), driving the attack from the No. 10 role, is a creativity-rich attacking midfielder who moved from Arsenal. The playmaker, who is "skilled in tight-space turns and through balls with a strong scoring sense in front of goal," looks to show his pride at Craven Cottage as his former club Arsenal appear set to win the title.
- Newcastle's Bruno Guimaraes (28), who controls the game in midfield, is Brazil's playmaker. The midfield maestro, who "builds the attack with outstanding passing vision and technique and has exceptional press resistance," supports the team at both ends as the linchpin of the 3-5-2 formation.
- Newcastle centre-back Dan Burn (32, 198cm) faces his former club Fulham. He played for Fulham in the 2018-19 season before moving to Brighton & Hove Albion, and he aims for a clean-sheet win against his old side with defending built on his overwhelming height.
- Fulham deploy Brazilian attacker Kevin (21) on the left. He looks to break teams down on the left with his compatriot Rodrigo Muniz (23). Against them, Newcastle field the front two of Dutchman Nick Woltemade (25) and Dane William Osula (18), making for a cosmopolitan contest in which talents from across Europe collide.