Fulham vs. Crystal Palace: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League London derby

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 55

Fulham wins: 19

Draws: 19

Fulham and Crystal Palace have met 55 times in competitive football, with the Cottagers holding a slender advantage in the overall head-to-head, having recorded 19 victories to Palace’s 17, while 19 encounters have finished level.

Their most recent meeting came in December 2025 at Craven Cottage, where the Eagles claimed a 2–1 away win. Eddie Nketiah opened the scoring midway through the first half before Harry Wilson restored parity shortly before the interval.

With the contest seemingly drifting towards a draw, Palace captain Marc Guehi rose highest from a corner to head home an 87th-minute winner, extending the Eagles’ winning run against Fulham to three matches — all of which have been secured at Craven Cottage.

However, Palace have found success harder to come by on their own patch in this fixture, having gone four games without a win against Fulham at Selhurst Park (D2, L2), failing to score in any of those meetings.

Their first two meetings took place back in February 1907 when Crystal Palace won 1-0 on home soil in a FA Cup second-round replay after both teams played out a goalless stalemate at Craven Cottage in their first encounter.

Both teams then butted heads on eight occasions in the old Division Two between 1921 and 1925, with Crystal Palace winning the first of those before losing four and drawing three with Fulham.

Eight more fixtures in Division Three (South) followed between 1928 and 1932, with Fulham losing four of their first five meetings, including 4-3 and 5-2 away defeats in 1930, before winning two of their next three, including a comfortable 4-0 home win in January 1932.

Fulham then enjoyed a 20-year period of dominance over Crystal Palace, as they won nine, drew nine and lost just three games out of 21 across all competitions between 1966 and 1986. The Cottagers then won three out of four (D1) meetings in the second tier in 1999-2000 and 2000-01, but Palace's fortunes have turned slightly in the Premier League era (since 1992-93).

Indeed, Palace have won six times compared to Fulham's four across their 15 top-flight encounters. The Eagles won three PL games in a row by an aggregate score of 6-1 between August 2018 and October 2020, but Fulham then enjoyed a six-game unbeaten run against Palace (W2 D4).

Fulham's most recent win over Palace was a 2-0 success at Selhurst Park in November 2024, but the Eagles got their revenge in February 2025 as they won by the same scoreline at Craven Cottage, before also roaring to a 3-0 FA Cup quarter-final victory a few weeks later.