Fulham and Southampton face off in an FA Cup encounter at Craven Cottage. Fulham's starting XI includes Benjamin Lecomte in goal, with a midfield featuring Harrison Reed and Tom Cairney, and attacking options including Emile Smith Rowe and Samuel Chukwueze. Southampton makes four personnel changes, bringing in Nathan Wood-Gordon, Flynn Downes, Caspar Jander, and Tom Fellows, while dealing with injuries to right-back Mads Roerslev, left-back Welington, and forward Jay Robinson. Historically, this is their fourth FA Cup meeting, with previous encounters producing low-scoring results. Southampton recently ended a four-match winless streak against Fulham in the Premier League.
"This was the fourth FA Cup tie between Fulham and Southampton, with the Cottagers progressing in the third round in 1998/99 after a replay and the Saints winning in the second round in 1914/15 and third round in 2017/18."
"None of the last four ties between the teams has produced more than two goals. Both of the previous two took place at Craven Cottage, Southampton winning 1-0 in 2018 and Fulham prevailing by the same scoreline in 1999."
"Southampton ended a four-match winless run against Fulham (L3), all in the Premier League during the 2022/23 and 2024/25 seasons."
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