Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur Predictions

• Fulham have lost four of their last six home EFL Cup ties
• Tottenham are unbeaten in nine games against Fulham, winning eight of those matches
• Spurs have won to nil on three of their last four visits to Craven Cottage

Cottagers face swift cup exit

One of only two all-Premier League ties in the second round of the EFL Cup sees Tottenham head to one of their happiest hunting grounds to face Fulham.

The Cottagers haven’t tended to enjoy this fixture, losing eight of the last nine meetings, while they’ve lost seven on the spin at Craven Cottage to their north London neighbours.

That sets the stage for another early EFL Cup exit for Fulham having fallen at the first hurdle in each of the two previous seasons under Marco Silva.

Silva has made it clear the league is his priority and is likely to make wholesale changes to the side that drew with Arsenal at the weekend.

They performed well to get a point at the Emirates Stadium, but the stats suggest they were a little fortunate with Arsenal exposing a suspect Fulham defence to rattle in 11 shots on targets.

Ange the man to end Spurs’ silverware hunt?

That doesn’t bode well for a meeting with a Tottenham team that’s averaging over 17 shots per game, second only to Manchester City in the Premier League.

That’s part of Spurs’ bright start to life under new boss Ange Postecoglou, winning two of their first three games, and he may take the EFL Cup more seriously than usual with no European football to contend with.

Postecoglou won Scotland’s League Cup twice as part of a trophy-laden stay with Celtic and Tottenham will hope he’s the man to end their 15-year wait for silverware.

They shouldn’t slip up against Fulham and having kept back-to-back clean sheets in the wins over Manchester United and Bournemouth, they can register a fifth win to nil during this ongoing run of success at Craven Cottage.