Crystal Palace earned a lively 2-1 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage, a result that continued a pattern already highlighted in earlier reports from Softfootball , including the preview on how Palace push for top four . The victory moved Palace into the Premier League's top four and marked their third straight league win on the road.
It also stretched Fulham's long home drought against Palace, which has now lasted since January 2005, a run that feels even stranger when compared with big Craven Cottage battles such as the nine-goal thriller against City , as reported by Softfootball.
Palace were missing a couple of important players, so no one was really sure how sharp they would look. But they started confidently. Jean-Philippe Mateta tested Bernd Leno early, a warning Fulham didn't quite pay attention to.
