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Fulham vs Arsenal: Premier League – teams, start time, lineups
Who: Fulham vs Arsenal
What: English Premier League
Where: Craven Cottage in London, United Kingdom
When: Saturday, October 18, at 5:30pm (16:30 GMT)
How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 2:30pm (13:30 GMT) in advance of our live text commentary stream.
Premier League leaders Arsenal will be the heavy favourites when they travel to Fulham on Saturday, but London derbies usually give the underdogs more than a fighting chance, as former Gunners manager Arsene Wenger always used to bemoan.
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The Gunners, who have finished second in the table for the last three seasons, have not won the league since Wenger’s era. Fulham, meanwhile, have hit a blip and languish in 14th position.
Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at a game where the west Londoners will hope to upset the formbook against their north London visitors.
How have Arsenal fared this season?
Arsenal opened their season with an unconvincing 1-0 win at a surprisingly dominant Manchester United, and have rarely looked back. The Gunners have won eight of their 10 matches in all competitions this season; the only times they have failed to win in the league were the narrowest of 1-0 defeats at defending champions Liverpool and a 1-1 home draw with Manchester City, although that did require a 90th-minute leveller from Gabriel Martinelli.
The Gunners are yet to concede more than one goal in a game this season, and have only conceded twice in their last seven games. At the other end, 20 goals have been scored in their 10 games.
How have Fulham fared this season?
After a bright start, the west Londoners have suffered back-to-back defeats in the Premier League. One defeat and four wins in their seven games so far, continued the feel-good factor that manager Marco Silva has brought to the Cottagers. Two of the four wins this season have come in the League Cup, but back-to-back league wins, either side of the latest cup win, had appeared to kickstart Fulham’s season.
Both recent defeats, by Aston Villa and Bournemouth, did come on the road, and Fulham remain unbeaten in five matches on home soil this season, where they have only dropped points once – and that after a fine second-half display against Manchester United in their first home game of the campaign.
When did Arsenal last win the Premier League?
The Gunners last lifted the Premier League trophy in 2004 when Wenger’s side were dubbed the “Invincibles” as they went unbeaten through the English top-flight season.
How many times have Arsenal won the Premier League?
The Gunners have lifted the league title in England on 13 occasions, with their first top-flight trophy coming in 1931. They would go on to win the title three times in the four seasons that followed. Wenger’s era was the most successful thereafter, with the Premier League trophy lifted in 1998, 2002 and 2004.
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Have Fulham ever won the Premier League?
Fulham have never lifted the English top-flight title and are one of a limited number of teams in the two top divisions in England to have never lifted a major trophy. The highest domestic title the Cottagers have claimed is the second-tier title, which has been won on three occasions – the last being in 2022. Fulham have also been runners-up in the FA Cup and UEFA Europa League in 1975 and 2010, respectively.
What happened the last time Fulham played Arsenal?
Title-chasing Arsenal beat Fulham 2-1 at Emirates Stadium in the Premier League in April in the last meeting between the clubs. Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka gave the Gunners a two-goal lead before Rodrigo Muniz’s 90th-minute strike set up a nervy finish.
What happened in the corresponding fixture between Fulham and Arsenal last season?
The Premier League game at Craven Cottage last season ended in a 1-1 draw in December. Raul Jimenez gave the home side the lead in the 11th minute, but William Saliba cancelled that out seven minutes into the second half of a game short on chances but heavily dominated by the Gunners’ possession of the ball.
Head-to-head
This is the 66th meeting between the Londoners, with Arsenal winning on 43 occasions and Fulham emerging victorious nine times.
Fulham’s last win against Arsenal came at Craven Cottage in December 2023, with Raul Jimenez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid turning the game in the home side’s favour after an early strike from Bukayo Saka.
It was the second Premier League meeting between the teams that season, with the reverse fixture ending 2-2 in north London.
It also marked Fulham’s first win in 12 matches against the Gunners.
Fulham team news
Midfielder Sasa Lukic has been an ever-present for Fulham in the Premier League this season, but picked up an adductor injury in the Cottagers’ final match before the international break.
The Serbian international is likely to be out for at least two more weeks and joins Kenny Tete and Rodrigo Muniz on the sidelines, the latter pair having knee and hamstring problems, respectively.
Raul Jimenez missed the defeat at Bournemouth before the break after sustaining an injury in the defeat at Villa, and the striker is a doubt for the visit of Arsenal. Samuel Chukwueze also picked up a knock in Nigeria’s win against Benin on Tuesday, but the extent of the injury is not yet fully known.
Arsenal team news
Martin Odegaard remains sidelined with a knee injury, but it is hoped the playmaker may return to face Tottenham Hotspur next weekend.
Kai Havertz and Noni Madueke are both also expected to return from knee injuries for that game, but the Fulham match comes too soon.
Gabriel Jesus could be back before the turn of the year – he, too, has a knee problem; Ben White is a minor doubt after missing training on Thursday. Piero Hincapie is expected to return from a knock.
Fulham predicted starting lineup
Leno; Diop, Bassey, Andersen; Castagne, Berge, Cairney, Sessegnon; Wilson, Iwobi; King
Arsenal possible starting lineup
Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori; Eze, Zubimendi, Rice; Saka, Gyokeres, Trossard
Fulham and Arsenal Premier League form guides
Fulham’s last five EPL matches (most recent game last):
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FBI Director Kash Patel announces terrorism charges for Texas ICE shooting
Federal prosecutors in Texas have, for the first time, filed terrorism charges targeting antifa, according to Kash Patel, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
The charges, announced on Thursday, cite United States President Donald Trump’s recent designation of the far-left movement as a terrorist organisation.
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Cameron Arnold of Dallas and Zachary Evetts of Waxahachie, Texas, were charged on Wednesday with providing support to terrorists for their alleged role in the nonfatal shooting of a police officer at an immigration detention facility. Both were arrested in July with eight others and charged with attempted murder and weapons offences.
None of the defendants has entered a plea in the case, court records show, but Arnold and Evetts are set to do so at an October 22 court hearing.
Arnold’s lawyer, Cody Cofer, said in an email he looks forward to defending his client at trial.
Evetts’s lawyer, Patrick McLain, said his client is innocent and accused prosecutors of adding the terrorism charges for political reasons.
“I have seen no evidence from the prosecutors to support any of the charges,” McLain told the news agency Reuters.
In a post on social media, Patel wrote: “First time ever: the FBI arrested Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists and terrorism charges have been brought for the July 4 Prairieland ICE attack in Texas,” Patel said on social media.
Arnold and Evetts were charged with supporting terrorists generally, not the legally distinct charge of supporting a terrorist organisation.
Trump and his Republican allies have accused antifa followers of fomenting political violence following the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and amid protests against federal immigration authorities in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, and Portland, Oregon.
Trump signed an executive order in September calling antifa a “terrorist” organisation, although some national security law experts said the designation was legally questionable because antifa, short for “antifascist”, has no official leadership or organisational structure.
In an indictment filed in Texas federal court on Wednesday, prosecutors allege that Arnold and Evetts were part of an antifa “cell” that carried out a July 4 attack on a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Alvarado, Texas.
There had been no mention of antifa in the original charging documents or accompanying announcement by prosecutors.
Permanent Liam Payne memorial planned in Wolverhampton as fans mourn superstar
Thursday marked the anniversary of Liam Payne’s death – and his sister Nicola said the last 12 months have “been unbearable” for her family, who are from Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Liam Payne’s memory is set to be immortalised forever in his home city.
A collection of “loving tributes” will be showcased at a permanent display at Wolverhampton’s City Archives, which holds vast collections including maps, books, census returns and newspapers from the area. The life of the late One Direction singer, born in Wolverhampton, will be celebrated in an exhibition there, which is understood to remain indefinitely.
Plans are reportedly in motion for this memorial, which will feature some of the hundreds of tributes left in the city by fans and locals following Liam’s death. Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the tragedy and saw fans gather in West Park in the city to lay further tributes to the former The X-Factor star.
Previous tributes, left in the wake of the passing in late 2024, were sent off to be restored. A spokesperson for City of Wolverhampton Council told The Sun yesterday: “We are currently waiting for the materials to be returned from our restorer, and then we will need to have discussions with Liam’s family as to how they would wish to proceed.”
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Bosses at City of Wolverhampton Council, controlled by Labour since 2011, are now expected to talk with Liam’s family about a suitable tribute to their son, who grew up around the Newbridge area of the city.
A City of Wolverhampton Council spokesperson previously told The Sun: “Following Liam’s tragic passing, hundreds if not thousands of tributes were left for him by fans at a memorial in the city.
“After his funeral, we respectfully collected and preserved these items which have since been shared with Liam’s family at their request.
“When the time is right for them, we plan to host a display of some of the items at the City Archives so fans and visitors to Wolverhampton can see for themselves some of the loving tributes left for Liam who is one of our city’s greatest stars.”
Among the fans who gathered around the bandstand at West Park on Thursday, an Italian woman called Carmen left flowers in Liam’s memory. She said: “He meant a lot of things to me. I still listen to his songs. He helped me through sad moments.”
Speaking to Hits Radio News: West Midlands, another fan named Sarah added: “Liam is a Black Country boy and that is where it hits me hard.
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