* The game will be the 100th league meeting between Fulham and Blackpool.
* The Seasiders have won just one of their last 10 league encounters.
* Ian Holloway’s side haven’t fared so well with trips down to the capital this year, drawing one and losing two with an overall goal difference of minus 10.
* The rather generous Blackpool defence have afforded their opponents 199 shots on target this season – a Premier League high.
* Not to be outdone at the other end, they’ve netted 45 times themselves, making them the Premier League’s fourth highest scorers.
* Blackpool are certainly giving their fans value for money, with the combined total of goals in their games this season now reaching 100.
* Fulham, on the other hand, are slightly less schizophrenic, recording 14 Premier League draws this season – the highest in the division.
* To further cement that reputation, they have a goal difference of zero - scoring 33 but letting the same amount in.
* The Cottagers harbour an unbeaten home record at Craven Cottage in 2011, winning four and drawing one since the turn of the year.
* If Fulham take the lead at half-time, they hold out – notching four wins and two draws from half-time leads so far this season.
LAST MEETING
August 28, 2010: Blackpool 2-2 Fulham
A late Dickson Etuhu equaliser at Bloomfield Road denied the Tangerines their first ever Premier League win.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Fulham: Schwarzer; Kelly, Hangeland, Baird, Salcido; Murphy, Dempsey, Etuhu, Duff; Johnson, Dembele.
Blackpool: Kingson; Crainey, Baptiste, Evatt, Eardley; Puncheon, Adam, Vaughan; Reid, Taylor-Fletcher, Varney.
Prediction
Despite Blackpool’s nature as one of the Premier League’s great entertainers, I think they will find it hard to break down a Fulham side that have become very pragmatic home performers. I can see Charlie Adam being stifled, thrills and spills being at a premium and the hosts just edging it.
Fulham 1-0 Blackpool 
