BURNLEY V WEST BROM ONE TO WATCH JOSH MAJA / FULHAM
SATURDAY, 3PM, SKY SPORTS
Considering Burnley’s ongoing injury woes, boss Sean Dyche must be relieved Ashley Barnes retained an eight-point buffer to the bottom three with an equaliser against Fulham. Every single player has missed at least one game through injury but Ben Mee should be back tomorrow after concussion. The next four games, all against relative strugglers, will be key to whether West Brom boss Sam Allardyce can keep his proud record of never being relegated.
6 POINTS FROM 11 GAMES FOR THE BAGGIES UNDER ALLARDYCE SO FAR
FULHAM V SHEFFIELD UNITED SATURDAY, 8PM, SKY SPORTS
While a win and four draws in their last six games have given Fulham hope, Blades boss Chris Wilder is drinking in last-chance saloon after a 3-0 defeat at West Ham halted their revival. ‘There is only us who can lift us,’ he said. ‘There’s not going to be 3,000 punters behind the goal at Fulham, so we can’t rely on that.’
Fulham must do more than draw, as they did in sixpointers with
Brighton, West
Brom and Burnley.
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WEST HAM V TOTTENHAM
SUNDAY, 12NOON, SKY SPORTS
David Moyes said it was hard to believe his Hammers were above Liverpool after their 3-0 victory over Sheffield United on Monday and they go into the game six points ahead of Tottenham. There are reports sacking boss Jose Mourinho would cost £35million and some fans may wish to donate but the cost of Spurs’ malaise could be even greater if Harry Kane decides they can’t match his ambitions. TOUCHES IN THE BOX FOR KANE DURING THEIR 3-0 DEFEAT AT MANCHESTER CITY
WHEN he marked his first
Premier League start with a match-winning brace at
Everton last Sunday, the 22year-old was in just 0.01 per cent of Fantasy League teams.
The talented London-born striker, who won his only Nigeria cap almost 18 months ago, hasn’t been afraid to travel to get his career going since playing for Fulham’s academy.
After a stint at Manchester City he broke through at Sunderland where he was a shining light in a club on a downward spiral only to be cast as the bad guy in Sunderland ’Til I Die for chasing a move to Bordeaux. Many Black Cats fans think they would have won promotion back to the Championship in 2019 had he stayed.
Maja was something of a supersub in the French top flight but back at Fulham on loan, with a view to a £9million summer move, his instant impact suggests hopes of staying in the Premier League may not be a fantasy after all.