Chris Sutton and Mark Lawrenson are both expecting Crystal Palace to lose out against Fulham in the Premier League this weekend.

Palace make the short trip to west London to face Marco Silva's Cottagers, who are enjoying an impressive return to the Premier League this season, with Fulham currently tenth in the table with 53 points from 36 games.

Fulham won 3-0 at Selhurst Park back in December, with goals from Bobby Decordova-Reid, Tim Ream, and Aleksandar Mitrovic scoring as Palace ended the game with nine men, owing to red cards for Tyrick Mitchell and James Tomkins.

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And the pundits are predicting another victory for Fulham when the two London rivals meet again at Craven Cottage this weekend.

Sutton, who has predicted a 2-1 victory for Fulham in his weekly feature for the BBC website, said: "Wilfried Zaha will miss Crystal Palace's final two games of the season through injury but that's not too big a blow because of the form of Eberechi Eze, who has been scoring a barrel-load of goals recently.

"I am still going to go with Fulham to win this one, though. I am really enjoying watching them at the moment because they are playing with such freedom and, after beating Leicester and Southampton, I think they can make it three wins on the spin."

His thoughts were echoed by former Brighton defender Mark Lawrenson, who has also predicted a 2-1 win for Fulham.

However, he has praised both sides for the seasons they have had to date respectively, with the Eagles now safe in the Premier League, while Fulham are now looking set for a top half finish.

In his weekly predictions feature for Paddy Power, he said: "I’m going to go for Fulham. Palace have been very good and it looks like Roy Hodgson’s going to stay, though I don’t know in what capacity.

"Fulham have had a really, really good season and it will be interesting to see if they can kick on next season, though I think they might lose a few of their players."

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