- Founded 1879
- Stadium Craven Cottage
- Manager Alvaro Arbeloa
- Competition Premier League 2026-27
- Goals 5
- Goals Conceded 8
- Yellow Cards 8
- Total Red Cards
Fulham Squawka Score Ratings 2026/27
Álvaro Arbeloa is still waiting for his first win. Fulham go into the international break 19th on two points, having lost 3-2 at home to Chelsea, 1-0 at Sunderland and 3-2 to Crystal Palace, then drawn 0-0 at Liverpool and 1-1 with Manchester United. Three of the five defeats and draws have been decided by a single goal, which is the difference between where they are and mid-table. Below, we take a look at Fulham’s most-used XI so far and how each player has performed, based on the Squawka Score rating system.
The Squawka Score is a metric developed to assess a player’s performance relative to other players in the same position. It is shown as a percentage, and it is worth knowing that 66% is average rather than 50% – a 70% is a good afternoon and 85% or above marks out one of the best players on the pitch. Each score is calculated from a range of per-90-minute statistics, taking in the obvious numbers such as goals and assists alongside some more obscure ones that are far more position-specific. A player’s season figure is simply the average of his match ratings.
GK: Bernd Leno – 60% – Sixteen saves, eight goals conceded and one clean sheet, at Anfield, from five full games. An error leading to a goal is what drags the score below the positional average in a season where Fulham have lost three matches by a single goal.
RB: Timothy Castagne – 57% – The lowest rating in the side. Fourteen duels won to 21 lost, nine fouls and two yellow cards in five starts is a difficult return, though he has chipped in an assist and 15 clearances. The right-hand side has been where Fulham are most easily got at.
RCB: Joachim Andersen – 63% – Only two starts, with 15 clearances, 12 duels won to eight lost and eight aerials in 190 minutes. The rate is fine; the availability has not been, and Fulham have missed his organisation at the back.
LCB: Calvin Bassey – 62% – Every minute played, with 19 duels won to 11 lost, 17 clearances and a club-leading 36 progressive passes. Eight goals conceded on his watch is the number that keeps the rating modest rather than anything in his own game.
LB: Antonee Robinson – 64% – Ten tackles won is the most at the club, along with seven chances created and 25 passes into the penalty area. Eight occasions beaten one-on-one is the highest figure in the side, which is the familiar trade-off with a left-back who attacks as much as he does.
RCM: Sander Berge – 60% – Six chances created from deep is a useful return, but seven duels won to 13 lost in four starts is not what Fulham need from the holding role. He has been comfortably outmuscled in the middle of the pitch.
LCM: Alex Iwobi – 70% – Fulham’s best player. A club-leading 1.41 xA, 10 chances created with three of them clear-cut, 26 passes into the penalty area and 77 into the final third, plus 10 corners. He has done everything but get the assists his passing deserves.
RW: Oscar Bobb – 64% – Eight chances created and 1.03 xA from the right, with 20 touches in the opposition box and 12 corners taken. Twenty-three duels lost and four shots in five games suggest a winger creating plenty but not yet threatening the goal himself.
AM: Josh King – 69% – Two goals from 14 shots with seven on target, and a remarkable 37 touches in the opposition box, the most of any Fulham player. Seven completed take-ons too. The 21-year-old has been the one consistently positive story of the opening month.
LW: César Palacios – 65% – A goal from eight shots and 1.1 xG in three starts, so the shooting positions are good. Six fouls and a yellow card in 229 minutes is careless, and he has yet to create much for anybody else.
ST: Gonzalo García – 64% – One goal from 15 shots and 1.91 xG, with three big chances missed. Twenty-seven touches in the opposition box and 16 aerial duels won show a centre-forward doing the hard part; the finishing is what has cost Fulham points.
Fulham set-piece specialists:
- Penalties: Alex Iwobi
- Free-kicks: Alex Iwobi
- Corners: Oscar Bobb, Alex Iwobi
Bobb has taken 12 of Fulham’s corners to Iwobi’s 10, with Kevin on four and Ryan Sessegnon two. With Saša Lukić, last season’s taker, having left the club, the penalties should fall to Iwobi, though Fulham are yet to be awarded one.
Fulham FAQs
How have Fulham started the 2026/27 season?
Badly. Fulham are 19th on two points from five games, still without a win, having drawn two and lost three. They have scored five and conceded eight.
Who is Fulham’s best player this season?
Alex Iwobi on 70%, with 10 chances created and the best expected-assists figure at the club. Josh King is next on 69% with two goals.
Where did Fulham finish in the 2025/26 Premier League season?
Fulham finished 11th in the 2025/26 Premier League season – the exact same position they earned in the previous campaign, although this time they managed a points total that fell two short of last year’s.
Who is the Fulham manager?
Álvaro Arbeloa has taken over at Craven Cottage after Marco Silva departed for Benfica.
Who is the current Fulham captain?
Tom Cairney is the current Fulham captain, though Joachim Andersen skippers the Cottagers more as a starting player.
Will Fulham play in Europe in 2026/27?
No, Fulham haven’t played in Europe since the 2011-12 campaign, when they were knocked out in the group stages of the Europa League, two years after reaching the final.