Image source, Getty ImagesThis will be Fulham boss Marco Silva's 200th Premier League game as a manager, the second Portuguese to reach this milestone after Jose Mourinho (363).
Silva has the highest win rate of any Fulham manager in the competition (37.5% - W39 D24 L41).
Brede Hangeland has won the most Premier League games for Fulham with 72.
But who is second in the list with 60?
Answer will be revealed at 17:00 GMT
Image source, PA MediaWe asked for your views in one sentence on why Fulham will qualify for the Champions League this season
Here are some of your comments:
Charlie: Because Marco Silva is a brilliant manager and he's got the whole team behind him.
Will: Because mountains are there to be climbed.
Patrick: Only two more of our league games for the season are against teams below us but we have proven our worth against the elite teams and that mindset will allow us to make it into a Champions League position.
Luke: We have by far the hardest set of fixtures which I think favours Fulham because we play well against the best.
Peter: Because all of the other sides will implode even worse than us?
However, not everyone was sold on the idea so here is a flavour of the other side of the argumenbt:
Simon: We won't qualify for the Champions League so stop being silly.
Keir: We've wasted too many opportunities and lost too many points from winning positions.
Iain: Too many games/points lost when they should have had them in the bag, especially in the final minutes and during added time.
Ten games to go and we need your positivity.
It is looking likely the Premier League will be awarded an extra Champions League spot for the 2025-26 season, so finishing fifth will mean a seat at Europe's top table.
We want you to tell us, in just one sentence, why Fulham will qualify for the Champions League.
Drew Heatley
Fan writer
Image source, PA MediaWe can have no complaints about Saturday.
It was not the best game and there was not much between us on the day, but Brighton had the ball in the net twice - and those narrow escapes should have provided the wake-up calls we needed.
However, the loss is a tough one because before kick-off there was just one point between us. Now, Brighton's win has created a gap in the race for the top eight.
Many of us could see it coming. I spoke last week about narratives; we were unbeaten in nine games against the Seagulls and a lot of us thought it would be "Fulhamish" to lose when it mattered most.
And what a way to do it.
A 98th-minute penalty, conceded by Harrison Reed, who only came on 15 or so minutes earlier. It is unfair to level too much criticism at the midfielder - he was played like a fiddle by Joao Pedro, who won the penalty and duly scored it.
But Reed is an illustration of our current woes. Our squad is too thin and we lack the quality in depth. Harrison was a magnificent part of our march to the Championship in 2022, playing in 39 of our 46 league games.
But the 30-year-old is a level below where we want to be and will likely leave in May in search of the regular first-team football he deserves.
This points to a busy summer. If reports are believed, we are likely to lose Antonee Robinson at the end of the season, continuing the recent trend of losing our best player every summer and leaving us needing replacements or reinforcements across almost every position on the pitch.
Despite all this, we sit 10th in the league with more wins than losses. That is testament to Marco Silva.
So perhaps it is not so bad after all.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your thoughts on Brighton's Premier League game against Fulham.
Here are some of your comments:
Brighton fans
Tim: Fantastic three points. Managed to find a way without playing our best. First win against Fulham in Premier League at such an important time. If we can keep winning against the teams around us who knows how high in the league we can finish. Come on Albion!
Oscar: What a game! Brighton were better than Fulham by a country mile. Definitely a pen. Joao Pedro slotted it home and gave us the win. Brighton marching on to Europe again.
Mike: Great to see us being so dogged to secure the win. That penalty was earned through sheer effort and determination not to accept a draw. Fulham are a good side and these are the games we used to lose and draw, so we are showing a side of us that we've struggled to find before.
Adrian: Brighton have a habit of playing well and not winning - switched now to winning without playing well! It's a great habit. I still don't know what our best team is, but that's not a bad thing either.
Fulham fans
Will: Absolutely heart breaking stuff. Harrison Reed has been with us for so long so it's devastating that he made the error. It's a big mountain for us to get Europe now but they are there to be climbed.
Graham: Why do refs not stick to the extra time as indicated at the end of 90 minutes? Brighton penalty was awarded at 96 minutes. Only five minutes extra time were indicated. Football should having timing the same as rugby union. At least it's fare and exact.
Ash: It's a terrible 'trait' passing the ball back towards your own goal when you have possession in the opposition half, happened too often against Brighton. Scott Parker team tactics were based around that. You can't hurt the opponents doing that. A wasted opportunity.
Bri: Sadly this result is summing up our season; one minute hope, next minute despair! Again the boys seemed sloppy, allowing Brighton too much space and depending almost on counter attacking. Mid-table security is OK, let's take that for now.
John: Terrible defending, a free header and a stupid tackle for the penalty. We will only ever be an average middle to bottom Premier League team if we play like that.
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Bobbie Jackson
BBC Sport Journalist
Image source, Getty ImagesFulham travelled to Brighton with high hopes of extending their fine away record and maintaining a push for European football.
The Cottagers had won five consecutive away matches across all competitions but struggled to impose themselves on an in-form Brighton.
Raul Jimenez did put Fulham in front but that was their only shot on target on a drab afternoon, although they did look like hanging on for a draw after Jan Paul van Hecke had equalised for the hosts.
A reckless moment from Harrison Reed deep into stoppage time handed Brighton a penalty and Joao Pedro converted to send Fulham packing with nothing to show.
Europe still remains in Fulham's sights but the dream of making an unlikely push for a Champions League spot is starting to dissipate.
Defeat leaves the Cottagers sitting ninth and five points adrift of fourth-placed Manchester City.
Even if Fulham miss out on European football this season, they still have history in their sights with just 11 points required from their final 10 fixtures to seal a club-record points haul in the Premier League.
Image source, PA MediaMarco Silva spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Fulham's defeat against Brighton: "Very hard for us. The way we conceded both goals at the level we are playing against good sides, I really believe we are doing well. We are able to calm down and don't let them press as high as they like. We lost momentum and control in the game.
On the penalty: "A typical striker feels the touch and goes down. Nothing to complain about. he did his job. It's for the referee to decide. If it's for our side, I would want it too. It's about being calm in the box.
"I cannot say it was lack of energy at all that can make the two mistakes. It's not an excise for us. That game was finished last Sunday evening, we had enough time to prepare. We got punished.
"We showed the personality to have the ball and play our way in the first half. The second half wasn't at our best level.
On the fight for Europe: "It's going to be a big fight, many teams are there. we have to take some positives. Don't be nervous, express yourselves."
Image source, Getty ImagesFulham have dropped 22 points from winning positions in the Premier League this season, with only Southampton (23) giving up more.
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Six matches make up Saturday's Premier League action and BBC Sport will bring you every kick.
Nottingham Forest v Manchester City (12:30)
Liverpool v Southampton - full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live
Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town
Brighton v Fulham
Brentford v Aston Villa (17:30) full commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live
Wolves v Everton (20:00)
All kick-off times 15:00 GMT unless stated
Both of these teams are doing well and whoever wins it will feel like they are right in the mix for a top-five finish.
Brighton are on their best run of the season and have won five games in a row since their 7-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest, while Fulham have won four of their past five away league games.
You could make a case for both teams, but that does not really help me to make a prediction, does it?
Fulham won the reverse fixture 3-1, in December, but the Seagulls were having a bit of a wobble at that point and clearly their form is very different now.
I feel like anything could happen here so there is no science behind this prediction, but I am going to go with my instincts.
My gut feeling is that we will get a winner... and I am picking Brighton to take the points.
Sutton's prediction: 2-1
Holly Bacon
BBC Sport journalist
Fulham boss Marco Silva has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game at Brighton (kick-off 15:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Silva said Adama Traore remains a doubt for this weekend: "We are going to have another session tomorrow. After that, we will take the decision. The same three that have been out for the past few weeks and months [Kenny Tete, Harry Wilson and Reiss Nelson] are still out. [Sasa] Lukic with the yellow cards is going to be out for the next two games. Adama, let's see tomorrow. He was on the pitch this afternoon doing individual work."
The Fulham boss was also asked about his nomination for Premier League manager of the month: "What gives me more satisfaction is [that] the team reacted really well after we had a very good end of November and December. Tough games after [that] and January as a month was not the best. For me, to be there means that the team did well."
On switching focus after the thrill of beating Manchester United in the FA Cup: "If you want to aim high in the competition, if our goal was clear to be in the next round of the FA Cup, [then] OK, we celebrated that on Sunday. We gave the fans the good feelings - the players celebrated with them. We went back to London, rested the next day and then able to work again and look forward to Brighton."
On Fulham's next opponents: "[In attack], it doesn't matter who is going to start. They always have top quality, the right maturity at the back and a goalkeeper who has the ability to be a fifth player because of the way he plays and is always to build out the attacks. In my opinion, it is going to be a very good game, a tough game for us definitely, but we are confident we can get the result."
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Image source, Getty ImagesBrighton have won none of their nine Premier League games against Fulham but have instead drawn four and lost five.
It makes Fulham the opponent they have faced the most without winning and conversely Brighton are the opponent Fulham have faced the most without losing.
However, Brighton have won each of their past three Premier League games – only once have they ever won four consecutive top-flight matches, doing so in April/May 1981.
Fulham have scored in each of their past 12 Premier League away games, netting exactly twice in each of their past six. It is their longest run of scoring multiple goals on the road in top-flight history, and have only once had a longer overall scoring streak (14 between September 1959 and April 1960).
Fulham and Brentford have expressed an interest in signing Mexico centre-back Johan Vasquez, 26, from Genoa. (GiveMeSport, external)
Meanwhile, the Whites are competing with Sporting for Panathinaikos' 23-year-old Greece right-back Georgios Vagiannidis. (Football Insider, external)
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Drew Heatley
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesIn football, we talk a lot about narrative and the drama that drives this wonderful sport.
And that is why I am convinced we can make it to Wembley this year in the FA Cup.
Anyone who watched our penalty shootout win at Old Trafford on Sunday will know it is exactly 50 years since our first and only FA Cup final appearance – our central narrative thread.
Beating Manchester United on their patch was sweet revenge for our quarter-final tie in 2023, when we were 20 minutes away from a Wembley semi-final before three minutes of madness that started with Willian handling on the line and ended with Alexander Mitrovic seeing red for laying his hands on referee Chris Kavanagh and Marco Silva banished to the sidelines in protest.
Two United goals in two minutes later and we were left to dream for another year. It is a tragedy worthy of its own chapter or two.
When Bernd Leno saved Joshua Zirkzee's penalty to see us through to the next round, it felt like a huge obstacle was removed in our quest for cup glory.
I spoke a lot last week about similarities with Crystal Palace and our ambitions. We will find out who really wants the glory more in this last-eight tie at Craven Cottage.
Then there is the Eagles' less-than-concrete claim to being the oldest club in London - another juicy storyline.
Other plot strands that leave me convinced we can make it include the fact it has been 15 years since our magnificent run to the Europa League final, during which we won the hearts of the nation, and finally that it is our captain Tom Cairney's 10-year anniversary at the club. He has been at the heart of every high and low we have experienced during the past decade.
If football truly is about stories and moments, then we could be writing one of the greatest tales of all time - well, for Fulham fans at least.
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Image source, Getty ImagesFormer Fulham defender Stephen Kelly has said that the side's FA Cup win over Manchester United has blown the competition "wide open".
With the game locked in a 1-1 stalemate after extra time, Bernd Leno produced two saves in the penalty shootout to send the Whites through to the quarter-finals.
Kelly told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Breakfast Club: "Going to Manchester United these days is not the same scalp as when I used to go there - and I never got one - but it is still a massive win.
"That result blows the FA Cup wide open, particularly with Newcastle now out of it as well.
"Manchester City is the big one, and Aston Villa, but then you think there is a real chance for these other clubs to get to a final and pick up some silverware."
