• Everton are unbeaten in their last eight top-flight home games against Cardiff (W6 D2), winning the last three by an aggregate score of 15-5.
• Cardiff haven’t beaten Everton in a league game since December 1956, drawing four and losing three since.
• Everton have lost just one of their last nine Premier League home games (W5 D3), winning the last three in a row.
• Cardiff have scored fewer away goals than any other side in English league football this season (2).
• Cardiff have earned just five points from their last 51 available away from home in the Premier League (W1 D2 L14) – they’d won six points from their first 21 available in the competition (W1 D3 L3).
• After failing to score in his first six appearances in the competition, Cardiff’s Callum Paterson has scored in three of his last four Premier League games.

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Fulham v Southampton: Ranieri reign off to good start?

When Claudio Ranieri took his first Fulham training session over the international break he will have been under no illusions on where to start.

The Cottagers have conceded 31 goals in 12 games since returning to the top flight and owner Shahid Khan knew he had to act by axing Slavisa Jokanovic. The Londoners spent heavily in the summer and they undoubtedly have the talent going forward, so the Premier League-winning manager's first remit will be to tighten up at the back - and Italians usually know how to defend.

To face a Southampton side short in front of goal (see Opta facts, below), it points towards a home victory with few goals for the visitors. It may be too soon to actually back them for a clean sheet, but a fairly low-scoring victory for Fulham could be the way to go.

Southampton needed a break and Charlie Austin's disallowed goal, which cost them the win against Watford last time out, could prove to be the turning point they did not need. Fulham to win and under 2.5 total goals at 5/1 is tempting, but the hosts and under 3.5 gives you a safer margin at 5/2.

: Fulham 2-0 Southampton

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Opta match facts

• Fulham have lost just one of their last 14 home league games against Southampton (W7 D6), though it was in their last such meeting in February 2014 (0-3).
• Southampton won their last away Premier League game in London vs Crystal Palace – they’ve not won consecutive league games in the capital since 2014-15 (vs Crystal Palace and QPR).
• Fulham have lost their last six Premier League games – they’ve not lost seven league games in a row since a run of 11 between December 1961 and February 1962.
• No side has failed to score in more Premier League games than Southampton this season (6), though Fulham are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet in the competition so far.
• Southampton have scored with just eight of their 173 shots in the Premier League this season, giving them the lowest conversion rate in the division (4.6%).
• In his first six Premier League appearances for Fulham, Aleksandar Mitrovic attempted 28 shots, with 12 on target and five goals. In his subsequent six games, he’s failed to score from 15 shots, with just two of these being on target.

Read: Premier League injury table: Arsenal, West Ham, Crystal Palace and Manchester United have most absentees

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