Fulham vs. Bournemouth: Head-to-head record and past meetings before Premier League fixture

Bournemouth boosted their Champions League qualification hopes courtesy of their 1-0 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage.

The Cherries have never taken part in any form of European competition before, but thanks to their astonishing 16-game unbeaten run, Andoni Iraola's men are sixth in the Premier League table and four points adrift of the top five.

Victory against the Cottagers keeps Bournemouth in the Champions League conversation, and their current sixth-placed ranking would suffice if Aston Villa finish in the top five and also win the Europa League.

Meanwhile, Fulham have slipped to 11th spot in the standings after losing three of their last five games.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between Fulham and Bournemouth ahead of Saturday's fixture.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 43

Bournemouth wins: 18

Draws: 13

Fulham wins: 12

Not until 2018 did Bournemouth and Fulham finally meet in the top flight of English football, but the two clubs had contested plenty of lower-league meetings before then and have now crossed paths 43 times in all tournaments.

The head-to-head record is about as even as one might presume, as the Cherries have beaten the Cottagers 18 times down the years while suffering 12 defeats, and another 13 contests have ended in a share of the spoils.

Bournemouth's 18th and most recent success in this fixture came in May 2026, when Rayan bagged a 53rd minute winner in a feisty fixture which saw both teams receive red cards.

The Cherries were also victorious against Fulham in both of their top-flight clashes in 2023, but Marco Silva's side got the better of Bournemouth 3-1 at Craven Cottage in February 2024, where Rodrigo Muniz was at the double.

That victory is just one of two that Fulham have attained in their last 18 matches with Bournemouth, though, having endured a seven-match winless run against the South Coast side between 1997 and 2018, including a humiliating 5-1 home loss in the Championship in 2015.

In contrast, Fulham have to go all the way back to 1962 for the last time they beat Bournemouth by a four-goal margin, and the Cherries boast the biggest victory in this fixture to date, demolishing the Cottagers 5-0 in a 1929 Third Division South fixture.