West Ham vs. Fulham: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 112

Draws: 25

Fulham wins: 35

West Ham United and Fulham have met each other a total of 112 times across all competitions, with the Hammers comfortably leading the head-to-head record with 52 victories, compared to Fulham’s 35 wins.

The rivalry kicked off with the Hammers picking up three wins from their first three encounters, including a 2-1 victory in their very first game in the Southern League Second Division back in December 1898, before Fulham posted their first win.

This came in the FA Cup intermediate round on December 12, 1903, when the Cottagers held on to see out a 1-0 victory, and their next win would come two years later, when they beat West Ham by the same scoreline in the Southern League First Division.

The first-ever Premier League meeting between the two teams came in November 2001, when Fulham ran out 2-0 winners at Upton Park thanks to goals in either half from Sylvain Legwinski and Steed Malbranque.

However, West Ham would go unbeaten in each of their subsequent 12 top-flight games against the Cottagers, picking up eight wins and four draws between April 2002 and May 2010, when they narrowly lost 3-2 at Craven Cottage.

One of the most notable meetings between West Ham and Fulham came in the 1975 FA Cup final, with Alan Taylor netting two quick-fire goals in the second half to fire the Hammers to a 2-0 victory at Wembley Stadium.

Last season, Nuno Espirito Santo’s men avoided defeat in both home and away games against Fulham in the Premier League, playing out a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage in September 2024, before picking up a 3-2 victory at the London Stadium in the return fixture on January 14.

However, the last meeting between the two teams ended in a 1-0 Fulham win in December 2025.