Jack Kelly, Fulham reporter: European hopes on the line in west London derby
Jack Kelly, Fulham reporter: European hopes on the line in west London derby Fulham’s bid for European qualification continues this weekend, explains reporter Jack Kelly, with a west London derby against Brentford adding extra significance to the closing weeks of the season. Both sides remain firmly in contention for a top-seven finish and, with only a handful of games remaining, Saturday’s meeting could have a major say in the race for European football after a season of mixed results for Marco Silva’s side. Fulham are ninth in the Premier League table, with seven games to play at the time of writing.
How would you summarise their season to date? It has been a really interesting season where 13 wins, 13 defeats and five draws mean the fanbase is either very high after a win or very low after a defeat. And when they have drawn games, they have usually come in batches of two, so they drew two at the beginning of the season and two at the beginning of 2026, and there was a 0-0 draw with Nottingham Forest recently.
Other than that, it has been very inconsistent with a win here, a defeat, a win, and a lot of those games have had late drama in them, with lots of late goals that have decided them, which has caused a dramatic swing in the fanbase in terms of positivity or negativity. In terms of individual performances and stability, and what they want to do in terms of staying in the Premier League, it has been very successful. To get to that next level and get into Europe, there is one final push to try and do it.
It is just about whether they can get over the line now after a couple of failed attempts. It has been a good season and people will look back on it that way, but everyone is focused on Europe now, and it feels like, in some people's eyes, the season might be a failure if Fulham do not qualify. I see it as another progressive season in the Premier League.
The Whites are one of a number of teams in a packed midtable with eyes on qualifying for European football of some kind next season. What has Marco Silva said on that topic, if anything? He has said they are fighting very, very hard for it and that is the position they want to end up in at the end of the season.
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