**We have a proud home record against most teams that we come up against in the Premier League, but perhaps none more impressive than when we face Fulham on our own turf.**
The teams first met in an FA Cup tie back in February 1904 when we were 3-2 victors at our old Plumstead home, but despite moving from there to Highbury nine years later and then switching to the Emirates Stadium in 2006, one thing has remained constant - Fulham have never left victorious.
In fact, since that cup tie 122 years ago, we have faced each other 32 times in league action and the Cottagers have not gotten the best of us. That represents the most occasions any side has faced another without defeat in English Football League history:
**Longest undefeated home records in Football League history**
**Team**
**Opponent**
**Home games unbeaten**
Arsenal
Fulham
32
Blackburn Rovers
Grimsby Town
28
Barnsley
Tranmere Rovers
26
Reading
Mansfield Town
26
Charlton Athletic
Oldham Athletic
25
There have been a few scares against the Cottagers down the years, with the record coming into peril back in 2021 when a 96th-minute from Eddie Nketiah saw us snatch a 1-1 draw at Emirates Stadium.
However that was one of only seven times that Fulham have crossed back over the capital with a point to show for their efforts, with us emerging victorious in the other 25 such fixtures. They average just 0.33 points per away game against us in the Premier League, their worst return from any side they’ve faced five or more times in the competition’s history.
Only four other teams have ever endured a longer winless run away to another opponent in league action, with West Ham United’s 42-game search for a victory at Liverpool the longest ever recorded, which came to an end back in 2015. Our imperious form against Fulham remains the longest active streak, closely followed by Everton’s travails at Chelsea:
**Longest unbeaten home league runs**
**Date of last game**
**Team**
**Opponent**
**Games unbeaten**
31/01/2015
Liverpool
West Ham
42
10/03/1984
Liverpool
Tottenham
38
19/12/2001
Leeds United
Everton
36
28/04/2018
Liverpool
Stoke City
33
01/04/2025
Arsenal
Fulham
32
13/12/2025
Chelsea
Everton
31
When it comes to preferred opponents in N5, we’re also on long unbeaten runs against Birmingham City and Sheffield Wednesday, albeit we’ll only have the chance to face either of those in the cup competitions next term.
Southampton have gone 29 league matches without a victory, while Manchester City and Leicester City endured lengthy waits for a victory at our ground in all competitions before eventually ending their droughts in recent decades:
**Our longest unbeaten home runs v an opponent (all comps)**
**Date of last game**
**Opponent**
**Matches unbeaten**
01/04/2025
Fulham
33
16/10/2010
Birmingham City
28
05/01/2011
Manchester City
28
07/07/2020
Leicester City
27
09/05/2000
Sheffield Wednesday
27
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