In a season full of thrilling twists, turns and unexpected outcomes, possibly the biggest of the lot for me is that Crystal Palace have not only stayed up but managed to do so with room to spare.
Even with all the changes last summer, I just couldn't make a strong case in my head for them to stay up after their return to the Premier League, and the early weeks of the season reflected that with four points from the first 11 games.
Even Tony Pulis has admitted he was "very sceptical" before agreeing to take over in late November, knowing among other things that his record of never being relegated in a long managerial career was very much at risk.
Yet he's engineered a remarkable turnaround that has taken Palace from the relegation zone to the comfort of mid-table, and in my opinion deserves to be named Manager of the Year for the scale of his achievement.
The walk from Putney Bridge tube station along the Thames to Craven Cottage is one of the more pleasant approaches to a football ground, but Sunday will be the last time I'll wander along there on Match of the Day duty for a while.
I was commentating on the Hull game two weeks ago and felt at the time Shane Long's late equaliser punctured any real hope Fulham had of escaping the drop. That chance disappeared entirely with last week's 4-1 thrashing at Stoke in which they were truly awful.
You are where you deserve to be at the end of the season, and predictably Fulham's stats reflect a relegated team. They've lost 24 games, which is more than anyone else, while conceding a whopping 83 goals in the process, 11 more than any other team.
It's all a far cry from when these two sides last met back in October, on a night when Pajtim Kasami scored a belter on the way to an emphatic 4-1 away win at Selhurst Park.
But while Fulham have slumped to ultimately lose their Premier League status, Crystal Palace have in contrast gone from strength to strength and will be back for another season in the top flight in 2014-15.
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Fulham have won five of the last six meetings between the teams (W5, L1).
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Fulham came from behind to beat Palace 4-1 in the reverse fixture earlier this season - it was Ian Holloway's last match in charge of Palace.
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Fulham and Crystal Palace have the worst records in Premier League London derbies this season, averaging 0.67 and one point per game respectively.
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Fulham have conceded 83 goals this season, 11 more than any other top-flight team. The only team to have conceded more in a 38-game season are Derby County in 2007-08 (89). Fulham's goal difference of -45 is also the worst in the Premier League.
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They have lost five of their last eight home matches.
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Their tally of 24 league defeats is the worst in the Premier League.
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Fulham have used 38 different players in the Premier League this season, more than any team in any previous Premier League season.
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Regardless of the result in this game, this will be Fulham's lowest points tally in a Premier League season (currently 31, previous lowest was 36 in 2007-08).
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Palace have won five of their last seven league matches.
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Tony Pulis' side have won their last three away league matches.
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Crystal Palace have already won more games this season (13) than ever before in a single Premier League campaign.
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Palace have lost 17 of the 20 games where they have conceded the first goal.
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Mile Jedinak is the only player to have reached triple figures in terms of tackles (131) and interceptions (137) in the Premier League this season.