Fulham 2 - 3 Crystal Palace

Fulham scorers: Josh King (11'), César Palacios (42')

Palace scorers: Tyrick Mitchell (35', 54'), Ben Chilwell (77')

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Venue: Craven Cottage, London, England

Referee: Samuel Barrott

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Fulham:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Bernd Leno		Benjamin Lecomte
Timothy Castagne		David Affengruber
Joachim Andersen		Ryan Sessegnon	79'
Calvin Bassey		Sander Berge	61'
Antonee Robinson	79'	Emile Smith Rowe	79'
Shea Charles	79'	Kevin
Alex Iwobi	83'	Hugo Larsson	79'
Oscar Bobb	79'	Manuel Ángel Morán
Josh King	11'	Rodrigo Muniz	83'
César Palacios	42' 61'
Gonzalo García

Manager: Álvaro Arbeloa (Spain)

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Crystal Palace:

Starting XI	Notes	Subs	Notes
Dean Henderson		Walter Benítez
Jaydee Canvot		Ben Chillwell	74' 77'
Axel Disasi		Takehiro Tomiyasu
Chris Richards		Óscar Mingueza	89'
Anan Khalaili		Cheick Doucouré
Adam Wharton		Will Hughes	74'
Quinten Timber	74'	Zavier Gozo
Tyrick Mitchell	35' 54' 74'	Dario Osorio	89'
Yeremy Pino	89'	Jørgen Strand Larsen	46'
Daichi Kamada	89'
Eddie Nketiah	46'

Manager: Pierre Sage (France)

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MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

4': Castagne with an early chance but he puts it wide of the far post for Fulham.

11': GOAL FULHAM!!! Josh King gets a shot off and gets a kind deflection off Canvot that wrongfoots Henderson!

16': An immaculate cross into the box that finds Daichi Kamada who sidefoots it into the net! That was so pretty! Buuuuuuut... VAR takes it away. Just a kneecap offside.

18': Great save!! Richards of all players hammers it at the Fulham goal, Leno manages to get a hand to it to pop it up in the air and catch it.

20': Khalaili cuts inside and fires from distance but puts it wide of the near post.

23': Leno off his line to smother the chance from Nketiah

33': Amazing reaction save by Henderson!!! Castagne denied from close range with one desperate hand!!

35': GOAL PALACE!! The ball is swept forward into space for Tyrick Mitchell who fires from a tight angle and gets it past the keeper!

38': Robinson's curler goes just wide of Palace's far post

42': GOAL FULHAM!! Henderson makes a save on García but the rebound falls back for César Palacios who has all the net to hit and does!

HT Fulham 2-1 Crystal Palace Exciting so far!

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46': Palace substitution: Jørgen Strand Larsen on for Eddie Nketiah

46': We're back!

49': A Fulham header blocked in front of goal, Palacios tries a turning shot on the rebound but it goes wide of the near post.

54': GOAL PALACE!!! An absolute mess of a goal! Mitchell's shot takes a deflection off his own teammate, Garcia tries to clear it rather than letting his keeper handle it, Mitchell makes a lunge to deflect the pass and it dribbles into the Fulham net somehow!

56': SAVE!! Palacios denied by Henderson in front of goal!

60': SAVE! Oscar Bobb with a running shot from about 8 yards but he can't beat Henderson

61': Palacios gets the layoff and goes for the top far corner but is off the mark.

61': Fulham substitution: Sander Berge on for César Palacios

74': Palace double sub: Ben Chilwell and Will Hughes on for Tyrick Mitchell and Quinten Timber

77': GOAL PALACE!! It's a scramble in front of goal, the Fulham defense makes two blocks but the ball falls up and over to Ben Chilwell who sets himself and volleys it in!

79': Fulham triple sub: Emile Smith Rowe, Ryan Sessegnon and Hugo Larsson on for Oscar Bobb, Antonee Robinson and Shea Charles

83': Fulham substitution: Rodrigo Muniz on for Alex Iwobi

87': SAVE! Sessegnon doesn't have the power to beat Henderson. A smashing shot on the rebound by Muniz but he hits the side netting.

88': Another shot by Muniz! But he volleys it over.

89': Palace double sub: Óscar Mingueza and Dario Osorio on for Yeremy Pino and Daichi Kamada

FT Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace Fulham needs to sort out their defense!