English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 26, 2018
Burnley DDWLL 2
–
Fulham LLDLL 4
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BUR202
FUL314
Craven Cottage · 23,438 att.

Match Report

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Fulham thrash Burnley for first win since return to Premier League

Two goals in three minutes by Aleksandar Mitrovic helped Fulham to a first win of the Premier League campaign on Sunday when they beat Burnley 4-2.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
8
Saves
0
36.2
Possession
63.8
12
SHOTS
25
2
ON GOAL
12
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
223
Accurate Passes
488
301
Passes
572
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
27
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.3
78
Long Balls
72
40
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
11
Interceptions
4
20
Effective Clearances
25
20
Clearances
25

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Marcus BettinelliG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  3. 4Denis OdoiCD-R
  4. 23Joe BryanLB
  5. 21Timothy Fosu-MensahRB
  6. 6Kevin McDonaldCM
  7. 10Tom CairneyLM
  8. 24Jean Michaël SeriRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 19Luciano ViettoLF
  11. 14André SchürrleRF

BUR · 4-4-1-1

  1. 20Joe HartG
  2. 6Ben MeeCD-L
  3. 5James TarkowskiCD-R
  4. 23Stephen WardLB
  5. 2Matthew LowtonRB
  6. 18Ashley WestwoodCM-L
  7. 4Jack CorkCM-R
  8. 7Jóhann GudmundssonLM
  9. 25Aaron LennonRM
  10. 11Chris WoodF
  11. 13Jeff HendrickRCF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Fulham 1, Burnley 0. Jean Michael Seri (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Luciano Vietto.
  2. 10' Goal! Fulham 1, Burnley 1. Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner.
  3. 19' Substitution, Burnley. Charlie Taylor replaces Johann Berg Gudmundsson because of an injury.
  4. 36' Goal! Fulham 2, Burnley 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney following a corner.
  5. 38' Goal! Fulham 3, Burnley 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Luciano Vietto with a cross.
  6. 41' Goal! Fulham 3, Burnley 2. James Tarkowski (Burnley) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ben Mee following a corner.
  7. 54' James Tarkowski (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' André Schürrle (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 66' Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces Chris Wood.
  10. 66' Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Stephen Ward.
  11. 72' Substitution, Fulham. Calum Chambers replaces Joe Bryan.
  12. 78' Substitution, Fulham. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Tom Cairney.
  13. 83' Goal! Fulham 4, Burnley 2. André Schürrle (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  14. 89' Substitution, Fulham. Ryan Sessegnon replaces André Schürrle.
  15. 90'+1' Marcus Bettinelli (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.

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