English Premier League

FT Saturday, August 18, 2018
Fulham LLLDL 1
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Tottenham Hotspur WLWLW 3
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Wembley Stadium · 58,297 att.

Match Report

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Harry Kane ends August goal drought as Spurs beat Fulham

Harry Kane finally ended his August goalscoring drought as England's World Cup luminaries inspired Tottenham Hotspur to a morale-boosting 3-1 win.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
9
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
8
Saves
2
40.4
Possession
59.6
10
SHOTS
25
3
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
557
435
Passes
629
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
8
7
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
51
33
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
8
13
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
12
39
Effective Clearances
8
39
Clearances
8

Head to Head

TOT leads series 4-1

Lineups

TOT · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 6Davinson SánchezCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 4Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 15Eric DierSW
  6. 20Dele AlliCM-L
  7. 23Christian EriksenCM-R
  8. 33Ben DaviesLM
  9. 2Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 10Harry KaneCF-L
  11. 27Lucas MouraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Michel Vorm
  2. 11Erik Lamela
  3. 8Harry Winks
  4. 3Danny Rose
  5. 19Mousa Dembélé
  6. 24Sèrge Aurier
  7. 17Moussa Sissoko

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 31FabriG
  2. 20Maxime Le MarchandCD-L
  3. 5Calum ChambersCD-R
  4. 23Joe BryanLB
  5. 21Timothy Fosu-MensahRB
  6. 29Frank AnguissaCM
  7. 24Jean Michaël SeriLM
  8. 10Tom CairneyRM
  9. 9Aleksandar MitrovicF
  10. 47Aboubakar KamaraLF
  11. 3Ryan SessegnonRF

Substitutes

  1. 7Neeskens KebanoSUB
  2. 8Stefan JohansenSUB
  3. 25Sergio RicoSUB
  4. 14André SchürrleSUB
  5. 6Kevin McDonaldSUB
  6. 19Luciano ViettoSUB
  7. 22Cyrus ChristieSUB

Timeline

  1. 43' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Fulham 0. Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 52' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Fulham 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Ryan Sessegnon.
  3. 63' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Mousa Dembélé replaces Davinson Sánchez.
  4. 73' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela replaces Eric Dier.
  5. 73' Substitution, Fulham. Stefan Johansen replaces Tom Cairney.
  6. 74' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 2, Fulham 1. Kieran Trippier (Tottenham Hotspur) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 77' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, Fulham 1. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erik Lamela following a fast break.
  8. 85' Substitution, Fulham. Cyrus Christie replaces Joe Bryan.
  9. 88' Substitution, Fulham. André Schürrle replaces Aboubakar Kamara.
  10. 89' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Harry Kane.

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