English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 26, 2025
Fulham LLWLL 2
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Southampton LDLLD 1
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St. Mary's Stadium · 28,946 att. · Peacock

Match Report

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Ryan Sessegnon scores late winner as Fulham beat Southampton

Fulham came from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday to claim three precious points in their chase for European football.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
13
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
3
64.6
Possession
35.4
26
SHOTS
7
5
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
480
Accurate Passes
246
544
Passes
319
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
16
Accurate Crosses
1
53
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.1
24
Long Balls
51
10
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
5
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
4
18
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
1
Interceptions
6
30
Effective Clearances
42
30
Clearances
42

Head to Head

FUL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 30Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  4. 6Taylor Harwood-BellisCD-R
  5. 26Lesley UgochukwuCM-L
  6. 4Flynn DownesCM-R
  7. 3Ryan ManningLM
  8. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRM
  9. 11Ross StewartF
  10. 20Kamaldeen SulemanaCF-L
  11. 18Mateus FernandesCF-R

FUL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Bernd LenoG
  2. 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
  3. 5Joachim AndersenCD-R
  4. 30Ryan SessegnonLB
  5. 2Kenny TeteRB
  6. 16Sander BergeCM
  7. 17Alex IwobiLM
  8. 18Andreas PereiraRM
  9. 7Raúl JiménezF
  10. 22WillianLF
  11. 8Harry WilsonRF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Southampton 1, Fulham 0. Jack Stephens (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Adama Traoré replaces Andreas Pereira.
  3. 45' Substitution, Fulham. Sasa Lukic replaces Sander Berge.
  4. 66' Substitution, Fulham. Emile Smith Rowe replaces Willian.
  5. 66' Substitution, Southampton. Cameron Archer replaces Ross Stewart.
  6. 69' Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 70' Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 72' Goal! Southampton 1, Fulham 1. Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a through ball.
  9. 78' Substitution, Southampton. Tyler Dibling replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
  10. 86' Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Alex Iwobi.
  11. 86' Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Harry Wilson.
  12. 86' Substitution, Southampton. James Bree replaces Mateus Fernandes.
  13. 90'+2' Goal! Southampton 1, Fulham 2. Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adama Traoré with a cross.

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