Fulham 0-2 Crystal Palace (2018-19 Premier League)

Sat 11 Aug 2018 15:00	Fulham	(0) 0-2 (1)	Crystal Palace	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 24,821 Referee: Mike Dean
		Report	Schlupp  41' Zaha  79'

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 31 Fabri DR 22 Cyrus Christie DC 5 Calum Chambers DC 20 Maxime Le Marchand DL 23 Joe Bryan 71' MRC 10 Tom Cairney (c) MC 6 Kevin McDonald 34' MLC 24 Jean Michaël Seri 82' FR 14 André Schürrle 61' ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović FL 3 Ryan Sessegnon Substitutes: GK 25 Sergio Rico DF 21 Timothy Fosu-Mensah MF 8 Stefan Johansen 82' MF 44 Ibrahima Cissé FW 7 Neeskens Kebano FW 19 Luciano Vietto 71' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara 61' Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

CRYSTAL PALACE (4-4-1-1) GK 13 Wayne Hennessey DR 29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka DC 12 Mamadou Sakho DC 5 James Tomkins DL 3 Patrick van Aanholt 90+2' MR 10 Andros Townsend 88' MC 4 Luka Milivojević (c) MC 18 James McArthur ML 15 Jeffrey Schlupp 74' SS 11 Wilfried Zaha 40' ST 17 Christian Benteke 83' Substitutes: GK 31 Vicente Guaita DF 2 Joel Ward DF 23 Pape Souaré 90+2' DF 34 Martin Kelly MF 8 Cheikhou Kouyaté 88' MF 44 Jaïro Riedewald FW 9 Alexander Sørloth 83' Manager: Roy Hodgson

Assistant referees: Ian Hussin Dan Robathan Fourth official: Rob Jones Previous Meeting: Fulham 3-1 Crystal Palace (2016 Friendly) (30 Jul 2016) Following Meeting: Crystal Palace 2-0 Fulham (2018-19 Premier League) (2 Feb 2019) Trivia Fulham play their first Premier League match in over four years Fabri, Calum Chambers, Maxime Le Marchand, Joe Bryan, Jean Michaël Seri, André Schürrle & Luciano Vietto all make their Fulham debuts Statistics Fulham Crystal Palace Possession 66% 34% Shots on target 6 9 Shots off target 4 0 Shots blocked 5 1 Corner kicks 5 5 Fouls conceded 9 11 Offsides 2 3 Yellow cards 1 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 670 352 Passing success 88% 74% Tackles 24 18 Tackles success 83% 67% Total crosses 33 11 Successful crosses 24% 45% Interceptions 14 16 Clearances 21 29 Images 0-1: Jeffrey Schlupp fires in a powerful shot from a tight angle and beats Fabri at his near post high into the roof of the net in the first half to give the visitors the lead 0-2: Wilfried Zaha races onto a ball from a counter attack, and rounds the onrushing Fabri to make it two goals to the good for Crystal Palace and no points for Fulham's first match back in the Premier League 2018-19 season Pre-season: Crawley (h) • Reading (n) • Fenerbahçe (n) • Lyon (n) • Sampdoria (n) • Celta Vigo (h) Cup of Traditions - Semi-final: Athletic Bilbao (n) • Final: Fiorentina (n) Additional friendly - ATK (n) Premier League: Crystal Palace (h) • Tottenham (a) • Burnley (h) • Brighton (a) • Man City (a) • Watford (h) • Everton (a) • Arsenal (h) • Cardiff (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Chelsea (a) • Leicester (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (h) • Newcastle (a) • Wolves (h) • Huddersfield (h) • Arsenal (a) • Burnley (a) • Tottenham (h) • Brighton (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Man Utd (h) • West Ham (a) • Southampton (a) • Chelsea (h) • Leicester (a) • Liverpool (h) • Man City (h) • Watford (a) • Everton (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Cardiff (h) • Wolves (a) • Newcastle (h) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Exeter (h) • 3rd round: Millwall (a) • 4th round: Man City (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Oldham (h)