Fulham 2-1 Southampton (2022-23 Premier League)

Sat 31 Dec 2022 15:00	Fulham	(1) 2-1 (0)	Southampton	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 24,344 Referee: Graham Scott
	Ward-Prowse  32' (og) Palhinha  88' Mitrović  90+6' (saved)	Report	Ward-Prowse  56'

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FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 17 Bernd Leno DR 2 Kenny Tete DC 31 Issa Diop DC 13 Tim Ream (c) DL 33 Antonee Robinson DM 6 Harrison Reed 62' DM 26 João Palhinha AMR 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 62' AMC 18 Andreas Pereira 90+8' AML 20 Willian ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović Substitutes: GK 1 Marek Rodák DF 4 Tosin 90+8' DF 5 Shane Duffy MF 10 Tom Cairney 62' MF 12 Nathaniel Chalobah MF 38 Luke Harris FW 8 Harry Wilson FW 21 Dan James 62' FW 30 Carlos Vinícius Manager: Marco Silva

SOUTHAMPTON (3-4-3) GK 31 Gavin Bazunu DRC 4 Lyanco DLC 22 Mohammed Salisu 90' DC 37 Armel Bella-Kotchap WBR 3 Ainsley Mailand-Niles 90' MC 8 James Ward-Prowse (c) MC 24 Mohamed Elyounoussi 70' 90' WBL 2 Kyle Walker-Peters FR 7 Joe Aribo 67' ST 10 Ché Adams FL 23 Samuel Edozie 77' Substitutes: GK 13 Willy Caballero DF 6 Duje Ćaleta-Car DF 15 Romain Perraud 77' MF 17 Stuart Armstrong 67' MF 27 Ibrahima Diallo MF 45 Roméo Lavia 90' MF 50 Ryan Finnigan FW 9 Adam Armstrong 90' FW 18 Sékou Mara 90' Manager: Nathan Jones

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Assistant referees: Derek Eaton Wade Smith Fourth official: Darren Bond VAR: David Coote Assistant VAR: Dan Cook Previous Meeting: Southampton 1-1 Fulham (2021 Friendly) (24 Jul 2021) Following Meeting: Southampton 0-2 Fulham (2022-23 Premier League) (13 May 2023) Trivia Statistics Fulham Southampton Possession 63% 37% Total shots 8 9 Shots on target 2 3 Shots off target 5 4 Shots blocked 1 2 Corner kicks 4 4 Fouls conceded 8 13 Offsides 1 0 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 568 330 Passing success 79% 65% Tackles 20 22 Tackles success 87% 96% Clearances 20 15 Images 1-0: Fulham open the scoring on 32 minutes when Andreas Pereira's first time strike direct from a corner kick deflects off of James Ward-Prowse and into the net 1-1: Southampton captain Ward-Prowse makes amends and scores a fantastic free kick ten minutes into the second half to put the visitors level 2-1: Slightly against the run of play, Fulham grab a late goal to go ahead once more as João Palhinha heads in at the far post following a flick-on by Kenny Tete from a corner kick After a foul on Dan James in the penalty area, Aleksandar Mitrović sees his stoppage time penalty kick saved by Gavin Bazunu Highlights 2022-23 season Pre-season: Nice (n) • Benfica (n) • Estoril (a) • Villarreal (h) Additional friendlies: Portimonense (a) • West Ham (h) Premier League: Liverpool (h) • Wolves (a) • Brentford (h) • Arsenal (a) • Brighton (h) • Tottenham (a) • Nottm Forest (a) • Newcastle (h) • West Ham (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Aston Villa (h) • Leeds (a) • Everton (h) • Man City (a) • Man Utd (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Southampton (h) • Leicester (a) • Chelsea (h) • Newcastle (a) • Tottenham (h) • Chelsea (a) • Nottm Forest (h) • Brighton (a) • Wolves (h) • Brentford (a) • Arsenal (h) • Bournemouth (a) • West Ham (h) • Everton (a) • Leeds (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Man City (h) • Liverpool (a) • Leicester (h) • Southampton (a) • Crystal Palace (h) • Man Utd (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Hull (a) • 4th round: Sunderland (h) | Replay: Sunderland (a) • 5th round: Leeds (h) • Quarter-final: Man Utd (a) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Crawley (a)