Fulham 4-2 Burnley (2018-19 Premier League)

Sun 26 Aug 2018 16:00	Fulham	(3) 4-2 (2)	Burnley	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 23,438 Referee: David Coote
	Seri  4' Mitrović  36'  38' Schürrle  83'	Report	Hendrick  10' Tarkowski  41'

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DR 21 Timothy Fosu-Mensah DC 4 Denis Odoi DC 20 Maxime Le Marchand DL 23 Joe Bryan 72' MRC 10 Tom Cairney (c) 78' MC 6 Kevin McDonald MLC 24 Jean Michaël Seri FR 19 Luciano Vietto ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović FL 14 André Schürrle 59' 89' Substitutes: GK 31 Fabri DF 5 Calum Chambers 72' DF 22 Cyrus Christie MF 8 Stefan Johansen MF 29 André Zambo Anguissa 78' FW 3 Ryan Sessegnon 89' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

BURNLEY (4-4-1-1) GK 20 Joe Hart DR 2 Matt Lowton DC 5 James Tarkowski 54' DC 6 Ben Mee (c) DL 23 Stephen Ward 66' MR 25 Aaron Lennon MC 4 Jack Cork MC 18 Ashley Westwood ML 7 Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson 19' SS 13 Jeff Hendrick ST 11 Chris Wood 66' Substitutes: GK 1 Tom Heaton DF 3 Charlie Taylor 19' DF 14 Ben Gibson DF 26 Phil Bardsley DF 28 Kevin Long FW 9 Sam Vokes 66' FW 10 Ashley Barnes 66' Manager: Sean Dyche

Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup Matthew Perry Fourth official: Andre Marriner Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-3 Burnley (2015-16 Championship) (8 Mar 2016) Following Meeting: Burnley 2-1 Fulham (2018-19 Premier League) (12 Jan 2019) Trivia Fulham win their first Premier League match in over four years, the last being a 1-0 victory against Norwich in April 2014 Statistics Fulham Burnley Possession 64% 36% Shots on target 12 2 Shots off target 10 5 Shots blocked 3 5 Corner kicks 6 4 Fouls conceded 11 8 Offsides 1 5 Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 574 300 Passing success 85% 74% Tackles 9 21 Tackles success 89% 48% Total crosses 16 28 Successful crosses 31% 18% Interceptions 3 10 Clearances 24 20 Images 1-0: Jean Michaël Seri finds space in the 4th minute and sends a rocket of a shot into the top right corner of the net, giving Joe Hart no chance 1-1: Jeff Hendrick quickly responds after getting a second bite of the cherry from close range and blasted the ball high into the roof of the net on 10 minutes 2-1: Aleksandar Mitrović puts Fulham ahead once more in the 36th minute following a set piece routine which saw a short corner laid to Cairney, who floated a ball in towards the far post where Mitrović was on hand to head in from close range 3-1: It was two goals in as many minutes for Fulham and Mitrović as he beats his man in the air to head in a third from Luciano Vietto's cross from the left 3-2: In what was an goal-filled first half, James Tarkowski pegs one back for Burnley; a corner kick headed down towards the post found Tarkowski, who tapped in in the 41st minute 4-2: André Schürrle made sure of victory in the last ten minutes of the match as he sent a composed finish past Hart after a Mitrović effort on goal found him via the post 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)