Fulham 6-0 Burton Albion (2017-18 Championship)

Sat 20 Jan 2018 15:00	Fulham	(3) 6-0 (0)	Burton Albion	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 19,003 Referee: Tim Robinson
	Fonte  18'  38' Piazón  34' Sessegnon  72'  79' Kamara  88'	Report

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Marcus Bettinelli DR 2 Ryan Fredericks DC 26 Tomáš Kalas DC 13 Tim Ream DL 4 Denis Odoi MRC 16 Oliver Norwood 64' MC 6 Kevin McDonald (c) MLC 8 Stefan Johansen FR 20 Lucas Piazón 81' ST 9 Rui Fonte 75' FL 3 Ryan Sessegnon Substitutes: GK 27 David Button DF 23 Marcelo Djaló MF 7 Neeskens Kebano MF 10 Tom Cairney 64' MF 36 Luca de la Torre 81' MF 37 Tayo Edun FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara 75' Manager: Slaviša Jokanović

BURTON ALBION (3-4-3) GK 13 Stephen Bywater DRC 2 John Brayford 70' DC 23 Jake Buxton (c) DLC 5 Kyle McFadzean WBR 10 Lucas Akins MC 7 Luke Murphy 6' 64' MC 15 Tom Naylor WBL 12 Tom Flanagan FR 20 Martin Samuelsen 75' 78' ST 17 Marvin Sordell FL 11 Lloyd Dyer Substitutes: GK 24 Harry Campbell MF 4 Jamie Allen 64' MF 8 Matty Lund MF 19 Matt Palmer MF 21 Hope Akpan 70' MF 26 Joe Sbarra 78' FW 16 Luke Varney Manager: Nigel Clough

Assistant referees: Ian Cooper Akil Howson Fourth official: James Linington Previous Meeting: Burton Albion 2-1 Fulham (2017-18 Championship) (16 Sept 2017) Following Meeting: n/a Trivia This was Fulham's biggest victory since a 6-0 win in 2011 over West London rivals Queens Park Rangers Statistics Fulham Burton Albion Possession 68% 32% Shots on target 10 0 Shots off target 2 3 Shots blocked 9 3 Corner kicks 3 1 Fouls conceded 8 9 Offsides 4 1 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 722 333 Passing success 90% 71% Tackles 9 17 Tackles success 78% 53% Total crosses 18 11 Successful crosses 17% 27% Interceptions 11 16 Clearances 14 24 Images 1-0: Rui Fonte opens the scoring with a tap in after a good team move 2-0: Lucas Piazón then doubles Fulham's lead with a deft finish from a low cross by Fredericks 3-0: Fonte scores his second after his attempted header fell nicely for another close range tap in 4-0: Ryan Sessegnon finishes from close range after Stefan Johansen's effort fell to him 5-0: A few minutes later, Sessegnon scores his second and Fulham's fifth with yet another Johansen effort landing at the feet of the youngster, who again finished from close range 6-0: A fine display was capped with a classy chip over the goalkeeper as Aboubakar Kamara found himself through on goal 2017-18 season Pre-season: Piast Gliwice (n) • Fastav Zlín (n) • QPR U23 (h) • Chelsea (a) • West Ham (n) • Darmstadt (a) • Wolfsburg (h) Additional friendlies: Southampton XI (a) • Southampton XI (a) Championship: Norwich (h) • Reading (a) • Leeds (a)) • Sheff Wed (h) • Ipswich (a) • Cardiff (h) • Hull (h) • Burton (a) • Middlesbrough (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • QPR (a) • Preston North End (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Bolton (h) • Bristol City (h) • Wolves (a) • Derby (h) • Sheff Utd (a) • Millwall (h) • Brentford (a) • Birmingham (h) • Sunderland (a) • Barnsley (h) • Cardiff (a) • Hull (a) • Ipswich (h) • Middlesbrough (a) • Burton (h) • Barnsley (a) • Nottm Forest (h) • Bolton (a) • Aston Villa (h) • Bristol City (a) • Wolves (h) • Derby (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Preston (a) • QPR (h) • Norwich (a) • Leeds (h) • Sheff Wed (a) • Reading (h) • Brentford (h) • Millwall (a) • Sunderland (h) • Birmingham (a) Play-offs- Semi-final 1st Leg: Derby (a) • Semi-final 2nd Leg: Derby (h) • Final: Aston Villa (n) FA Cup: 3rd round: Southampton (h) EFL Cup: 1st round: Wycombe (a) • 2nd round: Bristol Rovers (h)