Fulham 6-2 Birmingham City (2021-22 Championship)

Tue 18 Jan 2022 19:45	Fulham	(4) 6-2 (1)	Birmingham City	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 16,491 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Roberts  10' (og) Kebano  35' Carvalho  38'  75' Cairney  43' Robinson  90+3'	Report	Šunjić  45' Gardner  74'

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FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Marek Rodák DR 4 Denis Odoi DC 16 Tosin DC 13 Tim Ream DL 33 Antonee Robinson DM 10 Tom Cairney (c) 69' DM 6 Harrison Reed 67' 81' AMR 8 Harry Wilson AMC 28 Fábio Carvalho AML 7 Neeskens Kebano 68' ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović Substitutes: GK 21 Paolo Gazzaniga DF 2 Kenny Tete DF 26 Alfie Mawson MF 12 Nathaniel Chalobah 69' MF 25 Josh Onomah 81' FW 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 68' FW 19 Rodrigo Muniz Manager: Marco Silva

BIRMINGHAM CITY (3-5-2) GK 1 Neil Etheridge DRC 18 Teden Mengi DC 4 Marc Roberts 64' DLC 3 Kristian Pedersen 52' MR 2 Maxime Colin MRC 20 Gary Gardner MC 6 Ryan Woods MLC 34 Ivan Šunjić ML 11 Jérémie Bela ST 10 Lukas Jutkiewicz (c) 64' ST 25 Onel Hernández 82' Substitutes: GK 27 Connal Trueman DF 5 George Friend 64' DF 45 Renedi Masampu MF 19 Jordan James 82' MF 39 Jobe Bellingham MF 53 Tate Campbell FW 9 Scott Hogan 64' Manager: Lee Bowyer

Assistant referees: George Byrne Daniel Leach Fourth official: James Linington Previous Meeting: Birmingham City 1-4 Fulham (2021-22 Championship) (15 Sept 2021) Following Meeting: Birmingham City 0-2 Fulham (2024-25 EFL Cup 2nd Round) (27 Aug 2024) Trivia Fulham score 6 or more goals in three successive matches for the first time in English football since Chester City in 1934 Antonee Robinson makes his 50th League appearance for Fulham Statistics Fulham Birmingham City Possession 62% 38% Total shots 15 14 Shots on target 11 6 Shots off target 1 3 Shots blocked 3 5 Corner kicks 6 5 Fouls conceded 7 10 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 531 331 Passing success 83% 73% Tackles 16 18 Tackles success 80% 78% Clearances 13 18 Images 1-0: Marc Roberts diverts a Harry Wilson cross into his own net on ten minutes to give Fulham the lead 2-0: Neeskens Kebano converts Denis Odoi's low cross from close range in the 35th minute to double the lead 3-0: Fábio Carvalho scores Fulham's third with his first headed goal 4-0: The first half rout continues as Tom Cairney finishes off a fantastic team move by placing a finish in off the inside of the post 4-1: Ivan Šunjić grabs one back just before the half-time whistle with a brilliant effort from outside the box, curling it in off the post 4-2: After a good period of play from Birmingham, Gary Gardner had time and space to send another long distance strike past Marek Rodák in the 74th minute 5-2: Immediately, Fábio Carvalho strikes back to restore Fulham's three goal lead with a placed effort after cutting inside a defender and beating Etheridge to his left hand corner 6-2: Antonee Robinson scores with the last kick of the match, thundering in a left footed strike from just outside the area 2021-22 season Pre-season: Millwall (a) • Southampton (a) • Charlton (h) Championship: Middlesbrough (h) • Huddersfield (a) • Millwall (a) • Hull (h) • Stoke (h) • Blackpool (h) • Birmingham (a) • Reading (h) • Bristol City (a) • Swansea (h) • Coventry (a) • QPR (h) • Cardiff (h) • Nottm Forest (a) • West Brom (h) • Blackburn (a) • Peterborough (a) • Barnsley (h) • Derby (h) • Preston (a) • Bournemouth (h) • Luton (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Reading (a) • Bristol City (h) • Birmingham (h) • Stoke (a) • Blackpool (h) • Millwall (h) • Hull (a) • Huddersfield (h) • Peterborough (h) • Cardiff (a) • Blackburn (h) • Swansea (a) • Barnsley (a) • West Brom (a) • QPR (a) • Middlesbrough (a) • Coventry (h) • Derby (a) • Preston (h) • Bournemouth (a) • Nottm Forest (h) • Luton (h) • Sheff Utd (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Bristol City (a) • 4th round: Man City (a) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Birmingham (a) • 3rd round: Leeds (h)