Millwall 1-2 Fulham (2021-22 Championship)

Tue 17 Aug 2021 19:45	Millwall	(0) 1-2 (2)	Fulham	The Den, Bermondsey, London Attendance: 12,700 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
	Afobe  87'	Report	Mitrović  3' Carvalho  8'

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MILLWALL (3-5-2) GK 33 Bartosz Białkowski DRC 26 Danny Ballard DC 3 Murray Wallace DLC 5 Jake Cooper 89' WBR 12 Mahlon Romeo 19' 46' MRC 18 Ryan Leonard 81' MC 6 Maikel Kieftenbeld 81' MLC 17 George Saville WBL 11 Scott Malone 54' ST 23 Benik Afobe ST 7 Jed Wallace Substitutes: GK 1 George Long DF 2 Danny McNamara 81' DF 15 Alex Pearce MF 24 Billy Mitchell MF 28 George Evans 81' 88' FW 9 Tom Bradshaw FW 10 Matt Smith 46' Manager: Gary Rowett

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 21 Paolo Gazzaniga 90+5' DR 2 Kenny Tete DC 16 Tosin DC 13 Tim Ream (c) DL 33 Antonee Robinson DM 25 Josh Onomah 46' DM 24 Jean Michaël Seri AMR 7 Neeskens Kebano 90' AMC 28 Fábio Carvalho AML 17 Ivan Cavaleiro 86' ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović 90+3' Substitutes: GK 1 Marek Rodák DF 4 Denis Odoi DF 23 Joe Bryan 86' DF 26 Alfie Mawson 90' MF 29 André-Frank Anguissa 46' MF 35 Tyrese Francois FW 65 Jay Stansfield Manager: Marco Silva

Assistant referees: Nick Greenhalgh Craig Taylor Fourth official: Will Finnie Previous Meeting: Millwall 1-1 Fulham (2021 Friendly) (20 Jul 2021) Following Meeting: Fulham 3-0 Millwall (2021-22 Championship) (8 Feb 2022) Trivia Jay Stansfield makes his first appearance in a first team matchday squad since January 2020 Statistics Millwall Fulham Possession 36% 64% Total shots 7 16 Shots on target 2 6 Shots off target 4 5 Shots blocked 1 5 Corner kicks 2 5 Fouls conceded 11 11 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 4 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 339 595 Passing success 71% 85% Tackles 30 14 Tackles success 60% 82% Clearances 23 14 Images 0-1: Three minutes were not yet on the clock when Fábio Carvalho's cross found Aleksandar Mitrović at the near post to flick in Fulham's first goal for an early lead 0-2: A wonderful through ball from Neeskens Kebano found a Carvalho run only 6 minutes later, where the youngster sent a fantastic finish past Białkowski's near post and handed Fulham a dream start 1-2: Despite a flood of chances for Fulham in the second half they could not further their score and paid the price late on when Matt Smith's header hit Benik Afobe's and wrong-footed Gazzaniga to score and give a nervy finish 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)