Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Fulham (2022-23 Premier League)

Sat 3 Sept 2022 15:00	Tottenham Hotspur	(1) 2-1 (0)	Fulham	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 61,641 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Højbjerg  40' Kane  75'	Report	Mitrović  83'

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (3-4-2-1) GK 1 Hugo Lloris (c) DRC 17 Cristian Romero 27' DC 15 Eric Dier DLC 34 Clément Lenglet MR 12 Emerson Royal MC 5 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MC 30 Rodrigo Bentancur 69' ML 19 Ryan Sessegnon AMRC 9 Richarlison 90+1' AMLC 7 Son Heung-min 84' ST 10 Harry Kane 78' Substitutes: GK 20 Fraser Forster DF 2 Matt Doherty DF 6 Davinson Sánchez DF 25 Japhet Tanganga DF 33 Ben Davies MF 4 Ollie Skipp MF 14 Ivan Perišić 84' MF 21 Dejan Kulusevski 78' MF 38 Yves Bissouma Manager: Antonio Conte

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 17 Bernd Leno DR 2 Kenny Tete 36' DC 4 Tosin DC 13 Tim Ream (c) DL 33 Antonee Robinson 29' DM 6 Harrison Reed DM 26 João Palhinha 63' 85' AMR 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 55' 61' AMC 18 Andreas Pereira 61' AML 7 Neeskens Kebano 61' ST 9 Aleksandar Mitrović 86' Substitutes: GK 1 Marek Rodák DF 5 Shane Duffy DF 27 Kevin Mbabu 29' DF 31 Issa Diop MF 10 Tom Cairney 61' MF 12 Nathaniel Chalobah FW 20 Willian 61' FW 21 Dan James 61' FW 30 Carlos Vinícius 85' Manager: Marco Silva

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Assistant referees: Dan Cook Wade Smith Fourth official: Darren Bond VAR: Andre Marriner Assistant VAR: Derek Eaton Previous Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (2020-21 Premier League) (4 Mar 2021) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (2022-23 Premier League) (23 Jan 2023) Trivia Dan James, Willian & Carlos Vinícius make their Fulham debuts Kenny Tete makes his 50th appearance in all competitions for Fulham Statistics Tottenham Hotspur Fulham Possession 52% 48% Total shots 23 9 Shots on target 10 3 Shots off target 7 5 Shots blocked 6 1 Corner kicks 10 3 Fouls conceded 9 6 Offsides 3 0 Yellow cards 3 4 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 468 430 Passing success 88% 86% Tackles 19 18 Tackles success 70% 72% Clearances 17 19 Images 1-0: Tottenham take a deserved lead on 40 minutes, as midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg makes a run into the box, controlling and finishing in a tight space from a move that began from substitute Kevin Mbabu's error 2-0: Harry Kane doubles Spurs' lead with 15 minutes remaining after converting former-Fulham man Ryan Sessegnon's cross 1-0: Aleksandar Mitrović continued his goalscoring form with a great finish. Controlling a long diagonal ball from Kenny Tete on his chest, he cut inside the area and curled an effort in Hugo Lloris' top left corner 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)