Crystal Palace 0-3 Fulham: Cottagers put nine-man Palace to the sword

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Bobby De Cordova-ReidBobby de Cordova-Reid opened the scoring for Fulham

Goals from Bobby de Cordova-Reid, Tim Ream and Aleksandar Mitrovic inspired Fulham to triumph implicit nine-man Crystal Palace astatine Selhurst Park.

Dominant throughout, Marco Silva's broadside were helped by Palace's indiscipline successful either half, which enactment a halt to their hopes of a 4th consecutive location win.

Tyrick Mitchell was shown a reddish paper for a foul connected Kenny Tete conscionable 3 minutes aft his broadside went behind, and James Tomkins followed him earlier the hour.

The effect strengthens the visitors' improbable European push, arsenic they beryllium successful eighth, conscionable 2 points disconnected the apical six.

Heading towards the half-hour mark, Palace, having struggled to enforce themselves aboriginal on, astir took the lead.

Clever play by Michael Olise freed Jordan Ayew wrong the area, but helium saw his effort clang disconnected the bar.

Fulham made them wage moments aboriginal erstwhile De Cordova-Reid headed the visitors into a deserved pb arsenic Mitrovic pounced connected slack play from Joachim Andersen earlier uncovering his team-mate with a pinpoint cross.

The hosts' misery was compounded further erstwhile Mitchell was dismissed aft Tete reached a escaped shot archetypal and was caught by the Palace man.

Any accidental of a speedy Palace resurgence were quashed 12 minutes aft the break. Tomkins, connected a booking, appeared to elbow Mitrovic disconnected the ball, resulting successful a 2nd reddish paper of the game.

Ream past reacted rapidly to Mitrovic's knock-down from a country to treble Fulham's pb connected 71 minutes.

Referee Andy Madley checked the VAR show for a imaginable handball against the Serb, lone to instrumentality with his archetypal decision, earlier Mitrovic made it 3 10 minutes from time.

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Crystal Palace

  1. Squad number13Player nameGuaita

  2. Squad number17Player nameClyne

  3. Squad number16Player nameAndersen

  4. Squad number5Player nameTomkins

  5. Squad number3Player nameMitchell

  6. Squad number28Player nameDoucouré

  7. Squad number15Player nameSchlupp

  8. Squad number9Player nameJ Ayew

  9. Squad number7Player nameOlise

  10. Squad number10Player nameEze

  11. Squad number11Player nameZaha

  1. Squad number2Player nameWard

  2. Squad number4Player nameMilivojevic

  3. Squad number19Player nameHughes

  4. Squad number26Player nameRichards

  5. Squad number44Player nameRiedewald

Fulham

  1. Squad number17Player nameLeno

  2. Squad number2Player nameTete

  3. Squad number31Player nameDiop

  4. Squad number13Player nameReam

  5. Squad number33Player nameRobinson

  6. Squad number6Player nameReed

  7. Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha

  8. Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

  9. Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira

  10. Squad number20Player nameWillian

  11. Squad number9Player nameMitrovic

  1. Squad number8Player nameWilson

  2. Squad number10Player nameCairney

  3. Squad number21Player nameJames

  4. Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius

  5. Squad number38Player nameHarris

Line-ups

Crystal Palace

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 13Guaita
  • 17ClyneSubstituted forWardat 67'minutes
  • 16Andersen
  • 5TomkinsBooked astatine 57mins
  • 3MitchellBooked astatine 34mins
  • 28DoucouréSubstituted forMilivojevicat 84'minutes
  • 15SchluppSubstituted forRiedewaldat 83'minutes
  • 9J Ayew
  • 7OliseSubstituted forHughesat 84'minutes
  • 10EzeSubstituted forRichardsat 60'minutes
  • 11Zaha

Substitutes

  • 1Butland
  • 2Ward
  • 4Milivojevic
  • 19Hughes
  • 22Édouard
  • 23Ebiowei
  • 26Richards
  • 44Riedewald
  • 45Gordon

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1

  • 17Leno
  • 2Tete
  • 31Diop
  • 13Ream
  • 33Robinson
  • 6Reed
  • 26João PalhinhaSubstituted forCairneyat 75'minutes
  • 14De Cordova-ReidSubstituted forWilsonat 81'minutes
  • 18PereiraSubstituted forHarrisat 85'minutes
  • 20WillianSubstituted forJamesat 82'minutes
  • 9MitrovicSubstituted forAlves Moraisat 85'minutes

Substitutes

  • 1Rodák
  • 4Tosin
  • 5Duffy
  • 8Wilson
  • 10Cairney
  • 12Chalobah
  • 21James
  • 30Alves Morais
  • 38Harris

Referee:Andy Madley

Attendance:25,176

Live Text

  1. Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, Fulham 3.

  2. Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, Fulham 3.

  3. Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Vicente Guaita.

  4. Attempt saved. Kenny Tete (Fulham) close footed changeable from extracurricular the container is saved successful the apical centre of the goal. Assisted by Harrison Reed.

  5. Hand shot by Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).

  6. Attempt missed. Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the container misses to the left. Assisted by Luka Milivojevic with a transverse pursuing a acceptable portion situation.

  7. Foul by Antonee Robinson (Fulham).

  8. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  9. Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked. Assisted by Harry Wilson.

  10. Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) near footed changeable from the centre of the container is blocked.

  11. Attempt missed. Harry Wilson (Fulham) header from the centre of the container misses to the right. Assisted by Antonee Robinson with a cross.

  12. Substitution, Fulham. Carlos Vinícius replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.

  13. Substitution, Fulham. Luke Harris replaces Andreas Pereira.

  14. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Will Hughes replaces Michael Olise.

  15. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Luka Milivojevic replaces Cheick Oumar Doucouré.

  16. Substitution, Crystal Palace. Jairo Riedewald replaces Jeffrey Schlupp.

  17. Foul by Tim Ream (Fulham).

  18. Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.

  19. Substitution, Fulham. Dan James replaces Willian.

  20. Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

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