Head to head [recent → old]: (FUL-ARS): 2-1, 2-2, 0-3, 1-2, 1-1
Lineups
Fulham 4-2-3-1:
Bernd Leno(1) - Calvin Bassey(3)🟨 - Issa Diop(31) - Antonee Robinson(33)🟨 - Kenny Tete(2) - Emile Smith Rowe(32) ⇆ Andreas Pereira(18) - Sasa Lukic(20)🟨 ⇆ Jorge Cuenca(15) - Sander Berge(16) - Raúl Jiménez(7)⚽️🟨 ⇆ Rodrigo Muniz(9) - Adama Traoré(11) ⇆ Harry Wilson(8) - Alex Iwobi(17)
Bench: Steven Benda - Josh King - Ryan Sessegnon - Timothy Castagne - Martial Godo - Andreas Pereira - Rodrigo Muniz - Jorge Cuenca - Harry Wilson
Arsenal 4-3-3:
David Raya(22) - Jakub Kiwior(15) - William Saliba(2)⚽️ - Jurriën Timber(12) - Thomas Partey(5) - Jorginho (20) ⇆ Mikel Merino(23) - Declan Rice(41)🟨 - Martin Ødegaard(8) ⇆ Ethan Nwaneri(53) - Kai Havertz(29) ⇆ Gabriel Jesus(9) - Leandro Trossard(19) ⇆ Gabriel Martinelli(11)🟨 - Bukayo Saka(7)
Bench: Myles Lewis-Skelly - Ayden Heaven - Kieran Tierney - Raheem Sterling - Neto - Mikel Merino - Ethan Nwaneri - Gabriel Martinelli - Gabriel Jesus
Match Stats
Possession: 33%🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴67%
Shots On Goal: 2 - 4
Shots Attempted: 2 - 12
Fouls: 10 - 9
Yellow Cards: 4 - 2
Red Cards: 0 - 0
Corners: 0 - 6
Saves: 3 - 1
Match Events
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
First Half begins.
3' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Alex Iwobi.
3' - Attempt missed. William Saliba (Arsenal) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
5' - Foul by Raúl Jiménez (Fulham).
5' - Jorginho (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
6' - Offside, Arsenal. Kai Havertz is caught offside.
8' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Calvin Bassey.
11' - ⚽️ Goal! Fulham 1, Arsenal 0. Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kenny Tete.
12' - Foul by Emile Smith Rowe (Fulham).
12' - Jorginho (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
13' - Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
19' - Offside, Arsenal. Kai Havertz is caught offside.
21' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Antonee Robinson.
22' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
22' - Foul by Calvin Bassey (Fulham).
24' - Attempt missed. Declan Rice (Arsenal) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a through ball.
25' - Attempt missed. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Leandro Trossard with a cross.
37' - Attempt saved. Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
37' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Sasa Lukic.
42' - Foul by William Saliba (Arsenal).
42' - Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
45' - Foul by Bukayo Saka (Arsenal).
45' - Sasa Lukic (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
45' - Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
45'+2' - First Half ends, Fulham 1, Arsenal 0.
45' - Second Half begins Fulham 1, Arsenal 0.
48' - Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
48' - Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50' - Calvin Bassey (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
50' - Foul by Kai Havertz (Arsenal).
50' - Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
50' - Foul by Sasa Lukic (Fulham).
50' - 🟨 Sasa Lukic (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Calvin Bassey.
52' - Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Bukayo Saka following a corner.
52' - ⚽️ Goal! Fulham 1, Arsenal 1. William Saliba (Arsenal) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kai Havertz following a corner.
57' - Attempt saved. Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jurriën Timber.
58' - Foul by Kenny Tete (Fulham).
58' - Leandro Trossard (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
59' - Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross following a set piece situation.
60' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
60' - 🔄 Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Adama Traoré.
60' - 🔄 Substitution, Fulham. Andreas Pereira replaces Emile Smith Rowe.
62' - Attempt missed. Kai Havertz (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard.
64' - Foul by Sander Berge (Fulham).
64' - Jorginho (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
67' - Alex Iwobi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
67' - Foul by Thomas Partey (Arsenal).
69' - Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by Harry Wilson.
70' - Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Arsenal) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
71' - Attempt saved. Andreas Pereira (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sander Berge.
71' - Foul by Alex Iwobi (Fulham).
71' - Martin Ødegaard (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
72' - Foul by Calvin Bassey (Fulham).
72' - Kai Havertz (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
72' - 🟨 Calvin Bassey (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73' - Foul by Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal).
73' - Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Kai Havertz.
74' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Jorginho.
78' - Attempt saved. Declan Rice (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
79' - 🔄 Substitution, Arsenal. Ethan Nwaneri replaces Martin Ødegaard.
79' - 🟨 Raúl Jiménez (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Terrible first half. Our only player that looks like they may make a difference is Rice and honestly that's a bit of a problem as he should be unlocking Trosaard. I would move him to 6 and bring on Merino for Jorginho and swap Trosaard for Martinelli.
Feels like we just need to go into the dressing room and regroup a bit, honestly. Playing fine but the goals aren't coming, need a bit of a think about how our central game is going. Havertz not being able to make his mark on this game so far.
Not having a stable back four probably has been hurting us more than we like to think I'm ngl, they just don't seem to know where people will be. Thinking about that Rice backpass and both Raya and Kiwior going for it cuz the proper left back spot doesn't have anyone there cuz Timber was inverting.
When did Fulham become our bogey team? Seems like we often struggle against them now. They are a good team, but we should be consistently doing better against them.
I'm hearing "We're by far the greatest team the world has ever seen" twice, not sure if that's both games chanting it at the same time (accounting for stream delays) or if it's just echo lol.
Just a bit underhit from Fulham for that ESR attempt I think, he was going a bit too fast. Good for us, but I'm not sure why the commentary is so confused.
I was wondering if we will have more fluidity in the attack in the second half once Fulham get a little tired, but now I see how tired we look, and it feels like this game is gone.