Fulham
Crystal Palace
Match summary
Crystal Palace came from behind to win 3-2 away at Fulham. Fulham led 2-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Joshua King put Fulham ahead in the 11th minute, Tyrick Mitchell equalised in the 35th minute, set up by Eddie Nketiah, and César Palacios put Fulham back in front in the 42nd minute. In the second half, Mitchell equalised in the 54th minute and Ben Chilwell won it in the 77th minute, set up by Daichi Kamada.
Fulham can feel hard done by, creating 2.90 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Crystal Palace's 2.53 from 10.
Fulham dominated large periods of this Premier League fixture on matchday three, registering 64 percent possession and completing 678 passes compared to Crystal Palace's 377. The home side created significant territory and shot volume, recording 25 total shots with six on target, 127 attacks, 83 dangerous attacks, and seven corners. Despite finishing with an expected goals total of 2.90 against their opponents' 2.53 and having notable chances from players including Eddie Nketiah and Timothy Castagne, Fulham failed to secure a result. Discipline was well maintained throughout the encounter, with fouls remaining low at six for the hosts and seven for the visitors, alongside a single offside for Fulham and six for Crystal Palace.
The scoring opened in the eleventh minute when Josh King converted a left-footed shot to give Fulham the lead, shortly before a VAR review occurred in the fourteenth minute. Crystal Palace equalised in the thirty-fifth minute through a left-footed shot by Tyrick Mitchell, before César Palacios restored Fulham's advantage with a right-footed shot in the forty-second minute, bringing the half-time score to two-one. Following the interval, Crystal Palace made a forced substitution as Eddie Nketiah replaced the injured Jørgen Strand Larsen. Tyrick Mitchell scored his second left-footed goal in the fifty-fourth minute to level the score at two-two. After further substitutions for both sides, Ben Chilwell scored with a left-footed shot in the seventy-seventh minute to seal a three-two victory for Crystal Palace.
