Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 31 December 2023
Result
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal
Premier League · Sunday 31 December 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Fulham 2-1 Arsenal: match report
Fulham beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 December 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Fulham's goals came from Raúl Jiménez (29') and Bobby De Cordova-Reid (59'). Arsenal scored through Bukayo Saka (5').
Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fulham were 15th on 21 points from 19 and Arsenal 4th on 40 points from 19. Fulham went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Arsenal 2nd with 89.
Fulham lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Raúl Jiménez of Fulham (7.6), level with Declan Rice (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 8 for Arsenal.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-L-L-W-W and Arsenal's L-D-W-L-W.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Bukayo Saka
- 29'Goal · Raúl Jiménez
- 59'Goal · Bobby De Cordova-Reid
- 65'Yellow card · Tom Cairney
- 77'Yellow card · Calvin Bassey
- 86'Yellow card · William Saliba
- 90+2'Yellow card · Raúl Jiménez
- 90+6'Yellow card · Bernd Leno
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham line-up (4-2-3-1)
Bernd Leno, Timothy Castagne, Tosin Adarabioyo, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson, João Palhinha, Tom Cairney, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Alex Iwobi, Willian, Raúl Jiménez
Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)
David Raya, Ben White, William Saliba, Gabriel, Jakub Kiwior, Martin Ødegaard, Declan Rice, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka, Eddie Nketiah, Gabriel Martinelli