Fulham vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as Fulham face Newcastle United today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
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Substitution Lloyd Casius Kelly Lewis Kieran Hall
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Substitution Joseph George Willock Jacob Kai Murphy
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Substitution Saša Lukić Sander Gard Bolin Berge
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Fulham are unbeaten in their last 11 Premier League matches when leading at half-time (W8, D3) dating back to 1st April 2023 against AFC Bournemouth (L1-2), will they extend this record or can Newcastle have not lost this season when trailing, something will have to give today, can Newcastle improve to salvage their unbeaten start to this seasons Premier League campaign?
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Fulham fully deserve their 2-0 lead at the interval. A scary moment in the fourth minute as Joelinton thought he had given the visitors an early lead, but his fantastic strike past Leno was to be chalked off due to Willock, who played the pass to the Brazilian, being deemed offside in the build-up. A minute later Fulham had the ball in the net to make it 1-0. Jimenez took the ball down on his chest after a cross from Traore, as the Mexican swivelled he put his effort in the bottom corner of the goal, perfect strike. The pressure then became relentless from the London side as Smith Rowe struck the bar in the eighth minute before Pope had to deny Jimenez in the 14th minute. Fulham were desperate for a second and they got it in the 22nd minute. Smith Rowe poked an effort towards goal from the edge of the penalty area, catching Pope cold as the keeper pushed it into the bottom corner. Fulham may not have dominated proceedings in terms of possession as they only had 40.4 per cent, but they have been dominant everywhere else. Fulham have had 13 shots, with seven of them on target giving them an xG of 1.29, compared to Newcastle’s xG of 0.1 from only one effort on target from their four shots.
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Newcastle have Fulham stuck on their penalty area, but there is a lack of ideas of how to break down the host's resolute defence.
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Yellow Card Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira
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Gordon with a horrible attempt. He cut back inside the right full back, and lined up the shot towards the far corner. As he struck his effort it did not look destined for the net, and it flew miles over the top.
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The crowd attempt to get the attention of the referee as Joelinton stops Leno from distributing the ball quickly after he failed to collect a long ball over the Fulham defence. Referee ignores the noise.
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