Fulham vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Craven Cottage
The 2023/24 Premier League season is under way and you can follow every game and every goal right here with The Independent.
This year sees Manchester City try to defend their crown and claim a historic fourth title in succession. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering City, who also won the Champions League and FA Cup last season, will have to see off Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and the rest to claim an unprecedented sixth league title in seven years.
Meanwhile Luton Town are making their first appearance in the Premier League, having risen from non-league in an incredible decade of progress. They followed Championship winners Burnley and second-placed Sheffield United in earning promotion to the top flight.
Follow the latest action from the Premier League below.
Fulham vs West Ham United
With some fleet footwork, Paqueta and Fornals combine on the left, opening up some space, but Bowen then has the ball stolen from him by Bassey just outside Fulham's area.
Fulham vs West Ham United
SAVE! Kudus wins a free-kick around 30 yards out in a central area, but it seems just a little too far for Ward-Prowse to test Fulham's goalkeeper from. Nonetheless, the West Ham set-piece specialist steps up and hammers a powerful strike on target, forcing Leno to leap up and palm it away!
Fulham vs West Ham United
Without too much trouble, Leno comes out to claim a cross from the right by Kudus, as West Ham move forward for the first time, following Fulham's early spell of possession.
Fulham vs West Ham United
Fulham's most recent victory in this fixture came on New Year's Day 2014, while West Ham have won 16 Premier League matches against the Cottagers - having only beaten Southampton (20) and Tottenham Hotspur more often in the top flight. How will today's game pan out, though?
Fulham vs West Ham United
Fulham kick off, and we are under way in the capital!
Fulham vs West Ham United
The players emerge from the tunnel at Craven Cottage, and kick-off in this London derby is now just moments away!
Fulham vs West Ham United
Making two changes to the team that started against Spurs, David Moyes brings Aaron Cresswell and Pablo Fornals into West Ham's starting XI, replacing Emerson Palmieri and Edson Alvarez. First-choice goalkeeper Alphonse Areola is still unavailable due to a wrist injury, so Lukasz Fabianski - who made his first league start of the season on Thursday - continues to deputise.
Fulham vs West Ham United
Fulham are unchanged from their five-star performance in midweek, which featured braces from both Raul Jimenez and Alex Iwobi. While Issa Diop's foot injury rules him out of meeting his former club today, and Adama Traore is still sidelined, Rodrigo Muniz is back on the bench following a knee problem.
Fulham vs West Ham United
SUBS: Joseph Anang, Angelo Ogbonna, Divin Mubama, Danny Ings, Emerson Palmieri, Maxwel Cornet, Said Benrahma, Thilo Kehrer, Konstantinos Mavropanos.
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