Fulham v Leicester City, 05 December 2018

Score1-1
RefereeDavid Coote
CompetitionPremier League
VenueCraven Cottage
Attendance22,881

View Fulham v Leicester City head to head

Kick-off: 7.45pm This was the first league meeting since 2003-04 when Fulham won both games 2-0 in the Premier League. Leicester City scored their first goal against Fulham in the Premier League at the fifth attempt. No team had yet to fail to score in their first five games against the same opponent in the competition. Premier League Head to Head Played: 5 Fulham won: 2 Drawn: 3 Leicester City won: 0 Fulham scored: 5 Leicester City scored: 1

1 Fulham

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

1 Leicester City

Manager: Claude Puel

Goals:

Aboubakar Kamara 42 G

Goals:

James Maddison 74 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Sergio Rico
Defender Maxime Le Marchand
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender Denis Odoi
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Cyrus Christie
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Sessegnon
Midfielder Jean Michaël Seri
Forward Aboubakar Kamara
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović
Forward Luciano Vietto

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Cağlar Söyüncü Defender
Ben Chilwell Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Fousseni Diabaté Midfielder
James Maddison Midfielder
Nampalys Mendy Midfielder
Kelechi Iheanacho Forward

Substitutions:

Tom Cairney for Luciano Vietto 46
Joe Bryan for Maxime Le Marchand 77
Tim Ream for Cyrus Christie 84

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Fousseni Diabaté 55
Vicente Iborra for Nampalys Mendy 71
Shinji Okazaki for Danny Simpson 72

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Tim Ream
Defender/Midfielder Joe Bryan
Midfielder Tom Cairney
Midfielder Neeskens Kebano
Midfielder André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
Forward André Schürrle

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender Josh Knight
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Forward Shinji Okazaki

Comments:

League position: 20th Fulham had now conceded 36 goals in their 15 games so far in this Premier League season; only Barnsley (40 in 1997-98) had ever conceded more at this stage of a season in the competition. The Whites had now equalled their club record of 19 consecutive games in the top division without keeping a clean sheet (also from September to December in 1950). Their total of of nine points after 15 league games was now their joint-worst at this stage of a league season (on a three points for a win basis); also in 1993-94 in League Division 2. New Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri faced Leicester City for the first time since he was sacked in February 2017; nine months after leading the Foxes to their remarkable Premier League title.

Comments:

League position: 9th Leicester City were now unbeaten in the last six games in the Premier League; their longest such run since the title-winning 2015-16 season under Claudio Ranieri. The Foxes had won two of their last eight games in the Premier League (lost two). City were now unbeaten in their last five away games in the Premier League against newly promoted opponents (won three).

1 Fulham

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Goals:

Aboubakar Kamara 42 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Sergio Rico
Defender Maxime Le Marchand
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender Denis Odoi
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Cyrus Christie
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Sessegnon
Midfielder Jean Michaël Seri
Forward Aboubakar Kamara
Forward Aleksandar Mitrović
Forward Luciano Vietto

Substitutions:

Tom Cairney for Luciano Vietto 46
Joe Bryan for Maxime Le Marchand 77
Tim Ream for Cyrus Christie 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Tim Ream
Defender/Midfielder Joe Bryan
Midfielder Tom Cairney
Midfielder Neeskens Kebano
Midfielder André-Frank Zambo Anguissa
Forward André Schürrle

Comments:

League position: 20th Fulham had now conceded 36 goals in their 15 games so far in this Premier League season; only Barnsley (40 in 1997-98) had ever conceded more at this stage of a season in the competition. The Whites had now equalled their club record of 19 consecutive games in the top division without keeping a clean sheet (also from September to December in 1950). Their total of of nine points after 15 league games was now their joint-worst at this stage of a league season (on a three points for a win basis); also in 1993-94 in League Division 2. New Fulham manager Claudio Ranieri faced Leicester City for the first time since he was sacked in February 2017; nine months after leading the Foxes to their remarkable Premier League title.

1 Leicester City

Manager: Claude Puel

Goals:

James Maddison 74 G

Starting lineup:

Kasper Schmeichel Goalkeeper
Danny Simpson Defender/Right back
Cağlar Söyüncü Defender
Ben Chilwell Defender
Wes Morgan Defender
Marc Albrighton Defender/Midfielder
Wilfred Ndidi Defender/Midfielder
Fousseni Diabaté Midfielder
James Maddison Midfielder
Nampalys Mendy Midfielder
Kelechi Iheanacho Forward

Substitutions:

Demarai Gray for Fousseni Diabaté 55
Vicente Iborra for Nampalys Mendy 71
Shinji Okazaki for Danny Simpson 72

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Danny Ward
Defender Christian Fuchs
Defender Josh Knight
Defender/Midfielder Ricardo Pereira
Midfielder Vicente Iborra
Midfielder/Forward Demarai Gray
Forward Shinji Okazaki

Comments:

League position: 9th Leicester City were now unbeaten in the last six games in the Premier League; their longest such run since the title-winning 2015-16 season under Claudio Ranieri. The Foxes had won two of their last eight games in the Premier League (lost two). City were now unbeaten in their last five away games in the Premier League against newly promoted opponents (won three).