English:
Crystal Palace Snatch Narrow Victory at Craven Cottage in Tense Encounter
London, England – Crystal Palace secured a valuable victory at Craven Cottage in a hard-fought match against Fulham, in matchday 15 of the Premier League. Despite Fulham’s dominance in possession (63% compared to Crystal Palace’s 37%), the visiting team managed to capitalize on their opportunities.
Crystal Palace opened the scoring in the 20th minute with a goal from E. Nketiah, assisted by A. Wharton. Fulham responded in the 38th minute with a goal from H. Wilson, following a pass from R. Jimenez, leveling the score. The second half maintained the intensity, with a goal from Fulham’s E. Smith Rowe disallowed by VAR due to an offside in the 53rd minute.
The decisive moment came in the 87th minute, when M. Guehi, assisted by Y. Pino, scored the goal that gave Crystal Palace the victory. Despite Fulham’s late efforts, Crystal Palace managed to defend their lead until the final whistle. Fulham dominated the statistics in shots (11 against 11), but Crystal Palace was more effective in front of goal, with 5 shots on target compared to Fulham’s 4.
Substitutions crystal palace: at minute 65 E. Nketiah came in and J. Lerma went out., at minute 66 J. Mateta came in and C. Uche went out., at minute 77 N. Clyne came in and J. Canvot went out., at minute 90 Y. Pino came in and J. Devenny went out.
Substitutions fulham: at minute 68 E. Smith Rowe came in and Kevin went out., at minute 76 S. Berge came in and S. Lukic went out., at minute 76 S. Chukwueze came in and J. King went out., at minute 88 H. Wilson came in and T. Cairney went out., at minute 89 A. Iwobi came in and A. Traore went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Fulham
Crystal Palace
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