LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur tops Fulham 1-0 after H. Kane scored just 1 goal (45′).

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Monday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. In front of 24,190 spectators.​ The referee was Paul Tierney who was helped by Constantine Hatzidakis and Neil Davies. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.7 degrees Celsius or 36.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Fulham was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Tottenham Hotspur that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fulham was more pushing with 24 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Tottenham Hotspur was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Fulham shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 2 yellow cards (João Palhinha and Heung-min Son). On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards (Cristian Romero and Rodrigo Bentancur ).

Standings

After this encounter, Fulham will stay with 31 points like Brighton & Hove Albion to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur will have 36 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away against Southampton on the 13th of May with a 6-2 head to head in favor of Southampton (3 draws).

Tottenham Hotspur will play away agasint Aston Villa on the 13th of May with a 19-5 head to head stats in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (7 draws).

Fulham – Formation

Fulham started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva decided to play with the following team: Bernd Leno (6.5), Kenny Tete (7.4), Issa Diop (6.5), Tim Ream (6.4), Antonee Robinson (7.6), João Palhinha (6.2), Harrison Reed (6.6), Bobby Decordova-Reid (6.9), Andreas Pereira (7.3), Willian (6.1) and Aleksandar Mitrović (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Layvin Kurzawa, Tom Cairney (6.9), Daniel James, Marek Rodák, Nathaniel Chalobah, Tosin Adarabioyo, Manor Solomon (6.8), Harry Wilson and Carlos Vinícius.

Fulham could not rely on the presence of Harry Wilson (injured).

Substitutions

Fulham made 4 changes: Harrison Reed for Tom Cairney (65′), Kenny Tete for Manor Solomon (80′), Willian for Carlos Vinícius (87′) and Bobby De Cordova-Reid for Harry Wilson (87′).

Best player: Antonee Robinson​

The most impressive player for Fulham was Antonee Robinson.

His rating is (7.6) with 39 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Antonio Conte played with: Hugo Lloris (7.7), Cristian Romero (6.8), Eric Dier (7.3), Ben Davies (7.1), Emerson Royal (6.8), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (7.2), Rodrigo Bentancur (7.0), Ivan Perišić (6.8), Dejan Kulusevski (7.0), Heung-min Son (6.6) and Harry Kane (7.0).

They had on the bench: Matt Doherty, Fraser Forster, Oliver Skipp, Richarlison (6.4), Davinson Sánchez, Clément Lenglet, Ryan Sessegnon, Yves Bissouma and Japhet Tanganga.

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 2 changes: Heung-min Son for Richarlison (76′) and Dejan Kulusevski for Yves Bissouma (90′).

Best player: Hugo Lloris​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was the goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris. His rating is 7.74. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Fulham – Tottenham Hotspur – 0-1