LONDON. Fulham bested Brighton & Hove Albion to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Fulham to strike first with a goal of A. Mitrovic at the 48′. Then L. Dunk scored again for Fulham in the 55′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, A. Mac Allister reduced the distance for Brighton & Hove Albion a penalty (59′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Brighton & Hove Albion lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Craven Cottage stadium in London on Tuesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Thomas Bramall who was helped by Constantine Hatzidakis and Daniel Robathan. The 4th official was Stuart Attwell. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 19.3 degrees Celsius or 66.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Brighton & Hove Albion was in firm control of the ball 60% while Fulham was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Brighton & Hove Albion was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Fulham was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Fulham shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Fulham received 2 yellow cards (A. Robinson and H. Reed). Talking about the opposition, Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card (P. Estupinan).

Standings

After playing this match, Fulham has 8 points to occupy the 6th place in the standings. On the other side, Brighton & Hove Albion stays with 10 points (4th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Fulham will play away with Manchester United on the 28th of May with a 19-2 head to head in favor of Manchester United (3 draws).

Brighton & Hove Albion will play away agasint Aston Villa on the 28th of May with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of Aston Villa (4 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 (7.0), Kenny Tete (7.3), Tosin Adarabioyo (6.5), Tim Ream (7.2), Antonee Robinson (7.2), Harrison Reed (5.9), João Palhinha (7.5), Bobby Reid (5.5), Andreas Pereira (7.2), Neeskens Kebano (6.5) and Aleksandar Mitrović (8.0).

The home team had on the bench: Marek Rodák, Terry Ablade, Luke Harris, Kevin Mbabu, Tom Cairney (6.7), Tyrese Francois, Nathaniel Chalobah, Jay Stansfield and Issa Diop.

Substitutions

Fulham made 2 changes: Andreas Pereira for T. Cairney (78′) and H. Reed for N. Chalobah (90′).

Best player: Aleksandar Mitrović​

The most impressive player for Fulham was Aleksandar Mitrović.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 20 passes (55% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 17 duels out of 31.

Brighton & Hove Albion – Formation

Brighton & Hove Albion started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Graham Potter played with: Robert Sánchez (6.3), Joël Veltman (6.3), Lewis Dunk (6.4), Adam Webster (7.0), Solly March (6.4), Moisés Caicedo (6.6), Enock Mwepu (6.3), Alexis Mac Allister (7.3), Pervis Estupiñán (7.2), Pascal Groß (6.9) and Leandro Trossard (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Kaoru Mitoma (6.7), Levi Colwill, Julio Enciso, Danny Welbeck (6.4), Steven Alzate, Deniz Undav (6.4), Jason Steele, Tariq Lamptey (6.9) and Jan Paul van Hecke.

Substitutions

Brighton & Hove Albion made 4 changes: E. Mwepu for D. Welbeck (64′), P. Estupinan for K. Mitoma (64′), J. Veltman for T. Lamptey (64′) and M. Caicedo for D. Undav (80′).

Best player: Alexis Mac Allister​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Brighton & Hove Albion was Alexis Mac Allister.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 41 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Southampton – Chelsea – 2-1
• Crystal Palace – Brentford – 1-1
• Leeds United – Everton – 1-1
• Fulham – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1