Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace: result and report

Report

Crystal Palace won 3-2 at Fulham after coming from behind twice. The result went against almost everything Fulham's attacking numbers pointed to.

How the goals came

Fulham went ahead when Josh King scored on 11 minutes from Oscar Bobb's pass. Tyrick Mitchell levelled on 35 minutes, set up by Eddie Nketiah. César Palacios still restored the lead before half-time.

Fulham could not hold it a second time. Mitchell scored again on 54 minutes, and Ben Chilwell settled it on 77 minutes from Daichi Kamada's assist. That late winner meant Fulham lost a game in which they had led twice.

Fulham's chances against the scoreline

Fulham created far more of the chances and should have won on that evidence. They finished with 3.88 xG to 1.03, took 15 shots to seven and made 19 key passes to eight. They also had 64% of the ball, while the pressure pattern shows them pushing Crystal Palace back for long spells.

Yet they scored only twice. Crystal Palace made five saves to Fulham's two, so a good share of that shooting was kept out.

Crystal Palace's threat

The counter-signal matters, though. Crystal Palace had six big chances to Fulham's two, despite their much lower xG, and still missed three of them. They attacked far less often, but their openings were the clearer ones. Mitchell's two goals made him the standout player on the pitch.