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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 2 (setup 1, season 30)
Fulham
v.
Macclesfield Town
Formation:
4-3-3
Overall form:
Home form:
Robert GREEN1Samir HANDANOVIC
Formation:
4-1-3-2
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Luke WILKSHIRE2Sime VRSALJKO
George FRIEND37Jonas HECTOR
Tim CAHILL848Mahmoud DAHOUD
Matt BESLER65Vincent KOMPANY
John O'SHEA6Marc BARTRA Aregall
RUBÉN Salvador PÉREZ del Marmol677Alessandro FLORENZI
Tommy OAR787Mateo KOVACIC
Tomás NECID69Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
Leon BRITTON610Paulo Bruno DYBALA
Robbie KEANE11Julian DRAXLER
ManagerChris Barber
Neeskens KEBANO12THIAGO Alcántara do Nascimento
Chris MARTIN13PAU LÓPEZ Sabata
Peter WHITTINGHAM614Thomas Teye PARTEY
Scott PARKER15Breel-Donald EMBOLO
Ryan McLAUGHLIN16Emre CAN

Fulham 2 Macclesfield Town 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 27,091, Stadium: Craven Cottage, Referee: Trevor KETTLE 8)
3 Cahill, 22 CahillScorers45+3 Dybala
85 Besler <=> WhittinghamSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings14 Kovacic, 59 Vrsaljko, 70 Draxler
7Corners4
8Fouls13
3Offsides21
4Shots on7
6Shots off6
10Total shots13
2Shots saved5
51%Possession49%
Man of the match: Tim CAHILL
2The Macclesfield Town 'keeper was able to block a tame header from BRITTON.
3GOAL!! A sliced BRITTON shot was collected by CAHILL who made no mistake from just outside the area. (1-0 Fulham)
7HECTOR snapped at an easy chance.
14KOVACIC cautioned by the referee for a clinical foul.
15NECID booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
22A shot from HIGUAÍN held no problem for the 'keeper.
22A shot from DYBALA seemed a certain goal but GREEN managed to palm the ball away.
22GOAL!! A deep cross by RUBÉN PÉREZ was met by CAHILL who rushed in to score. (2-0 Fulham)
26A brilliant shot from DYBALA was dealt with by a good parry from GREEN.
37DYBALA ran onto a great ball from DRAXLER but blasted his shot wide.
39The stunned HANDANOVIC stared in disbelief as a backpass from KOMPANY fell just wide.
41RUBÉN PÉREZ made space on the right and dragged the ball to WILKSHIRE who touched the ball over.
44HIGUAÍN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Fulham upright.
45+3GOAL!! A quick-witted DYBALA pounced on a loose ball on the right and made no mistake. (2-1 Fulham)
 
59The referee cautions VRSALJKO for a clinical foul.
62A penalty box scramble resulted in WILKSHIRE tapping the ball over.
63GREEN saved a curling shot from HIGUAÍN.
68BRITTON was put clear by O'SHEA and he stepped inside the Macclesfield Town 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the near post.
70A clinical tackle on OAR by DRAXLER results in a booking.
72DRAXLER played the ball to VRSALJKO who nodded it over.
73A mix up in the Macclesfield Town defence enabled BESLER to thump the ball just beyond the near post.
75A cross from FLORENZI left KOMPANY in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
76A lovely cross from CAHILL, was tapped goalbound by O'SHEA only for the Macclesfield Town 'keeper to palm clear.
80HIGUAÍN beat two Fulham players and drove a great chance over.
83An exceptional effort from DYBALA scraped the woodwork.
86HIGUAÍN touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.