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Commentary
POLITANO poked a simple chance past the near post.
SUÁREZ clipped the ball through a ruck of players but RULLI was a match for it as he dived to his left.
A cross from JONES left POLITANO in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
The Fulham 'keeper stopped a clever strike from MINGS.
10¹GOAL!! A foul on FRED inside the area gave Fulham a penalty which SUÁREZ tucked away. (1-0 Fulham)
15¹A pin-point pass fell to WARD and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
18¹MEITÉ worked the ball to JONES, DAVID NERES collected his cross and booted the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
19¹GOAL!! A long goal-kick from WARD caught the Reading defence napping and BOVE ran on to easily score. (2-0 Fulham)
24¹A penalty box scramble resulted in JONES knocking the ball wide.
25¹POLITANO hoofed the ball wide of the goal from just outside the area.
28¹HALLER dribbled round NAVARRO and stabbed a weak shot wide.
33¹A corner was collected by POLITANO who forced an effort over the bar.
38¹DAVID NERES hit a deadly shot just beyond the near post from twenty yards out.
39¹The Fulham 'keeper was able to block a tame header from HALLER.
42¹A good ball from WARD on the left fell to BOATENG who scuffed his shot over.
44¹POLITANO fluffed an easy chance.
45¹The ref books NAVARRO.
NAVARRO was put clear by FRED and he dummied the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the far post.
GOAL!! POLITANO brought the ball forward, looked up and slammed a shot into the Fulham net. (2-1 Fulham)
BOVE chipped the ball to SUÁREZ who flicked it wide.
The 'keeper was able to block a wicked effort.
14²KRUNIC headed just beyond the near post.
16²HALLER ran onto a delightful ball from KRUNIC but fired his shot wide.
21²ÁVILA cautioned by the referee for a poor tackle.
29²HALLER made space on the right and dragged the ball to POLITANO who fired the ball wide.
31²A delightful save prevented POLITANO from scoring a great goal.

 
Fulham
 
League position: 15
Home league form: WWOO
Overall league form: WWWXLOOL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Wojciech SZCZESNY1Gerónimo RULLI
Joel WARD2Rick KARSDORP
Sebastian REVAN3Christian GÜNTER
FRED4Curtis JONES
IGOR Julio5Tyrone MINGS
Jérôme BOATENG6JOSÉ Miguel FONTE(c)
Miguel ALMIRON7DAVID NERES Campos
Edoardo BOVE8Matteo POLITANO
(c,p)Luis SUÁREZ9Sébastien HALLER(p)
(f)Robert NAVARRO10Rade KRUNIC(f)
Ezequiel ÁVILA11Yakou MEITÉ
Manager
Bobby THOMAS  12  Kane WILSON
Elia CAPRILE  13  Zack STEFFEN
Alen HALILOVIC  14  WILLIAM Silva CARVALHO
Iván FRESNEDA  15Andy CARROLL
Xherdan SHAQIRI  16  Harry CLIFTON
 
Reading
 
League position: 4
Away league form: LXWW
Overall league form: LXWXWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Fulham 2 Reading 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 25,635, Stadium: Craven Cottage, Referee: Andy Woolmer 6)

Suárez 10¹ (pen), Bove 19¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Politano 5²
 David NeresóCarroll 11²
  
Navarro 45¹, Ávila 21² 
10
717
21
36
411
717
15
56%44%
Man of the match: Rick Karsdorp