Fulham vs Newcastle 1-1

Fulham and Newcastle finished level at 1-1 after Jacob Murphy put the visitors ahead on 80 minutes and Rodrigo Muniz came off the bench to equalise three minutes later.

There was no goal before half-time, so the sides went in at 0-0. Fulham never found an opener, and Newcastle had to wait until the closing stages to break the deadlock.

Newcastle’s lead lasted only three minutes. Murphy made it 1-0 after a spell of late changes, with Newcastle making two substitutions on 61 minutes and two more on 85 minutes, before Muniz, who came on in the 65th minute, scored on 83 minutes to make it 1-1. Fulham also made two second-half changes, while Newcastle’s late reshuffle included Fabian Schär and Anthony Elanga.

Fulham had 58% of the ball and made 522 passes to Newcastle’s 375, while Newcastle had slightly better expected goals at 0.97 to 0.7. Both sides had five shots on target from 11 and 9 attempts respectively, and each won three corners. Fulham were caught offside three times compared with Newcastle’s one, Newcastle made 13 fouls to Fulham’s 9, and Newcastle’s goalkeeper made 5 saves to Fulham’s 4.

Newcastle were booked twice, with Fabian Schär shown a yellow card on 90 minutes and Amar Dedić booked two minutes into stoppage time. Fulham had no bookings and there was no red card.