Brighton 1-1 Fulham
Brighton scorer: Evan Ferguson (26’)
Fulham scorer: João Pedro (65’)
Venue: Amex Stadium
Referee: Michael Salisbury
LINE-UPS
Brighton & Hove Albion: Steele; Dunk, Webster, Igor; Adingra (Veltman), Baleba (Buonanotte), Dahoud (Gilmour); Mitoma; Groß, Lallana (Fati); Ferguson (Pedro)
Subs: Verbruggen, Milner, van Hecke, Hinshelwood
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Fulham: Leno; Castagne, Ughelumba, Ream, Robinson; Reed (Pereira), Palhinha; Cordova-Reid (Wilson), Iwobi (Lukic), Willian (Cairney); Jiménez (Muniz)
Subs: Rodák, Toure, De Fougerolles, Tanton
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
26’ Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 0. Evan Ferguson (Brighton and Hove Albion) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pascal Groß.
45’+2’ HT. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 0.
45’ Second Half begins. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 0.
58’ Substitution, Fulham. Harry Wilson replaces Bobby De Cordova-Reid.
58’ Substitution, Fulham. Rodrigo Muniz replaces Raúl Jiménez.
58’ Substitution, Fulham. Andreas Pereira replaces Harrison Reed.
58’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Ansu Fati replaces Adam Lallana.
65’ Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 1. João Palhinha (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harry Wilson.
71’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Joël Veltman replaces Simon Adingra.
71’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Billy Gilmour replaces Mahmoud Dahoud.
71’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Facundo Buonanotte replaces Carlos Baleba.
73’ Antonee Robinson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78’ Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
78’ Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. João Pedro replaces Evan Ferguson.
86’ Substitution, Fulham. Thomas Cairney replaces Willian.
90’ Harry Wilson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90+2’ Substitution, Fulham. Saša Lukić replaces Alex Iwobi.
90+10’ FT. Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Fulham 1.
Clearly the better team here, Fulham had a good 30 or 35 minutes after half time though. We could easily have gone in 2-0 up and a man up at half time if the ref wasn’t allowing MMA spinning elbows and takedowns but at least we avoided a complete smash and grab.