Fulham got off on just the right foot in the 2023-24 Premier League season on matchday one last weekend thanks to a 1-0 win away against Everton at Goodison Park.
A second-half strike from Jamaican international winger Bobby De Cordova-Reid was enough to separate both sides come full-time despite Sean Dyche’s Toffees registering double the shots when stacked against Marco Silva’s Cottagers, but the Portuguese will hardly be upset with extracting maximum points away from home at a historically difficult ground to get a result at.
Debutant Raúl Jiménez nearly opened his account as well if not for being denied by the woodwork, while German international Bernd Leno put in a Man of the Match performance for the capital side to kick-start proceedings in earnest.
Matchday two offers another tricky fixture and a first London derby for Fulham when they welcome Thomas Frank’s Brentford to Craven Cottage, with the Bees coming in on the back of a credible point after a 2-2 draw with Tottenham last weekend.
With early season momentum on the cards, Silva’s troops could do themselves a world of good at once again targeting a top-half finish if they can manage to extract a full load of points on offer in front of home support.
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There are likely to be only a small handful of changes made by Silva at the weekend after finding a winning formula against Everton, which should mean that the aforementioned Jiménez will lead the forward line in place of Aleksandar Mitrović, who remains set on securing a move away from the club to join the growing summer exodus to the Roshn Saudi League.
