Fulham saw off Championship play-off hopefuls Sunderland to set up an FA Cup fifth-round tie against Leeds United.
Harry Wilson’s early goal put a much-changed Fulham side in control of the fourth-round replay, with the winger slotting his effort into the bottom corner with the outside of his boot after he was teed up by Carlos Vinícius.
Substitutes Aleksandar Mitrovic and Andreas Pereira combined for Fulham’s second goal just before the hour mark, when Mitrovic did well to keep the ball in on the byline and touch it back for Pereira to tap in.
Sunderland were given faint hope when Jack Clarke curled a superb strike into the far corner following a pass from Ajibola Alese.
But Layvin Kurzawa re-established Fulham’s two-goal lead, firing into the roof of the net following a knockdown from Shane Duffy.
With minutes to spare, substitute Jewison Bennette gave the hosts hope once again when he coolly lifted into the corner from close range, but the Black Cats fell short despite a valiant effort.
More to follow.
Line-ups
Sunderland
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Patterson
- 32Hume
- 5Ballard
- 6Batth
- 42Alese
- 10RobertsSubstituted forPritchardat 64′minutes
- 24NeilSubstituted forO’Nienat 64′minutes
- 25MichutSubstituted forEkwahat 72′minutes
- 20Clarke
- 16DialloSubstituted forBennetteat 71′minutes
- 17BaSubstituted forRiggat 79′minutes
Substitutes
- 12Bass
- 13O’Nien
- 19Bennette
- 21Pritchard
- 31Rigg
- 34Kelly
- 39Ekwah
- 41Johnson
- 49Watson
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Rodák
- 2TeteSubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 65′minutes
- 5DuffyBooked at 55mins
- 4Tosin
- 3Kurzawa
- 38HarrisSubstituted forPereiraat 45′minutes
- 26João PalhinhaSubstituted forReedat 65′minutes
- 8Wilson
- 10Cairney
- 11SolomonSubstituted forJamesat 80′minutes
- 30Alves MoraisSubstituted forMitrovicat 45′minutes
Substitutes
- 6Reed
- 9Mitrovic
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 17Leno
- 18Pereira
- 20Willian
- 21James
- 31Diop
- 33Robinson
Live Text
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Match ends, Sunderland 2, Fulham 3.
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Second Half ends, Sunderland 2, Fulham 3.
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Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan James.
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Attempt missed. Dan Ballard (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Tosin Adarabioyo.
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Goal! Sunderland 2, Fulham 3. Jewison Bennette (Sunderland) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner following a set piece situation.
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Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
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Ajibola Alese (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland).
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Dan James (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Chris Rigg (Sunderland).
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Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Trai Hume (Sunderland) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Alex Pritchard with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Sunderland. Conceded by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
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Pierre Ekwah (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham).
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Goal! Sunderland 1, Fulham 3. Layvin Kurzawa (Fulham) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Duffy with a headed pass following a corner.
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Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Shane Duffy following a corner.
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Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Danny Batth.
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Foul by Trai Hume (Sunderland).
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