Championship - Saturday 15th October 2016, 12:00 AM
Barnsley2
(0)
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(0)
4
Fulham
Attendance: 11974
Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
Match events
Watkins
4
14
Johansen (f)
29
Cairney (f)
37
Piazon
Winnall
41
42
Aluko
46
Malone
Winnall (f)
54
56
Martin (arg)
61
Button (tw)
65
Martin
70
Tunnicliffe
70
Johansen
Armstrong
71
Winnall
71
Bradshaw
71
Watkins
71
Bree
80
Morsy
80
84
Kebano
84
Cairney
90
Smith
90
Martin
Hammill (f)
92
Match review
Fulham finally stopped the rot as they won in the Sky Bet Championship for the first time since August with a 4-2 romp at Barnsley.
Slavisa Jokanovic's men, who were the early-season pacesetters, had gone six league games without a victory, but they put that right in an action-packed game at Oakwell that included three goals in five first-half minutes.
Goals from Lucas Piazon, Sone Aluko, Scott Malone and Chris Martin did the damage, though Barnsley twice took the lead through Marley Watkins and Sam Winnall.
The Reds, who had Josh Scowen sent off in the second half, have endured a similar run of form to their visitors and have now not won in five games and on this evidence contrasting seasons look on the cards.
It had started so well for Barnsley as they surged into a fourth-minute lead, though were thankful for some criminal play by the visitors.
Playing the ball out of defence, Stefan Johansen casually passed straight to Barnsley's Sam Morsy, whose first-time pass sent Watkins through on goal and there was no mistake with the finish as the Reds striker drilled into the bottom corner.
That set the tone for an afternoon where attack was the order of the day and a product of that was three goals in five minutes before the break.
After controlling the majority of play Fulham got their reward in the 37th minute and levelled when Piazon slashed home from Malone's cut-back for his first goal for the club.
Barnsley hit back four minutes later, though, as Morsy again played the perfect pass, this time to Winnall who converted off the post.
| Match Stats |
Barnsley
|
Fulham
|
| Goals |
(2) 2 |
4 (2) |
|
| Scorers |
Watkins 04 |
Piazon 37 |
|
Watkins 41 |
Aluko 42 |
|
|
Malone 46 |
|
|
Martin 65 |
| |
| Goal attempts |
10 |
14 |
| On target |
4 |
6 |
| Shooting Accuracy |
40% |
43% |
| Possession |
32% |
68% |
| Passes |
290 |
639 |
| Pass Success |
71% |
86% |
| Crosses |
18 |
19 |
| Crosses Success |
33% |
32% |
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| Corners |
4 |
5 |
| Tackles |
18 |
14 |
| Tackles Success |
50% |
50% |
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| Saves |
2 |
2 |
| Fouls |
13 |
10 |
| Offsides |
4 |
0 |
| Yellows |
2 |
4 |
| Reds |
1 |
0 |
| source: Fulham FC/Soccernet |
It was a goal the home support was still celebrating by the time Fulham had again drawn level, with Aluko nipping in to slide home Johansen's pass.
It was more of the same after the break as the visitors took the lead for the first time just 33 seconds into the second half through Malone.
The left-back cut inside and his ball in, which was almost certainly a cross, deceived a back-pedalling Adam Davies and flew into the net.
Malone was again the architect as Fulham gave themselves some breathing space midway through the second half as he whipped in a cross from the left which allowed Martin to break his duck with a powerful close-range header.
Things got worse for Barnsley two minutes later when Scowen was sent for an early bath after a poor tackle on Scott Parker and there was no way back from there.
Fulham had chances to power up their goal difference as Aluko skewed a good effort wide, while Malone should have capped a fine performance but he blazed over from eight yards.
Barnsley: Davies, Yiadom, Roberts, MacDonald, Kpekawa; Kent, Morsy (Bree 80), Scowen, Hammill, Watkins (Bradshaw 71), Winnall (Armstrong 71)
Unused substitutes: Townsend, Jackson, Bird, Lee
Goals:
Watkins 04 (right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sam Morsy with a through ball.)
Winnall 41 (right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sam Morsy.)
Booked: Winnall (54,f), Hammill (92,f)
Sent Off: Scowen (67,vp)
Fulham: Button, Odoi, Sigurdsson, Ream, Malone, Parker, Johansen (Tunnicliffe 70); Lucas Piazon, Cairney (Kebano 84), Sone Aluko, Martin (Matt Smith 90)
Unused substitutes: Bettinelli, Fredericks, Madl, Ryan Sessegnon
Goals:
Piazon 37 (left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Scott Malone.)
Aluko 42 (left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Stefan Johansen.)
Malone 46 (left footed shot from long range on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Cairney.)
Martin 65 (header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Scott Malone with a cross.)
Booked: Johansen (14,f), Cairney (29,f), Martin (56,arg), Button (61,tw)
Referee:: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
Attendance:: 11,974