Fulham and Newcastle shared the points at Craven Cottage on Saturday, with both goals arriving in a three-minute spell late in the Premier League gameweek 10 match.
Late goals settle it
Nothing separated the sides until the 80th minute, when Jacob Murphy scored for Newcastle. Fulham needed only three minutes to respond. Rodrigo Muniz equalised in the 83rd minute and the score stayed 1-1.
The closing stages were bad-tempered for the visitors. Fabian Schär was booked in the 90th minute and Amar Dedic followed in the 90+2nd. Those were the only cards in the match.
It was a third draw of the season for neither side to feel entirely satisfied with. Fulham had drawn 1-1 with Manchester United last time out at home, while Newcastle had beaten Hull City 2-1 in their previous game.
What the numbers say
Fulham had more of the ball, with 58% possession to Newcastle's 42%, and took more shots: 11 to 9. Both teams put five efforts on target. Fulham had five off target, Newcastle three, and one shot from each side was blocked.
Corners were level at three each. Newcastle committed more fouls, 13 to Fulham's nine, while Fulham were flagged offside three times to Newcastle's once.
Fulham's balance of play fits their season numbers. Expected goals data via Fantasy Premier League, which measures the quality of chances created, had them averaging 1.54 xG per game across nine matches with data, against 1.16 for Newcastle. Fulham's actual output before this game was one goal per match, so a goal from open play had been overdue.
MFF's match model had predicted a 1-0 Fulham win. It was wrong.
What it means in the table
The point leaves Newcastle 11th on 12 points from 10 games, with three wins and a goal difference of minus three. Fulham are 15th on 10 points, with two wins and a goal difference of minus two.
That is a two-point gap between the sides. Fulham are five points clear of 20th-placed Sunderland, who have 5 points from nine games. Arsenal lead the division with 27 points from 10, having won nine of those matches.
Newcastle's season average of 1.6 goals conceded per game before this match was the higher of the two sides, and they avoided defeat here only because they dealt with Fulham's response. Fulham had lost 2-1 at Ipswich Town two games before the United draw, so a point was at least a continuation of a recent run in which they had lost only once in five.
The last meeting between the clubs went Fulham's way, a 2-0 home win on 24 May 2026. Their recent head-to-head record now stands at three wins each, plus this draw.
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