Fulham to face Bees after Carabao Cup win
Fulham eased into the fourth round of the Carabao Cup – where they will be away to Brentford – with a strong and professional display at Craven Cottage.
Abou Kamara and Bobby Decordova-Reid grabbed the goals that mattered for Scott Parker’s side in the first half. The Whites never looked in any significant danger, despite keeper Marek Rodak being forced to make a number of early impressive saves.
It was both a welcome win and diversion from what has been a taxing restart to life back in the Premier League.
The hosts got off to the perfect start against their Championship opponents by going ahead after only nine minutes.
Wednesday failed to attend to a long ball down the right which Anthony Knockaert picked up – and the winger slipped the ball across the penalty area where Kamara was unmarked and on hand to touch home.
With both goalkeepers in fine form throughout the opening half, Fulham, however, proved to be particularly clinical by doubling their lead on 32 minutes.
Decordova-Reid tucked in simply from a couple of yards out when Josh Onomah did well to make space to fire straight across the Owls’ exposed goalmouth for the hungry striker.
Fulham grew in confidence and had a firm territorial grip across the second half.
Knockaert went close on 71 minutes when his audacious chip came off the bar, with Wednesday increasingly labouring.
A third goal failed to arrive for all the Whites’ dominance, but it mattered little in the end.
A reasonably straightforward victory, therefore, for Parker’s men, although a clearly more difficult examination awaits when Aston Villa visit the Cottage in the Premier League on Monday.
Fulham: Rodak, Hector, Odoi, Johansen, Knockaert (Carvalho 77), Kebano, Ream, Decordova-Reid, Onomah (Seri 61), Robinson, Kamara (Francois 70).
