Half-time: Fulham 0 Blackburn 0

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Shaun Hutchinson was shown a straight red card for Fulham after a brutal challenge saw Blackburn’s Lee Williamson stretchered off.

In Kit Symon’s first game in caretaker charge, Bryan Ruiz was given his first game of the season but the Whites managed just three shots at goal, none of which were on target.

Blackburn, meanwhile, started the game brightly and could have gone ahead through Ben Marshall on 16 minutes.

Striker Jordan Rhodes also had a headed chance before Ruiz’ shot over the bar on 30 minutes was Fulham’s first effort on goal.

Hugo Rodallega also fired a shot just wide on the break but Symons’ hopes of grabbing a first win of the season for the club took a blow when Hutchinson was dismissed on the stroke of half time.

The defender went in forcefully over the top of the ball, colliding with Williamson’s shin in a challenge similar to that which saw Matt Smith show a straight red card in the defeat at Reading last weekend.

Symons made three changes to the side that lost to Nottingham Forest in midweek and led to Felix Magath’s sacking, with Lasse Vigen Christensen and goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli coming in along with Ruiz.

Fulham (4-3-3): Bettinelli; Hoogland, Hutchinson, Burn, Amorebieta; Christensen, Parker, Stafylidis; Ruiz, Rodallega, McCormack
Subs: Kiraly, Bodurov, Roberts, Dembele, Williams, Hyndman, Kavanagh.

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