Huddersfield edge lacklustre Fulham to claim first Premier League win

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An own goal by Timothy Fosu-Mensah gave Huddersfield Town their first Premier League win of the season as they beat fellow strugglers Fulham 1-0 to climb off the bottom of the table.

The win lifted Huddersfield, who before Monday had scored only four away goals this season, into 18th place on six points, with Fulham now bottom on five points after 11 games.

Huddersfield fans must have expected another frustrating night as they saw an early shot from Danish midfielder Philip Billing come crashing back off the crossbar in the 15th minute.

Having not seen their side score a league goal at home since a 1-0 win over Watford in April, the home fans finally got to celebrate when Fosu-Mensah headed into his own net under pressure from Christopher Schindler.

Celebrating the third anniversary of his appointment, Huddersfield boss David Wagner sent out his side to defend in the second half, and they had little trouble frustrating the visitors.

Fulham lacked creativity and despite Andre Schuerrle having a goal ruled out for offside, they barely managed to trouble Huddersfield keeper Jonas Lossl as they slumped to their fifth defeat in a row.

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[5 November 2018 21:48 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Huddersfield 1-0 Fulham

88 minutes

Billing is in the book as he tries to prevent the game restarting. Huddersfield are doing everything they can to slow things down.

[5 November 2018 21:49 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Huddersfield 1-0 Fulham

90 minutes

Final Huddersfield sub. Bacuna replaces Terence Kongolo.

Four minutes of added time for the hosts to hold on.

[5 November 2018 21:51 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Huddersfield 1-0 Fulham

90+1 minutes

Mbenza gets a shot off and it's deflected behind for a corner. Huddersfield will play this into the corner.

[5 November 2018 21:52 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Huddersfield 1-0 Fulham

90+4 minutes

Huddersfield are so close to a huge win. They've got less than a minute to run the clock down. Fulham look like they've run out of ideas.

[5 November 2018 21:54 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Full time: That's it! A massive three points for Huddersfield, who climb off the bottom of the table. Fulham fall to a sixth defeat in a row and take Huddersfield's place at the base of the Premier League standings. 

[5 November 2018 22:00 · Callum Rice-Coates]

Huddersfield's fans are revelling in their side's first win of the season. They were excellent tonight. David Wagner does a lap of the pitch, while his players take in the plaudits. They're now level on points with 17th placed Newcastle.

[5 November 2018 22:01 · Callum Rice-Coates]

[5 November 2018 22:06 · Callum Rice-Coates]

It's contrasting emotions for these two clubs. Fulham, having made a reasonable start to the season, are now in danger of falling adrift at the bottom. Time could be running out for Slaviša Jokanović.

Next up? A trip to Anfield on Sunday.

[5 November 2018 22:10 · Callum Rice-Coates]

That's it for our live coverage of tonight's game.

We'll leave you with Ian Whittell's match report from the John Smith's Stadium: