Fulham vs Everton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Craven Cottage
Follow live coverage as Fulham face Everton today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Fulham vs Everton
An early driven ball from Branthwaite in the Everton defence is intercepted and headed out for a throw-in.
Fulham vs Everton
The players walk out from the corner of Craven Cottage. The fans are drenched in sunshine, eagerly awaiting the start of this match.
Fulham vs Everton
David Moyes makes a plethora of changes to the eleven that started in the 2-2 draw against Ipswich. Four changes in personnel with Keane and Young replacing O'Brien and Patterson in defence. Whilst Ndiaye (Everton's joint top scorer) and McNeil (eight goal contributions) make way for Doucoure and Harrison further up the pitch. Calvert-Lewin is once again made to wait for his opportunity with Beto favoured in the lone striker role.
Fulham vs Everton
Fulham boss, Marco Silva, makes two changes from the side that lost to Villa. In comes Pereira, who shakes off a knock to replace Lukic and take his place in midfield alongside Berge. Robinson drops to the bench to accommodate Sessegnon, who moves into the left-back slot, with Smith Rowe coming into the side.
Fulham vs Everton
SUBS: Joao Virginia, Seamus Coleman, Dwight McNeil, Nathan Patterson, Tim Iroegbunam, Youssef Chermiti, Armando Broja, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Iliman Ndiaye.
Fulham vs Everton
EVERTON (4-2-3-1): Jordan Pickford; Ashley Young, Michael Keane, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko; Idrissa Gana Gueye, James Garner; Jack Harrison, Abdoulaye Doucoure, Carlos Alcaraz; Beto.
Fulham vs Everton
SUBS: Steven-Andreas Benda, Issa Diop, Jorge Cuenca, Joshua King, Tom Cairney, Adama Traore, Carlos Vinicius, Martial Godo, Willian.
Fulham vs Everton
FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Ryan Sessegnon; Sander Berge, Andreas Pereira; Harry Wilson, Emile Smith Rowe, Alex Iwobi; Raul Jimenez.
Fulham vs Everton
From an Everton point of view, the focus (understandably) is being heavily placed on the emotional events of next week when they wave goodbye to Goodison Park-one of English football’s most iconic venues-and prepare to welcome in the new era at the state-of-the-art Everton Stadium. That said, David Moyes is far too pragmatic to allow sentiment to obstruct the task in hand, which is to prepare his Blues to face former Toffees boss Marco Silva and his Fulham team, who sit three places and 12 points in front of them.
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