Fulham vs Leicester City LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Craven Cottage
Follow live coverage as Fulham face Leicester City 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 Leicester City
The game is starting to fall into a pattern as Leicester drop to the edge of their box, with Fulham working the ball around the edge of the box, from one side to the other with Smith-Rowe looking to find pockets of space between the Foxes defence and midfield.
Fulham vs Leicester City
Fantastic save from the Leicester keeper to keep the scores level. Fulham worked it from right to left across the pitch outside the box and back again. To finally work the ball to Traore just inside the box. The winger cut inside and struck a shot towards goal but it was parried away expertly for a corner.
Fulham vs Leicester City
Leicester are looking to take the game straight to the hosts from the off. Vardy caught offside as the Foxes win the ball high from a misplaced Fulham pass. Had the flag not been raised there could have been problems.
Fulham vs Leicester City
The teams are out on the pitch ready for the referees whistle. This promises to be a cracker.
Fulham vs Leicester City
Like the hosts, Leicester have made no changes to their opening day Premier League fixture. However, recent additions Skipp and Jordan Ayew, joining the club from Spurs and Crystal Palace respectively are available from the bench to make their debut for the Foxes. Jamie Vardy became Leicester’s oldest Premier League goalscorer when he netted against Spurs last weekend, and he will look to become the first player aged 37+ since Cristiano Ronaldo to score in consecutive Premier League matches.
Fulham vs Leicester City
Fulham have made no changes to the starting side that lost at Old Trafford last weekend 1-0 to Manchester United. Fans will have to wait to the Cottagers next game to catch a glimpse of new signing Sander Berge in the white of Fulham as he has not been selected for the matchday squad, with the Norwegian being deemed the perfect fit to replace Joao Palhinha, the Portuguese exiting Craven Cottage earlier in the transfer window for Bayern Munich.
Fulham vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY SUBS: Danny Ward, Caleb Okoli, Stephy Mavididi, Hamza Choudhury, Jordan Ayew, Ricardo Pereira, Oliver Skipp, Boubakary Soumare, Kasey McAteer
Fulham vs Leicester City
LEICESTER CITY (4-2-3-1): Mads Hermansen; Victor Kristiansen, Wout Faes, Jannik Vestergaard, James Justin; Wilfred Ndidi, Harry Winks, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Facundo Buonanotte, Abdul Fatawu; Jamie Vardy
Fulham vs Leicester City
FULHAM SUBS: Harrison Reed, Raul Jimenez, Harry Wilson, Tom Cairney, Jorge Cuenca, Timothy Castagne, Steven Benda, Jay Stansfield, Ryan Sessegnon
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