Fulham vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Southampton will begin 2023 at the foot of the Premier League after a last-gasp Joao Palhinha goal condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at Fulham.
James Ward-Prowse thought he had secured a first point under new Saints boss Nathan Jones after scoring a free-kick to cancel out his own own-goal.
But Palhinha struck a minute from time with a far-post header to leave Southampton rock bottom.
Fulham, meanwhile, will end the year as top dogs in west London after climbing above Chelsea and Brentford, despite top-scorer Aleksandar Mitrovic missing a stoppage-time penalty.
Fittingly it was their first home match since the death of their 1966 World Cup-winning full-back George Cohen, and a moving tribute was paid, with former boss Roy Hodgson and Cohen’s son Anthony laying wreaths.
We will bring you all the reaction and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Fulham vs Southampton
Southampton are starting the second half with a different formation. They are playing with a 4-2-3-1 shape as Maitland-Niles moves into the midfield and Salisu plays at left-back.
Fulham vs Southampton
Despite not having much of the ball, Southampton have looked dangerous on the counter-attack. They will need to be more precise with their passing if they want to get back into this game and leave with at least a point. Mitrovic will no doubt be asking his team-mates to get the ball to him more in the second period as he had the fewest touches of anyone on his team.
Fulham vs Southampton
Fulham dominated possession in the first half but found it difficult to break the Southampton backline down. Adams almost put the visitors ahead in the 19th minute but Leno made a great save to stop the striker from scoring. Southampton started to grow in the game but an own goal from Ward-Prowse in the 32nd minute gave Fulham the lead. Pereira went for goal from the edge of the box and his effort was deflected into the net by the Southampton captain to give the hosts the lead at the break.
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