Follow live coverage as Fulham face Arsenal 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:
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Fulham vs Arsenal
16:04There's the full-time whistle, and once again Arsenal are unable to find a way past Fulham, and their three-game winning run comes to an end with a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage! The hosts hardly troubled Arsenal in the second half, generating just 0.14 xG with a Pereira shot which was easily dealt with by Raya. At the other end, Fulham did all they could to cling onto their 1-0 first-half lead, but were pegged back seven minutes into the second half by Saliba's close-range finish from a well-worked corner routine. The Gunners generated 1.93 xG of their own and saw Trossard, Havertz, Partey and Rice all go close to grabbing the winner. Saka thought he'd done exactly that two minutes from time as he headed in Martinelli's cross at the far post, but VAR intervened to spot an offside in the build-up and consign the Gunners to just a point rather than the three they came for! That sends Arsenal up to second in the table, albeit having played a game more than the sides around them and still six points behind Liverpool, while other results see Fulham drop to 10th, having looked at half-time like they were destined for the dizzy heights of fifth in the Premier League.
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15:57FULL-TIME: FULHAM 1-1 ARSENAL.
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15:56With time running out, Martinelli darts to the byline and hangs up a cross over the top. No-one in an Arsenal shirt can get there until Partey collects the ball on the far side, but after he plays Saka down the line again, the would-be goalscorer can only drill his cutback into Leno's gloves!
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15:56Yellow Card Declan Rice
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15:54Arsenal win another free-kick on the left-hand side and Rice stands over it again, but this delivery is wildly overhit and resembles more of a shot as it sails wide!
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15:51We're into the first of five added minutes at Craven Cottage, and will that be enough time for a late twist in the tale?
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15:51NO GOAL!!! Saka and Arsenal are denied!! The England man's far-post run and finish are given the green light, but it's Martinelli, the assister, who is marginally offside in the build-up to his cross and the goal is chalked off. Can the Gunners respond to find a later winner here?
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15:51Substitution Saša Lukić Jorge Cuenca Barreno
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15:50BALL IN THE NET!!! Might that be the winner for Arsenal? Martinelli is found out on the left and drives forward before standing up Wilson and crossing. The ball flashes right across the face of goal, and it's Saka who steals in at the far post to head beyond a scrambling Leno and in! The players wheel away to celebrate right in front of the away end, but VAR have had a word in the ear...
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15:49Assist Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva
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15:45Nwaneri drives forward for Arsenal before finding Saka to his right, but as he, Partey and Rice combine in an attempt to play Nwaneri in behind the Fulham defence, Bassey sticks out a leg to cut out Rice's pass with a potentially crucial interception!
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15:45Yellow Card Antonee Robinson
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15:41Yellow Card Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva
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15:39SAVED!!! A Gunners cross is headed away from the box as far as Rice, who lines up a 25-yard effort and hits a low strike through the crowd which is saved and held by Leno!
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15:39Substitution Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho
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15:39Yellow Card Raúl Alonso Jiménez Rodríguez
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15:38Substitution Martin Ødegaard Ethan Chidiebere Nwaneri
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15:38CHANCE!!! Rice scoops a lofted pass right down the middle with Jesus arriving in the box, but the Brazilian can't bring the ball under control before it's gathered by a relieved Leno!
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15:32Substitution Jorge Luiz Frello Filho Mikel Merino Zazón
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15:32Substitution Kai Lukas Havertz Gabriel Fernando de Jesus
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15:32SAVED!! Fulham counter at speed as Pereira is sent racing into the clear down the left-hand side. He bears down on goal and looks to find the near corner despite having options to his right, but Raya sticks out a leg to make the save!
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15:31Yellow Card Calvin Chinedu Bassey
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15:30WIDE!! Another Arsenal corner, another Rice delivery, and another glorious chance!! Partey stands off his marker at the far post and is given a free header as a result, but he can only send his effort to the wrong side of the upright with Leno stranded!
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15:30Fulham substitute Wilson has scored three goals in his last three Premier League London derby appearances, having netted just once in his first 21 such games for Marco Silva's side.
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15:30Both Rice and Odegaard try sharp passes into feet for Martinelli and Saka respectively, but each time they're repelled by Fulham with Robinson at the heart of their defence.
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15:27Arsenal have scored 20 Premier League goals from set piece situations in 2024 – their joint-most in a calendar year alongside 2009 (excluding penalties) with another three games still to come aftert this one.
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15:24WIDE!!! Odegaard slips Havertz into shooting space in the box and the German fires goalwards on the turn, but can only drag his effort wide of the near post!
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15:21Trossard tries two crosses into the six-yard box from the left, but Bassey cuts the first out and the second ricochets behind off Tete and then the Belgian to go behind for a goal-kick.
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15:20Substitution Adama Traoré Diarra Harry Wilson
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15:20Substitution Emile Smith Rowe Andreas Hugo Hoelgebaum Pereira
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15:19Substitution Leandro Trossard Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva
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15:19SAVED!!! The Gunners fire numbers forward on the break as Timber feets Trossard to his left, before the winger cuts inside to drill a low strike into Leno's gloves!
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15:18Saka steps inside Robinson's challenge and stands up a cross for Rice, but the arriving midfielder can't get a good enough contact on the ball to put it on target.
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15:17Each of Saliba's last five Premier League goals have come from corners, and it's impressive at just how effective the Gunners are from set-pieces at the moment – what a weapon to have in their arsenal.
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15:15Early replays suggested that Saliba was indeed offside, but the trailing leg of Robinson at the far post gave Arsenal the reprieve they needed!
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15:12Assist Kai Lukas Havertz
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15:12CHANCE!! Rice's free-kick is delivered with inch-perfect accuracy from the right and swings right across the face of goal, but no-one in Arsenal's turquoise change kit can get a touch to turn it into the net!
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15:12Saka canters down the right with Lukic nipping at his heels, and the eventual foul from Fulham's Serbia midfielder results in the game's first yellow card.
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15:11CHANCE!! Robinson races around the outside of Partey and drills a cutback into the middle, but Raya dives to gather the loose ball and comes up with it ahead of Jimenez!
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15:07Arsenal have only come back to win one of their previous 23 Premier League away games under Mikel Arteta when they've been behind at half time – losing 18 – with that sole occasion being a 4-2 victory at Aston Villa in February 2023.
Fulham vs Arsenal
15:05Fulham ripped up the script in the first half, and that's reflected in our live win probability tracker, with the hosts now rated at a 47.8% chance of victory and Arsenal down on just 22.3% themselves. It's still all to play for in the second period though, as Smith Rowe gets the game back underway.
Fulham vs Arsenal
14:57Rice has been one of Arsenal's key players at both ends so far, having two of their best chances to restore parity to the scoreline in the first half. The England midfielder has had two touches in the box and two shots, as well as creating a chance with one of eight final-third passes. He's also turned possession over three times, including once in the final third, putting in a tackle and interception apiece as he tries to drag the Gunners back into this game.
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14:53There's the half-time whistle at Craven Cottage, and against the run of play it's the hosts Fulham who lead Arsenal 1-0 at the break! For all their dominance of possession and territory, the Gunners have only been able to muster 0.59 xG, seeing efforts from Saliba and Rice put wide before Saka forced a save from Leno with their only shot on target. Fulham, meanwhile, hit the visitors early on the break, as Jimenez raced clear to find the far corner after just 11 minutes and give the hosts a shock lead. Their 0.03 xG has been good enough so far, and it's Arsenal who have it all to do if they want to turn things around in the second half.
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14:52HALF-TIME: FULHAM 1-0 ARSENAL.
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14:51Diop meets a Lukic free-kick on the volley for Fulham in the Arsenal box, but his ambitious effort on the angle is hit a mile over the bar.
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14:52We're into a solitary minute of added time at the end of a first half which hasn't exactly gone to plan for Arsenal thus far.
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14:49Berge is caught in possession by Rice on halfway but then recovers brilliantly to slide in brilliantly to win the ball back from Odegaard, but the Arsenal captain staying down on the deck will be a huge concern for Mikel Arteta.
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14:46Arsenal failed to win either of their Premier League meetings with Fulham last season – only between May 2011 and November 2012 (four matches) have they had a longer winless run against the Cottagers in their league history.
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14:46Partey and Odegaard link up well in a tight space on the byline, but the Arsenal captain's eventual ball into the box is an easy one for Leno to claim.
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14:43CHANCE! Saka's dangerous cross into the middle is swung low towards the far post, where Rice is sliding in at full stretch but can't quite get on the end of it!
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14:43While current Arsenal loanee Nelson doesn't feature in this game, Fulham still have three former Gunners in their starting XI – in the form of Leno, Iwobi, and Smith Rowe, who only signed for his new club last summer.
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14:41SAVED!! Saka glides beyond both Bassey and Lukic with ease to make his way to the edge of the six-yard box, before drilling a low shot goalwards on the angle which Leno parries behind at his near post!
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14:38Trossard looks to pick out Havertz with a cross into the box on the cut-back, but Diop gets his head to it first and sends the ball back into Leno's gloves.
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14:37Smith Rowe makes a superb run down the middle and is found by Lukic, but the playmaker's first touch is poor and Arsenal are able to recover possession!
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14:36Fulham right-back Tete has two assists across his last three Premier League games, as many as he managed across 49 previous matches in the competition.
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14:33Traore scampers clear of two defenders as he gets on the end of a one-two with Lukic, but his attempted cross-field ball for Iwobi after cutting back inside is poor and loops behind for an Arsenal goal-kick.
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14:32Having kept nine clean sheets in their 10 Premier League away games between February and September, Arsenal have now conceded in six in a row on the road.
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14:29Trossard does well to beat Iwobi down the right before firing a cross into the far post, where Saka arrives with a right-footed volley which he can't put anywhere near the target!
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14:28WIDE!!! Rice makes a third-man run into the area unmarked and is picked out by Trossard's first-time pass, but the midfielder's left-footed effort is dragged just wide of the far post!
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14:27Leno claims another Saka in-swinger from an Arsenal free-kick and launches the ball forward on the counter, but Traore can't quite get there before it sails out of play.
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14:26CHANCE!! Saka's delivery is heading for the net itself before being clawed out of the goalmouth by Leno, who then regains his composure to catch the England winger's cross back into the box from the right flank.
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14:25Saka darts in behind Robinson to connect with Jorginho's chipped pass into the area, but his cutback into the middle is thumped away from danger by Diop and out for a corner.
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14:23As things stand at this rarly stage of the game, Fulham are sitting pretty in fifth place in the PRemier League table, while Arsenal are on track to miss their chance to close a seven-point gap to Liverpool at the top, after Storm Darragh forced the postponement of yesterday's Merseyside derby.
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14:21Arsenal try to work their way into the Fulham box through Saka and Odegaard, but the Norwegian is forced wide by Berge and crowded out by three defenders before losing possession.
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14:17This is the fourth Premier League away game in which Arsenal have fallen 1-0 behind in 2024-25 – more than they did on the road in the whole of last season (three games).
Fulham vs Arsenal
14:16OVER!!! Arsenal have a chance to hit straight back from a free-kick crossed into the box, but after it's punched clear by Leno, Rice tries a half-volley back towards goal but can only skew it over the bar!
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14:13Assist Kenny Joelle Tete
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14:13Fulham have made 4 changes from their last Premier League match, their most from one match to another this season.
Fulham vs Arsenal
14:13Arsenal continue to ramp up the early pressure and built their attack patiently before Saka drills a low ball across the face of goal, but Bassey sticks a leg out at the near post to steer it behind for a corner.
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14:08Fulham came from behind to beat Arsenal 2-1 in this exact fixture last season – they’ve never won consecutive league games, or even home league games against the Gunners in their history.
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14:06WIDE!!! Rice swings the Arsenal corner right into the middle and Saliba climbs highest, getting a glancing contact on the ball but not doing enough to steer it on target as it sails wide!
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14:06Saka stands up a cross from the right hand side which dips dangerously at the far post, but Iwobi's back there to beat Trossard to the ball and puts it behind for the game's first corner.
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14:03Odegaard kicks the game off for the Gunners, and we're up and running in west London!
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14:01Unsurprisingly, the high-flying visitors are being heavily backed to win this one in our live win probability tracker, leading the way on a 56.1% chance of victory to Fulham’s 20.9%. The hosts will be hoping to turn that narrative into their favour though, as both teams make their way out onto the pitch!
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13:58Arsenal, meanwhile, make two changes from their 2-0 win over Manchester United, with Thomas Partey dropping into defence to replace the injured Oleksandr Zinchenko; Jorginho and Leandro Trossard coming into the midfield and frontline respectively.
Fulham vs Arsenal
13:58Despite producing one of their best performances of the season to beat Brighton 3-1 in midweek, four changes are made to Fulham’s starting XI for this game. One of these is enforced, with Arsenal loanee Reiss Nelson unavailable, as Adama Traore, Raul Jimenez, Sasa Lukic and Kenny Tete all come onto the side.
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13:48ARSENAL SUBS: Neto, Kieran Tierney, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Mikel Merino, Raheem Sterling, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Ethan Nwaneri, Ayden Heaven.
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13:48ARSENAL (4-3-3): David Raya; Thomas Partey, William Saliba, Jakub Kiwior, Jurrien Timber; Martin Odegaard, Jorginho, Declan Rice; Bukayo Saka, Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard.
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13:48FULHAM SUBS: Steven Benda, Harry Wilson, Rodrigo Muniz, Jorge Cuenca, Andreas Pereira, Timothy Castagne, Josh King, Ryan Sessegnon, Martial Godo.
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13:48FULHAM (4-2-3-1): Bernd Leno; Kenny Tete, Issa Diop, Calvin Bassey, Antonee Robinson; Sasa Lukic, Sander Berge; Alex Iwobi, Emile Smith Rowe, Adama Traore; Raul Jimenez.
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13:43The Gunners sit third on the ladder after 14 games, behind Chelsea on goal difference only with a seven-point gap to runaway leaders Liverpool. Mikel Arteta’s side have won their last three games in a row by a combined scoreline of 10-2, and after comfortably beating Manchester United 2-0 in midweek, will be keen to make it four on the spin here.
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13:43Ninth-placed Fulham have had a superb start to the season and come into this game off the back of an impressive 3-1 home victory over eighth-placed Brighton last time out. The Cottagers will climb to fifth with a victory in this game, but face an Arsenal side also in good form.
Fulham vs Arsenal
13:33Hello, and welcome to live coverage of this fixture in the Premier League, as Fulham host Arsenal at Craven Cottage in the first of two London derbies this weekend.
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13:30Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Fulham vs Arsenal
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