Fulham 1-1 Bournemouth: Late Adarabioyo header keeps Whites top of Championship

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Tosin Adarabioyo's first goal for Fulham ensured his side shared the points with Bournemouth in a meeting of the Championship's top two.

The defender glanced home substitute Tom Cairney's cross with six minutes remaining to keep his team one point clear in first place.

Dominic Solanke had scored his 17th goal of the season six seconds into the second half to put Bournemouth ahead.

But they could not hang on to give manager Scott Parker a winning return to his old club.

It is now three successive draws for Marco Silva's Fulham, whereas Bournemouth have won only one of their past six games following a blistering start to the season.

Relive Fulham's draw with Bournemouth

With the Championship season almost at its halfway point, there was genuine excitement ahead of the meeting of the division's two outstanding teams so far and they did not disappoint with an enthralling encounter.

No side had scored more than Fulham's 49 goals, while they and Bournemouth shared the joint best defensive record - along with West Brom - with just 16 conceded.

There was the added spice, too, of Parker returning to the club he left in the summer after more than two years in charge with both promotion and relegation on his CV from his time at Craven Cottage.

The tempo was high from the off with Adam Smith testing Marek Rodak for the visitors and Neeskens Kebano twice forcing saves out of Mark Travers at the other end all inside the first 10 minutes.

In a game littered with intrigue and sub-plots, the Championship's top two strikers were also on the field in Aleksandar Mitrovic and Solanke.

Solanke is having his best ever season for goals and he twice nearly gave Bournemouth the lead, but the 24-year-old was just off target on both occasions.

But as a pulsating half ended, Fulham looked certain to score, only for visiting captain Steve Cook to make two sensational goalbound blocks in the same attack, from Mitrovic and then Fabio Carvalho.

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Fulham

Squad number1Player nameRodák
Squad number4Player nameOdoi
Squad number16Player nameTosin
Squad number13Player nameReam
Squad number23Player nameBryan
Squad number24Player nameSeri
Squad number6Player nameReed
Squad number8Player nameWilson
Squad number28Player nameCarvalho
Squad number7Player nameKebano
Squad number9Player nameMitrovic

Squad number10Player nameCairney
Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

AFC Bournemouth

Squad number42Player nameTravers
Squad number17Player nameStacey
Squad number24Player nameCahill
Squad number3Player nameS Cook
Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Squad number4Player nameL Cook
Squad number29Player nameBilling
Squad number11Player nameEmiliano Marcondes
Squad number10Player nameChristie
Squad number9Player nameSolanke
Squad number32Player nameAnthony

Squad number6Player nameMepham
Squad number12Player nameBrady
Squad number22Player namePearson

Line-ups

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Rodák
4Odoi
16Tosin
13Ream
23BryanBooked at 68mins
24SeriSubstituted forCairneyat 70'minutes
6Reed
8Wilson
28CarvalhoBooked at 51minsSubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 70'minutesBooked at 82mins
7Kebano
9Mitrovic

Substitutes

2Tete
3Hector
10Cairney
14De Cordova-Reid
19Muniz Carvalho
21Gazzaniga
25Onomah

Bournemouth

Formation 4-1-2-1-2

42TraversBooked at 62mins
17StaceyBooked at 34mins
24Cahill
3S Cook
15A SmithBooked at 61minsSubstituted forMephamat 89'minutes
4L CookBooked at 16mins
29BillingBooked at 88mins
11MarcondesSubstituted forPearsonat 56'minutes
10ChristieBooked at 80mins
9Solanke
32AnthonySubstituted forBradyat 88'minutes

Substitutes

1Nyland
6Mepham
12Brady
18Lowe
22Pearson
26Kilkenny
27Rogers

Live Text

Match ends, Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1.
Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1.
Attempt blocked. Harrison Reed (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Ben Pearson.
Attempt blocked. Harrison Reed (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Wilson.
Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Robbie Brady (Bournemouth).
Substitution, Bournemouth. Chris Mepham replaces Adam Smith.
Substitution, Bournemouth. Robbie Brady replaces Jaidon Anthony.
Philip Billing (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Philip Billing (Bournemouth).
Goal! Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1. Tosin Adarabioyo (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Steve Cook.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Wilson with a cross.
Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Bryan (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).