Fulham Destroys West Ham, 5-0, Moves To The Top Ten

Harry Wilson, Fulham's 5-0 win over West Ham United (photo: x @FulhamFC)

JAKARTA - Fulham scored five goals for the second time in a week as they crushed West Ham 5-0 at Craven Cottage, Sunday 10 December. This result ranks them in the top ten in the Premier League standings.

The goal gate seems to have been really open to Fulham in recent weeks, where David Moyes' team became the latest victim to be beaten five goals in a brilliant 5-0 home win. The win was just four days after Fulham beat Nottingham Forest with the same score.

Raul Jimenez has opened the scoring to extend his personal goal record to four in five games, having previously not scored in the Premier League since March 2022, while still a Wolves player.

Willian's goals and Tosin Adarbioyo put the hosts ahead in the first half before a fine effort from substitute Harry Wilson and Carlos Vinicius' final goal added to the shine.

Jimenez's gains are in line with Fulham's overall rise - in three games before the London derby, they scored three goals to beat Wolves, three goals despite losing at Liverpool, and five goals to crush Forest in the middle of the week.

James Ward-Prowse's hard free kick saw Bernd Leno make a brilliant early save, but it was West Ham's best.

Fulham missed their first golden opportunity that afternoon, when Jimenez passed Willian with a perfectly directed ball beyond West Ham's defense, only saw the forward shoot weakly at Lukasz Fabianski.

When the hosts dominated possession, they immediately took the lead when Jimenez continued his fine performance in front of goal by headed the ball from Joao Palhinha's cross into the back corner of the net.

The advantage was doubled, when Willian sent the ball curling into the far corner after the ball was returned after Alex Iwobi's kick was parried by Fabianski.

Jarrod Bowen missed a good chance to get West Ham to reduce the gap as he shot straight at Leno after receiving a pass in the empty space in front of goal.

West Ham struggled at both ends of the pitch, with Iwobi's half-volley that hit Aaron Cresswell and wide of the net. But Adarbioyo cleverly appeared and headed the corner of the situation to enlarge Fulham's lead.

There could have been another goal before the break, but Fabianksi's long legs prevented Iwobi's cross from reaching its target.

Meanwhile, Willian was forced to be withdrawn due to injury in half-time, replaced by Wilson. While Moyes made two changes to his team by including Emerson and Konstantinos Mavropanos.

Wilson was supposed to have scored 10 minutes after the break when a quick attack ended where he was in the box, but was unable to get his shot past Fabianski.

However, Wilson made up for it by scoring his fourth goal in the 60th minute, bending perfectly a spectacular shot from 20 yards past Fabianski's reach, sparking cheers at Craven Cottage.

Moyes made further changes, perhaps to give rest to players like Mohammed Kudus and Kurt Zouma who were tired. They dominated possession at the end of the game but conceded one more goal.

Harrison Reed, whose own goal determined West Ham's victory in last season's previous meeting, provided Wilson with a live pass, and the Wales international showed a perfect touch by providing an assist for Vinicius to score the closing goal with an easy header.