PREM: Fulham 0-3 Bournemouth

Callum Wilson celebrates scoring his second and Bournemouth's third goal against Fulham

Two goals from Callum Wilson and a David Brooks strike helped Bournemouth defeat 10-man Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage.

Wilson converted a 14th-minute penalty and added a second five minutes from time, after David Brooks (72) had given the Cherries a cushion.

Fulham ended the game with 10 men after Kevin McDonald received a second yellow for fouling Brooks soon after the second goal.

 

Slavisa Jokanovic's struggling side, who had only one shot on target, stay 18th, while Bournemouth remain sixth.

 

Both teams started at a high tempo but it was the visitors who were gifted an opener when Timothy Fosu-Mensah barged Wilson over in the box. The Bournemouth striker dusted himself off to send debutant Rico the wrong way in the 14th minute.

Aboubakar Kamara reacted quickly to a heavy touch from Asmir Begovic in the Bournemouth area to dispossess the goalkeeper only to then immediately throw himself to the floor in the hope of getting a penalty even though Begovic's leg was nowhere near the striker, who was rightly booked.

 

Fulham struggled to create chances before the break, with the best chance falling to Andre Schurrle who fired a volley from the edge of the box which was palmed to safety by Begovic.

 

With the hosts chasing the game in the 72nd minute, Brooks made the most of the extra space in the final third, latching onto a pass from Ryan Fraser and slotting the ball between Rico's legs.

Soon after he got the better of McDonald, forcing him to bring him down when heading towards goal to earn his second booking of the match.

Wilson was another to enjoy the space on offer to Bournemouth's attackers, especially when they had the one-man advantage, as he ran beyond the defence to get onto the end of another Fraser pass and fire powerfully beyond Rico from 12 yards.