T. Cairney’s 80' equaliser earns Fulham 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace

Match report

Crystal Palace and Fulham drew 1-1 in Premier League matchday 19 on Thursday, 1 January 2026 at Selhurst Park. J. Mateta (39') scored for Crystal Palace, while T. Cairney (80') found the net for Fulham. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Crystal Palace had 40% of the ball and 11 shots (2 on target) against Fulham’s 17 (5 on target). Tom Cairney (Fulham) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Crystal Palace 15th in the Premier League table on 4 points and Fulham 19th on 2.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Crystal Palace

15th · 4 points · P 5 W 1 D 1 L 3

Form

Fulham

19th · 2 points · P 5 W 0 D 2 L 3

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
14	Sunderland	5	-4	4
15	Crystal Palace	5	-5	4
16	Aston Villa	5	-5	4
18	Coventry	5	-9	3
19	Fulham	5	-3	2
20	Tottenham	5	-6	2

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 5 Sept 2026, Fulham 2-3 Crystal Palace

Full Crystal Palace vs Fulham head-to-head

Match events

19'yellow cardJorge CuencaYellow Card
39'goalJ. MatetaAssist: N. Clyne
46'yellow cardJoachim AndersenYellow Card
51'substitutionK. TeteOff: T. Castagne
57'substitutionW. HughesOff: J. Canvot
60'yellow cardEmile Smith RoweYellow Card
68'substitutionS. BergeOff: T. Cairney
80'goalT. CairneyAssist: S. Lukic
81'yellow cardTom CairneyYellow Card
82'substitutionJ. DevennyOff: R. Esse
82'substitutionY. PinoOff: C. Uche
85'substitutionH. WilsonOff: A. Traore
85'substitutionKevinOff: H. Reed
88'yellow cardTimothy CastagneYellow Card
90+2'substitutionN. ClyneOff: B. Sosa

Lineups

Crystal Palace

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Oliver Glasner

Starting XI

Substitutes

Fulham

Formation 4-2-3-1 · Coach Marco Silva

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

40%Possession60%
1.93Expected goals (xG)1.76
11Total shots17
2Shots on target5
5Shots off target6
4Blocked shots6
9Shots inside the box12
2Shots outside the box5
6Corners3
5Offsides1
7Fouls10
0Yellow cards5
–Red cards–
4Goalkeeper saves1
388Passes586
299Accurate passes502
77%Pass accuracy86%
0.37Goals prevented0.37

Player statistics

Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Dean HendersonG	90	7.3				30 · 63%
5Maxence LacroixD	90	6.9				55 · 87%	1		3/5
6Marc GuéhiD	90	7.2			2 (1)	58 · 81%			4/6
8Jefferson LermaD	90	6.2				54 · 78%		1	2/9
3Tyrick MitchellM	90	7.2				26 · 73%	2	4	8/12
17Nathaniel ClyneM	89	7.3		1	1 (0)	28 · 79%	1	2	6/10
19Will HughesM	56	7.2			1 (0)	24 · 75%	1		6/10
20Adam WhartonM	90	7.3				38 · 84%		2	6/9
10Yéremy PinoF	82	6.2			2 (0)	25 · 68%	1	1	1/5
14Jean-Philippe MatetaF	90	7.0	1		1 (1)	10 · 60%		1	3/14
55Justin DevennyF	82	6.6				19 · 74%	1	2	4/9
44Walter BenítezG	–	–
23Jaydee CanvotD	34	6.7				17 · 88%		1	2/3
24Borna SosaD	1	–							0/1
72Dean BenamarD	–	–
12Christantus UcheM	8	6.7				3 · 0%			1/2
21Romain EsseM	8	6.3				1 · 0%			0/2
42Kaden RodneyM	–	–
73Benjamin CaseyF	–	–
86Joel Drakes-ThomasF	–	–

Fulham

Fulham player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Bernd LenoG	90	7.2				43 · 88%			1/1
2Kenny TeteD	51	6.9			1 (0)	30 · 83%		1	3/3
5Joachim AndersenD	90	7.5			1 (0)	106 · 82%		2	8/11
15Jorge CuencaD	90	7.3				62 · 89%		2	5/10
33Antonee RobinsonD	90	7.2				61 · 82%	3	3	4/6
8Harry WilsonM	85	6.2			1 (1)	26 · 88%		1	2/8
16Sander BergeM	67	7.0				59 · 90%			5/11
20Saša LukićM	90	6.6		1		44 · 86%	1	4	7/15
22KevinM	85	6.7			1 (1)	26 · 77%	2	1	6/14
32Emile Smith RoweM	90	6.3			1 (0)	44 · 93%	3	1	2/5
7Raúl JiménezF	90	6.0			3 (0)	26 · 62%	2		4/6
23Benjamin LecomteG	–	–
21Timothy CastagneD	39	6.9			2 (2)	25 · 88%		1	1/2
31Issa DiopD	–	–
35Samuel AmissahD	–	–
6Harrison ReedM	12	7.0				4 · 100%			1/2
10Tom CairneyMTop rated	23	7.9	1		1 (1)	29 · 100%			2/2
38Seth RidgeonM	–	–
11Adama TraoréF	12	6.3				1 · 100%			0/1
18Jonah Kusi-AsareF	–	–