The Magpies conceded twice in the first-half at Craven Cottage, with Raul Jiménez's clinical finish opening the scoring inside five minutes before Emile Smith Rowe's strike doubled the hosts'

Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes’ woeful clearance went straight to Reiss Nelson in the penalty area and the substitute emphatically fired in to secure Fulham’s second league win. Newcastle drop to sixth in a Premier League table still shaping up on gameweek five, with Fulham moving up to eighth as their solid start continues.