Fulham 5-0 West Ham

Fulham rounded off a perfect six-point week in style on Sunday afternoon putting five past West Ham without reply.

Raúl got things going with another goal before Willian and Tosin supplemented the lead before half time. Harry Wilson then scored a screamer to make it four, before his squared ball across allowed Carlos Vinicius to make sure Fuham won 5-0 for the second time in five days.

Marco Silva named a first unchanged XI of the season for the visit of the Hammers. The only difference to the squad came on the bench, where Rodrigo Muniz was back in the mix after a short spell out with injury.

The game started quietly with neither team offering much in the way of chances, until James Ward-Prowse stung the hands of Bernd Leno with a trademark free-kick from 30 yards six minutes in.

Jarrod Bowen had a snapshot at goal moments later as he cut inside from the right, but Leno was down smartly to gather.

Alex Iwobi had confidence flowing through his veins following his first Premier League brace last time out, but his effort from distance wasn’t on target this time as Fulham started to push.

Our best opportunity of the game so far came next, as a neat one-two between Willian and Raúl allowed the former to get in behind enemy lines and shoot, but he couldn’t quite get a clean connection on his shot and Lukasz Fabianski collected as a result.

Fulham broke the deadlock after 22 minutes and it was brilliant. João Palhinha was heavily involved to initially win the ball back with a typically industrious challenge in his own half. After a bit more link up further forward, our Portuguese maestro then whipped a delicious cross onto the head of Raúl, who used the pace to guide it perfectly into the back of the net.

After a feast of goals on Wednesday night it seemed Fulham were still hungry for more, and added a second of the day next. Andreas Pereira did well to recycle the ball when Iwobi’s effort was parried, and his cross took a nick off our Nigerian attacker before finding Willian at the back post, who make it look easy to place his shot into the bottom corner.

Bowen had a go with just over five minutes of the first half remaining and would’ve been disappointed by his standards after getting on the end of Vladimir Coufal’s cross on the six-yard box.

Tosin was in on the act next to make it three goals to the good before the break. An Andreas corner was pinpoint to find our big centre-back’s head, and he did the rest to soar highest and nod in as Fulham continued to blow the Hammers away.

We were forced into a change for the second half as Wilson replaced Willian who had taken a knock just before the interval.

Our Welsh wizard almost added a fourth to proceedings as Fulham picked up from where they left off. A smart swivel got him away from his marker in the box, but he couldn’t find the finish required at the vital moment.

This didn’t stop him scoring an absolute worldie moments later though. A cut inside from the right bought him a yard before he curled his shot perfectly into the top corner from outside the box.

Bowen had another sighter against the run of play after the ball fell kindly from a looped pass into the box, but Leno was calmness personified and matched him yet again.

Vinicius made it five for the second time in a week with a couple of minutes left on the clock. A delightful ball over the top was matched by the timing of the run by Wilson, who unselfishly squared it for our Brazilian striker to tap home.

A week to remember for Fulham.