I’ll leave you with Ed Aarons’ report from Craven Cottage. Goodnight!

90+2 min: Palace substitution Justin Devenny comes on for the terrific Yeremy Pino.

90 min There will be six minutes of added time.

89 min: Fulham substitutions Tom Cairney and Adama Traore on, Iwobi and Wilson off.

A clever corner from Wharton on the right led to Pino having a shot that was deflected wide. Nothing clever about the second corner. Pino clipped an inswinger to the near post, where Guehi got up decisively to head past Leno from four yards. Superb delivery from Pino, an equally good header from Guehi.

86 min: Fine save by Leno! Mitchell makes yet another lung-busting run down the left and slides a low first-time cross towards Uche at the far post. He meets the ball on the stretch and Leno makes a brave save.

85 min A long-range shot from Wilson is comfortably held by Henderson.

84 min Wharton, who has been quietly brilliant, teases a lovely first-time pass out to the overlapping Canvot. He takes too long and is well challenged by Kevin.

82 min Tete’s long cross from the right reaches Kevin, whose header from 12 yards goes well wide of the far post. Tough chance.

80 min It has become a bit scruffy, with both teams apparently reluctant to take too many risks in pursuit of victory.

77 min: Palace substitution The French teenager Jaydee Canvot, signed from Toulouse, replaces Nathaniel Clyne.

76 min: Fulham substitutions Josh King and Sasa Lukic come on for Sander Berge and Samuel Chukwueze.

74 min Josh King is preparing to come on for Fulham.

71 min Still anyone’s game, this. You’re welcome!

70 min Kevin is playing on the left, with Chukwueze moving to the right and Harry Wilson becoming the No10.

68 min Another chance for Palace. The indefatigable Mitchell runs onto Kamada’s pass and curls a lovely first-time cross towards Uche at the near post. He can’t make contact and the ball hits Bassey before deflecting wide.

68 min: Fulham substitution Emile Smith Rowe is replaced by Kevin.

67 min Now Chukwueze moves away from Lacroix in the area and wallops a cross shot that swerves just wide of the far post.

66 min: Double substitution for Palace Christantus Uche and Jeffferson Lerma replace Eddie Nketiah and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

64 min Mitchell blasts a cross that just evades Pino at the near post. The ball hits Bassey and rebounds to Pino, whose stabbed shot is desperately blocked by Bassey and slithers towards Nketiah in the six-yard box. He and Leno touch the ball almost simultaneously, it rolls behind Leno and is booted away by a Fulham defender. Think it was going wide anyway.

62 min “Good morning from a cold and gray northern California, although it’s downright balmy by British standards,” writes Peter Oh. “Nigeria not having qualified for the Geopolitics World Cup, I’m taking every opportunity to watch the next-best thing: Fulham and their Bassey-Iwobi-Chukwueze triad. My prediction is that the West London Super Eagles will fashion the winner against the Eagles tonight. The spirit of ‘94 is alive!”

59 min It’s all been a bit quiet since that disallowed goal.

VAR check for offside Chukwueze may have been off in the build up.

Emile Smith Rowe has put Fulham in front with his second goal in as many games. After good play initially from Smith Rowe, Chukwueze lifted a cross that was met on the run by Iwobi. His header hit the inside of the far post and Smith Rowe reacted smartly to get over the bouncing ball and finish with his left foot.

52 min Kamada moves easily away from Iwobi on the edge of the D but chokes his low shot. Palace are having a good spell.

49 min A decent chance at the other end. Kamada finds Pino, who threads an inviting pass through the inside-left channel for Mateta. He barrels away from Bassey but drags his shot wide of the far post.

48 min Fulham have started the second half on he front foot. Wilson finds the overlapping Tete, who chops inside Guehi and shoots wide from the angle.

47 min “As a Palace fan, this is a fun match in a fun season,” writes Max Williams. “And the FA Cup remains peak sport for me. But imagine how we’d be doing if we’d somehow kept Olise and Eze, two of the best attackers in the world harnessed by a visionary manager! Btw when do the Ashes start?”

Imagine the interplay between Munoz, Wharton and Olise on that side of the field. I can’t spake at the thought of it.

46 min Peep peep! Palace get the second half under way.

Half-time reading

45+2 min “Is it a purple patch?” asks Matt Dony. “Or is Wilson just becoming the natural successor to Gareth Bale? (Ok, yes, I know the answer. But indulge me. I’m not having a tremendous few weeks in sporting terms…).”

45 min Two minutes of added time.

44 min That goal was Wilson’s sixth in seven games for club and country, I think.

42 min I’m still reeling from the audacity and brilliance of that Harry Wilson goal. Peak Messi couldn’t have done it better.

41 min “Could not agree more re: Wharton,” says Felix Wood. “His entire game seems to simply be passing it quickly to players in better positions. Sounds simple. It isn’t. I was hoping that England’s future was him and Mainoo together in centre mid, but I think that’s a discussion for another MBM. For this one though, I think Wharton’s development has been immeasurable helped by playing alongside the similarly understated and criminally underrated Will Hughes.”

What a goal! Fulham probed patiently, as always, until Iwobi fed a sharp pass into Wilson on the edge of the D. He slipped it round the corner to Jimenez, who played an instant return pass as Wilson span away from Lacroix.

Wilson let the ball run across his body, 16 yards from goal, and flicked a first-time shot with the outside of the left foot that swerved away from Henderson and into the far corner. That’s quite outrageous. The touch round the corner was brilliant, the finish even better.

36 min As the half has developed, Palace have been the more dangerous team. They’re having less of the ball but that has never bothered them.

34 min: Big chance for Clyne! Mitchell’s cross from the left beats everyone at the near post and bounces towards his fellow wing-back Clyne on the edge of the area. He misses his kick completely but gets a second chance when the ball lands kindly at his feet. His second attempt is well struck but blocked by Iwobi (I think).

31 min: Palace penalty appeal Clyne is caught right on the edge of the area, maybe just inside, by Andersen. The referee gives nothing and Team VAR decide not to get involved. Had a penalty been given on the field, I doubt it would have been overturned.

29 min Chukwueze’s low cross from the left pinballs around the Palace area. Eventually it reaches Iwobi, whose chest-volley from 15 yards is straight at Henderson.

28 min Fulham are passing the ball with their usual neatness and purpose, but Palace are so well organised defensively and at the moment Fulham are struggling to break them down.

25 min Adam Wharton doesn’t turn 22 until February. Given the maturity of his play, in such a pivotal position, the mind boggles at how good he could be by the age of 30.

21 min Adam Wharton could play for any football team in the world. He’s a joy to watch.

Wharton started the move by waving an insouciant outside-of-the-foot pass to Mitchell on the left wing. He found Guehi, who pushed the ball back infield to Wharton. He arrowed a sharp pass into the area, intended I think for Kamada. It didn’t reach him because Nketiah controlled the ball on the run, wrongfooting Andersen in the process, and slapped it past Leno. Fine goal.

19 min So, does anyone know when the Ashes gets under way?

17 min Pino slips a neat first-time pass down the side to Mateta, who shoots straight at Leno from the edge of the area. Tough chance but a nice bit of play from Pino, who looks a bargain at £26m.

16 min It’s an even, open game, with possession roughly 55:45 in Fulham’s favour.

12 min Wharton’s corner is headed out towards Pino on the Palace left. He knocks the bouncing ball past Jimenez, who think it’s still there to be won. Wrong! Instead of clearing the ball, he boots Pino straight in the face. VAR are happy that it was accidental, and they’re right, but it was still a fair old whack.

12 min Wharton, with eyes in the side of his head, plays a quality disguised pass out to the right wing-back Clyne, who wins Palace’s first corner.

11 min Another Iwobi corner leads to a bit of a scramble before Palace force the ball clear. Fulham are turning up the metaphorical heat.

9 min: Good effort by Smith Rowe Iwobi, on the left, curls a wicked inswinging corner that brushes a Palace head and flies over the bar for another corner.

This time it’s on the right. Iwobi clips it deliberately towards Smith Rowe, unmarked 10 yards out at the near post. He watches the bounce and twists his body to crack a shot that hits Guehi and flies over the bar. Lovely effort though, a variation on the old Anderton/Sheringham corner.

5 min Iwobi’s shot from 20 yards deflects wide, though it wouldn’t have counted because some fella was offside in the build-up, Wilson I think.

4 min Nothing to report. Not a single thing.

1 min And they’re off. Fulham are kicking from left to right as we watch.

The players stroll onto the field on a largely disgusting afternoon in west London: cold, wet, windy. Apart from that, it’s thong weather.

A win would lift Palace to fourth in the Premier League table, which looks like this as of 4.21pm on 7 December 2025.

Full time: Brighton 1-1 West Ham

Georginio Rutter’s injury-time equaliser earned Brighton a point after Jarrod Bowen had put West Ham ahead at the Amex Stadium. Daniel Harris has more.

It should have been a night for Crystal Palace supporters to savour. About 1,500 officially made the trip to Strasbourg for their second away match of the Conference League group stage last week, although plenty more had gathered in the pretty Alsatian city famous for its expansive Christmas market.

Yet while most were enjoying being part of Palace’s first European campaign after May’s FA Cup win, “a tiny minority” – as the club’s statement the following day described them – had different ideas. Footage of bottles and chairs being thrown as two rival groups of supporters of the same club clashed before the game in one of the city’s squares went viral on X. “Palace fans fighting each other in Strasbourg,” read the message, not surprisingly sparking widespread confusion.

The Guardian understands it was the culmination of a long-running feud between the Holmesdale Fanatics (HF) – an ultras group known for their vocal support and homemade tifos – and a collection of Palace fans said to have become increasingly antagonistic towards them. They are believed to be the group heard singing pro-Tommy Robinson songs and spotted with “Stop the boats” flags during Palace’s trips to Lublin to play Dynamo Kyiv in October and Fredrikstad for a playoff a month earlier. The group are thought to be more loosely organised than the HF and come from several different areas, including the Croydon suburb of New Addington, Crawley and Kent.