CARABAO CUP : FULHAM VS BRISTOL CITY – 27/08/2025 (PHOTO – JIMENEZ CELEBRATES)

CARABAO CUP – FULHAM VS BRISTOL CITY – 27/08/2025

BRISTOL CITY MADE 434 PASSES, WITH AN 85% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 8 CORNERS, AND 7 SHOTS, INCLUDING AN ACCIDENTAL OWN GOAL FROM GEORGE TANNER, AFTER STICKING OUT A LEG TO BLOCK A CROSS FROM TRAORE, AND THE BALL FLICKED OFF HIS BOOT INTO GOAL AT 8 MINS!  (IT WAS A VALIANT EFFORT THOUGH!) BRISTOL CITY’S ANIS MEHMETI ALSO NETTED A CRACKER, WHICH WAS RULED OUT FOR OFF-SIDE. RAUL JIMENEZ THEN SCORED A STUNNER AT 21 MINS. (BELOW)

MEANING THAT FULHAM WERE NOW 2 – 0 UP BY THE 21ST MINUTE!  FULHAM MADE 629 PASSES IN TOTAL, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, (HAD 59% POSSESSION) AND 11 SHOTS WITH 4 ON-TARGET INCLUDING THE 2 AFOREMENTIONED GOALS, BUT WITH NOTHING FURTHER REACHING-THE-BACK-OF-THE-NET, THE GAME WENT TO FULHAM WITH A 2 – 0 WIN!

FULHAM BOSS MARCO SILVA (BELOW) SAID “IT WAS A BETTER FIRST-HALF THAN SECOND-HALF.  IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO START WELL.

THAT’S IMPORTANT IN THESE TYPES OF GAMES.  IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP A CLEAN SHEET.  WHEN YOU ARE AT HOME OR AWAY, THE MOTIVATION FROM TEAMS FROM LOWER DIVISIONS IS ALWAYS HIGH.”

BRISTOL CITY’S BOSS GERHARD STRUBER (BELOW) SAID SIMPLY AFTER THE MATCH THAT HIS TEAM SHOULD “LEARN TO TRUST THEMSELVES MORE” AFTER THEIR 2 – 0 DEFEAT.