Fulham win leaves Luton still seeking first point

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Carlos Vinicius celebrates scoring the winnerVinicius (right) came off the bench to make his first appearance of the season

Carlos Vinicius struck the winner for Fulham to leave Luton Town at the foot of the table and still seeking their first point of the season.

The substitute was making his first appearance of the campaign and scored less than five minutes after coming on in the second half.

Luton had frustrated the visitors in the first half, with Jacob Brown hitting the post with a header.

Fulham's second Premier League win lifts them into ninth place.

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Fulham

Squad number17Player nameLeno

Squad number2Player nameTete

Squad number31Player nameDiop

Squad number13Player nameReam

Squad number21Player nameCastagne

Squad number6Player nameReed

Squad number26Player nameJoão Palhinha

Squad number18Player nameAndreas Pereira

Squad number8Player nameWilson

Squad number7Player nameJiménez

Squad number20Player nameWillian

Squad number3Player nameBassey

Squad number10Player nameCairney

Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid

Squad number22Player nameIwobi

Squad number30Player nameCarlos Vinícius

Luton Town

Squad number24Player nameKaminski

Squad number12Player nameKaboré

Squad number16Player nameBurke

Squad number4Player nameLockyer

Squad number5Player nameAndersen

Squad number29Player nameBell

Squad number28Player nameSambi Lokonga

Squad number13Player nameNakamba

Squad number14Player nameChong

Squad number19Player nameBrown

Squad number9Player nameMorris

Squad number7Player nameOgbene

Squad number10Player nameWoodrow

Squad number11Player nameAdebayo

Squad number17Player nameMpanzu

Squad number45Player nameDoughty

Line-ups

Fulham

Formation 4-3-3

17Leno2Tete31DiopBooked at 44mins13Ream21CastagneBooked at 40mins6ReedSubstituted forIwobiat 62'minutes26João Palhinha18PereiraSubstituted forCairneyat 81'minutes8WilsonSubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 81'minutes7JiménezSubstituted forCarlos Viníciusat 62'minutes20WillianSubstituted forBasseyat 90+1'minutes

Substitutes

1Rodák3Bassey10Cairney12Ballo-Touré14De Cordova-Reid19Muniz Carvalho22Iwobi30Carlos Vinícius35Francois

Luton

Formation 5-3-2

24KaminskiBooked at 37mins12Kaboré16BurkeSubstituted forWoodrowat 82'minutes4Lockyer5Andersen29Bell28Sambi LokongaSubstituted forMpanzuat 75'minutes13Nakamba14ChongBooked at 27minsSubstituted forAdebayoat 75'minutes19BrownSubstituted forDoughtyat 74'minutes9MorrisSubstituted forOgbeneat 74'minutes

Substitutes

7Ogbene8Berry10Woodrow11Adebayo15Mengi17Mpanzu23Krul26Giles45Doughty

Referee:Michael Salisbury

Attendance:24,467

Live Text

Match ends, Fulham 1, Luton Town 0.

Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Luton Town 0.

Kenny Tete (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Alfie Doughty (Luton Town).

Attempt missed. Tom Lockyer (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Issa Kaboré with a cross.

Substitution, Fulham. Calvin Bassey replaces Willian.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Foul by Marvelous Nakamba (Luton Town).

Foul by Carlos Vinícius (Fulham).

Tom Lockyer (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Attempt missed. Cauley Woodrow (Luton Town) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Issa Kaboré with a cross.

Attempt missed. Alex Iwobi (Fulham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Bobby De Cordova-Reid.

Bernd Leno (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Foul by Tom Lockyer (Luton Town).

Corner, Luton Town. Conceded by Timothy Castagne.

Attempt blocked. Issa Kaboré (Luton Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elijah Adebayo.

Substitution, Luton Town. Cauley Woodrow replaces Reece Burke.

Substitution, Fulham. Bobby De Cordova-Reid replaces Harry Wilson.

Substitution, Fulham. Tom Cairney replaces Andreas Pereira.

Willian (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.

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