Fulham made it two pre-season wins out of two by thrashing Watford 6-1 in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Motspur Park this afternoon.
The Whites went in front when Sasa Lukic coolly converted a penalty after Rodrigo Muniz had been brought down in the box. Muniz made it two with a powerful drive after the Brazilian striker was found by a searching pass from Alex Iwobi.
iwobi then added his name to the scoresheet before the break, dinking a delightful finish over the advancing Watford goalkeeper having been played in by a peach of a pass from teenage midfielder Josh King.
Marco Silva made five changes at half time and King quickly involved two of them to increase Fulham’s lead. He drove deep into Watford territory and found Harry Wilson, who cut a ball back for Raul Jimenez to fire home.
Jay Stansfield scored swiftly after being sent on – heading home an inch perfect Jimenez cross and academy product Adrion Pajaziti made it six with a classy finish from another excellent assist by the Mexican veteran.
Watford did grab a late consolation but this was the perfect preparation for next week’s trip to Portugal.
Fulham’s pre-season preparations continued with another behind-closed-doors outing against Championship opposition on Saturday, defeating Watford 6-1 at Motspur Park.
The Whites took a very early lead from the penalty spot, Saša Lukić planting a firm effort inside the left-hand post from 12 yards after Rodrigo Muniz had been brought down.
Muniz added his own name to the scoresheet half an hour later, lashing a thunderous strike into the postage stamp, having taken a touch to control Alex Iwobi’s pass.
And Iwobi was next to go from provider to scorer, getting on the end of Josh King’s through ball and dinking a smart finish over the goalkeeper.
There were five changes to the team at half-time, with two of them soon combining for 4-0. Following a driving run through midfield, King played in Harry Wilson to his right, who cut back to Raúl Jiménez to rifle home through a raft of bodies.
Jay Stansfield was then one of six further changes on the hour mark, and quickly got involved, emphatically finishing first time from an inch-perfect Raúl delivery.
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