Fulham ease into FA Cup fourth round with home win over Watford
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Fulham had four different scorers as they beat Watford 4-1 in the third round of the FA Cup at Craven Cottage. After a well-worked counter-attack saw Rodrigo Muniz net his first goal of 2025, Rocco Vata scored what will be considered a goal-of-the-competition contender with a thumping long-range effort to draw the sides level.
Raul Jimenez continued his fine scoring record from the spot before Joachim Andersen and Timothy Castagne scored their first goals of the season to help Marco Silva’s side topple his former club and advance into the next round. Alex Iwobi was at the heart of Fulham’s positive opening 20 minutes which saw the hosts produce continuous waves of attacks in an attempt to break down the stubborn Watford defence.
The wide-man often drifted inside to combine with the midfield and after 19 minutes he started and nearly ended a quality Fulham move. After Sasa Lukic showed fight to track back and retrieve the ball, Iwobi drove forward, picking up the ball off Andreas Pereira from a one-two before his curled effort from the left forced Watford keeper Jonathan Bond to tip his shot past the right-hand post for a corner.
Watford were having joy of their own. Andersen had to bail his side out of danger with a recovery challenge on Tom Ince who was clear through, but the visitors committed too many men forward and they were punished on the break. After the clearance found Adama Traore on the right, the speedster marauded forward, cutting back a cross to the well-positioned Muniz who found a good connection to bury his effort first time into the bottom right-hand corner.
