Tosin Adarabioyo’s first goal for Fulham ensured his side shared the points with Bournemouth in a meeting of the Championship’s top two.
The defender glanced home substitute Tom Cairney’s cross with six minutes remaining to keep his team one point clear in first place.
Dominic Solanke had scored his 17th goal of the season six seconds into the second half to put Bournemouth ahead.
But they could not hang on to give manager Scott Parker a winning return to his old club.
It is now three successive draws for Marco Silva’s Fulham, whereas Bournemouth have won only one of their past six games following a blistering start to the season.
With the Championship season almost at its halfway point, there was genuine excitement ahead of the meeting of the division’s two outstanding teams so far and they did not disappoint with an enthralling encounter.
No side had scored more than Fulham’s 49 goals, while they and Bournemouth shared the joint best defensive record – along with West Brom – with just 16 conceded.
There was the added spice, too, of Parker returning to the club he left in the summer after more than two years in charge with both promotion and relegation on his CV from his time at Craven Cottage.
The tempo was high from the off with Adam Smith testing Marek Rodak for the visitors and Neeskens Kebano twice forcing saves out of Mark Travers at the other end all inside the first 10 minutes.
In a game littered with intrigue and sub-plots, the Championship’s top two strikers were also on the field in Aleksandar Mitrovic and Solanke.
Solanke is having his best ever season for goals and he twice nearly gave Bournemouth the lead, but the 24-year-old was just off target on both occasions.
But as a pulsating half ended, Fulham looked certain to score, only for visiting captain Steve Cook to make two sensational goalbound blocks in the same attack, from Mitrovic and then Fabio Carvalho.
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Fulham
Starting XI
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Squad number1Player nameRodák
Average rating6.68
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Squad number4Player nameOdoi
Average rating6.02
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Squad number16Player nameTosin
Average rating6.54
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Squad number13Player nameReam
Average rating6.39
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Squad number23Player nameBryan
Average rating5.90
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Squad number24Player nameSeri
Average rating6.19
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Squad number6Player nameReed
Average rating6.22
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Squad number8Player nameWilson
Average rating6.42
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Squad number28Player nameCarvalho
Average rating6.31
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Squad number7Player nameKebano
Average rating7.06
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Squad number9Player nameMitrovic
Average rating6.58
Substitutes
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Squad number10Player nameCairney
Average rating6.69
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Squad number14Player nameDe Cordova-Reid
Average rating6.06
AFC Bournemouth
Starting XI
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Squad number42Player nameTravers
Average rating6.53
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Squad number17Player nameStacey
Average rating5.71
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Squad number24Player nameCahill
Average rating6.09
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Squad number3Player nameS Cook
Average rating6.62
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Squad number15Player nameA Smith
Average rating6.04
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Squad number4Player nameL Cook
Average rating6.03
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Squad number29Player nameBilling
Average rating5.82
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Squad number11Player nameEmiliano Marcondes
Average rating5.77
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Squad number10Player nameChristie
Average rating7.31
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Squad number9Player nameSolanke
Average rating6.56
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Squad number32Player nameAnthony
Average rating5.84
Substitutes
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Squad number6Player nameMepham
Average rating5.23
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Squad number12Player nameBrady
Average rating5.31
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Squad number22Player namePearson
Average rating5.75
Line-ups
Fulham
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Rodák
- 4Odoi
- 16Tosin
- 13Ream
- 23BryanBooked at 68mins
- 24SeriSubstituted forCairneyat 70′minutes
- 6Reed
- 8Wilson
- 28CarvalhoBooked at 51minsSubstituted forDe Cordova-Reidat 70′minutesBooked at 82mins
- 7Kebano
- 9Mitrovic
Substitutes
- 2Tete
- 3Hector
- 10Cairney
- 14De Cordova-Reid
- 19Muniz Carvalho
- 21Gazzaniga
- 25Onomah
Bournemouth
Formation 4-1-2-1-2
- 42TraversBooked at 62mins
- 17StaceyBooked at 34mins
- 24Cahill
- 3S Cook
- 15A SmithBooked at 61minsSubstituted forMephamat 89′minutes
- 4L CookBooked at 16mins
- 29BillingBooked at 88mins
- 11MarcondesSubstituted forPearsonat 56′minutes
- 10ChristieBooked at 80mins
- 9Solanke
- 32AnthonySubstituted forBradyat 88′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Nyland
- 6Mepham
- 12Brady
- 18Lowe
- 22Pearson
- 26Kilkenny
- 27Rogers
- Referee:
- Tim Robinson
Match Stats
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Match ends, Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1.
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Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1.
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Attempt blocked. Harrison Reed (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Ben Pearson.
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Attempt blocked. Harrison Reed (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Harry Wilson.
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Denis Odoi (Fulham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Robbie Brady (Bournemouth).
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Substitution, Bournemouth. Chris Mepham replaces Adam Smith.
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Substitution, Bournemouth. Robbie Brady replaces Jaidon Anthony.
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Philip Billing (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Harry Wilson (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Philip Billing (Bournemouth).
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Goal! Fulham 1, Bournemouth 1. Tosin Adarabioyo (Fulham) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Fulham. Conceded by Steve Cook.
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Bobby De Cordova-Reid (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
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Attempt missed. Neeskens Kebano (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a set piece situation.
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Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harry Wilson with a cross.
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Ryan Christie (Bournemouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Joe Bryan (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Foul by Ryan Christie (Bournemouth).