Match Report
Stoke City (1) 1-2 (0) Fulham
FA Cup 4th Round 25/26 at Bet365 Stadium.
Sunday 15th February 2026 KO: 14:00
Referee:
Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
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Fulham booked their spot in the Fifth Round of the Emirates FA Cup with a 2-1 victory over Stoke City.
Goals from Kevin and Harrison Reed saw Marco Silva’s side go through on a bitterly cold Sunday afternoon.
The manager made 10 changes from the side that faced Manchester City on Wednesday night, with Alex Iwobi keeping his spot in the starting eleven.
Oscar Bobb made his first start for the Club and Rodrigo Muniz made his first start since returning from injury.
Fulham were finding joy in wide areas early on with Bobb and Kevin looking particular threats. The first sight of goal came a quarter of an hour in; Bobb found Timothy Castagne, who had a cross knocked down by Muniz for Harrison Reed to volley, but his effort went over.
Stoke took the lead moments later through Bae Junho, who latched onto the ball into the box land aced it past Benjamin Lecomte after a swift counter-attack.
Kevin tested Tommy Simkin with a trademark effort cutting in from the left, but the Stoke ‘keeper tipped it over the bar.
Iwobi thought he had equalised when he met Kevin’s dinked cross with a free run into the box, but his header was just wide of the target.
Kevin looked to capitalise on a Stoke error and raced in behind on the stroke of half-time; with Josh King to his right he took the chance on himself, but had a near post effort saved well by Simkin.
Lecomte pulled off an excellent save to start the second half, denying Lamine Cissé what would have been a superb long-range strike after a driving run.
| Match Stats |
Stoke |
Fulham |
| Goals |
(1) 1 |
2 (0) |
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| Scorers |
Bae Jun-Ho 19 |
Kevin 55 |
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Harrison Reed 84 |
| , |
| Goal attempts |
8 |
17 |
| On target |
3 |
8 |
| Shooting Accuracy |
38% |
47% |
| Possession |
32% |
68% |
| Passes |
216 |
507 |
| Passes Success |
77% |
86% |
| Crosses |
3 |
6 |
| Crosses Success |
25% |
24% |
| Corners |
1 |
11 |
| Tackles |
8 |
12 |
| Tackles Success |
50% |
50% |
| Saves |
6 |
2 |
| Fouls |
5 |
10 |
| Offsides |
5 |
1 |
| Yellows |
1 |
2 |
| Reds |
0 |
0 |
| source: SkySports |
Kevin did get his goal and Fulham’s equaliser in the 55th minute, drilling a low effort past Simkin after cutting in from the left.
Silva’s side were now in the ascendancy; King had a strike go just over the bar and Castagne was finding a lot of joy combining with Bobb down the right hand just before the hour mark.
King was, again, close to putting Fulham ahead when he raced ahead of his man on the right, but his shot across goal was saved well.
The Fulham pressure earned its just reward with five minutes left, as Reed pressed high and intercepted a Simkin pass out from the back, coolly slotting past the Stoke ‘keeper.
The travelling support of 2,168 duly received the midfielder as he wheeled off to celebrate with renditions of his Ginger Iniesta chant.
Stoke City: Simkin, Phillips, Talovierov, Wilmot, Bocat (Cresswell 89), Seko (Nzonzi 89), Rigo (Pearson 78), Thomas, Bae Jun-Ho (Manhoef 89), Cissé, Smit (Rak-Sakyi 78)
Unused substitutes: Gibson, Fielding, Otegbayo, Curley
Goals:
Bae Jun-Ho 19 (right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eric-Junior Bocat.)
Yellow Card: Bae Jun-Ho (arg,74)
Fulham: Lecomte, Castagne, Diop, Cuenca, Robinson, Reed (Berge 90), Iwobi, Bobb (Wilson 86), King (Smith Rowe 77), Kevin, R Muniz (Jimenez 77)
Unused substitutes: Leno, Tete, Bassey, Andersen, Sessegnon
Goals:
Kevin 55 (right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.)
Harrison Reed 84 (right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.)
Yellow Card:
Timothy Castagne (f,45+1),
Issa Diop (arg,74)
Referee:
Josh Smith (Cambridgeshire)
Attendance: 14,871
Fulham are next in action against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on Sunday 22nd of February at 14.00. Live on Sky Sports Premier League.