Fulham were 2-0 up at half-time against AFC Wimbledon in the League Cup, and both goals came from headers. Emile Smith Rowe opened the scoring from very close range to the centre of the goal, before Rodrigo Muniz doubled the lead with a header into the bottom right corner.
That is why Fulham was the name people were looking for right away: the match had already moved decisively before the break, and the scoring pattern told its own story. Ryan Sessegnon set up Smith Rowe’s opener, and Kenny Tete delivered the cross for Muniz’s second, giving Fulham a first-half edge that was clear on the scoreboard and in the final touch inside the box.
Smith Rowe’s finish mattered because it came after a spell in which AFC Wimbledon had kept forcing the game into set-piece moments and Fulham had been made to work for openings. Myles Hippolyte won a free kick for Wimbledon in their defensive half, while Steven Sessegnon, Dan Sweeney, Nathan Bishop and Luc De Fougerolles all conceded corners as Fulham kept pushing. Kenny Tete also had a left-footed shot blocked and later missed with a right-footed effort from the centre of the box, while Ryan Sessegnon and Muniz each had efforts that did not find the net. The pressure was there, but the cutting edge belonged to Fulham when it counted.
The context is simple enough: this was a live League Cup feed, not a finished report, and the break arrived with Fulham in control but not yet beyond reach of a comeback. A note attached to the feed said player ratings could be submitted after the final whistle, which underlined how much of the match still remained to be played. What mattered immediately was the gap at half-time; what comes next is whether Fulham can turn that 2-0 lead into the result it has already put itself in position to claim.
