Sessegnon says winless Fulham must take ‘a hard look’ at themselves

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Ryan Sessegnon says everyone at Fulham must take a hard look at themselves amid their winless start to the season, but he also stressed togetherness is key ahead of facing Hull City.

Fulham conspired to lose a game they had led with 88 minutes on the clock last time out, as Abdoul Ouattara and Dara O’Shea struck to clinch a remarkable 2-1 win for Ipswich Town.

That late turnaround made Sessegnon’s rasping strike from distance inconsequential and left Alvaro Arbeloa’s side bottom of the Premier League with just two points on the board. 

With two more games against newly promoted opposition to come in the next two weeks – at home to Hull and away to Coventry City – there is mounting speculation that Arbeloa’s spell in charge could be a short one.

Only once have Fulham endured a longer winless start to a top-flight campaign, failing to win any of their first seven games in 1951-52, and Sessegnon says they must present a united front. 

“We need more togetherness, to demand more from each other and set higher standards for ourselves, because it’s going to be a hard season, so we need to stick together,” Sessegnon told the club’s website.

“Obviously, we’re very frustrated, disappointed and we need to take a hard look at ourselves. We need to stick together and keep going.

“The gaffer even said before the game, the last two wins they [Ipswich] have had, they’ve scored in the last minute, and it happened again.

“Everyone’s a bit down at the moment, understandably, but we need to keep fighting hard to get that first win.”

Álvaro gives his assessment of this afternoon’s late defeat. https://t.co/b5wFj75eeS

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Hull, meanwhile, have nine points on the board, having drawn 2-2 with Everton last time out at MKM Stadium.

And forward Joe Gelhardt believes Sergej Jakirovic’s side did well to maintain their positive momentum coming out of the extended international break.

“I think it is a great start,” Gelhardt told the club’s website. “We have picked up where we left off from the last international break. 

“We had a strong start with good results, and we’ve got another good point on the board.

“When I am playing, I just want to enjoy myself first and foremost and then contribute with goals and assists as an attacker.”

King has been involved in four goals in his last four Premier League starts for Fulham at Craven Cottage, scoring three and assisting one.

In addition, only Bryan Mbeumo (nine), Julio Enciso (eight) and Joe Willock (seven) have tallied more carries ending in a shot than King (six) in the Premier League this season. 

Belloumi is averaging a goal or assist once every 85 minutes in the Premier League for Hull, the best rate of any player to play at least five games for the Tigers in the top flight.

This will be the 100th meeting between Fulham and Hull in all competitions – the Cottagers have won their last four against the Tigers (three in the Championship, one in the FA Cup), the best winning run by either side in this fixture.

However, Hull have won four Premier League games against Fulham, their most against a single opponent. 

Their 67% win ratio versus Fulham (four wins in six games) is also their best against any team they have faced in more than one season.

But with the pressure on, Fulham simply must make home advantage count on Saturday. They have failed to win any of their first three home Premier League matches this season (D1 L2), only ever having a longer winless home start in 1966-67 (first five).

And, after winning four of their first five away Premier League matches in their debut season in 2008-09, Hull have won just nine of their last 93 away games in the top flight (D24 L60), including one of their last 21 (D4 L16).

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