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Fulham welcome Ipswich Town to Craven Cottage this evening for the first game of 2018 on the back of a successful Christmas period.

Slavisa Jokanovic's side took seven points from their three games over the festive period so far, including a 4-2 away win at Cardiff City.

Ipswich are the visitors this evening, with Fulham winning the reverse leg 2-0 in August, which was the Cottagers' first win of the season with Neeskens Kebano and Rui Fonte bagging a goal each.

Fulham currently sit in 12th place in the Championship at the turn of the year, seven points off Leeds United in the play-off places and Jokanovic will hoping to start the year off with a win against Mick McCarthy's Ipswich.

We'll have build-up, team news and live updates right here throughout the evening.

FULL TIME: Fulham 4-1 Ipswich

Wow, what a seven minute turnaround that was!

Fulham get 2018 off to a flying start with a 4-1 victory

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Five minutes added on

We’ve got five more minutes added on here - enough for three goals?

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Sessegnon comes off to a standing ovation

Sessegnon is replaced by Soares, and the Cottage arises to give the 17-year-old a standing ovation

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Chance for Cairney

Cairney curls one goalward but Bialkowski is equal to it

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GOAL! Kamara makes it four! 4-1

Fulham are ruthless!!

The home side break and Kamara smashes home via a deflection!

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GOAL! Sessegnon makes it three! 3-1

It’s two for Sess!

Cairney slaloms into the box and he’s there at the back stick to poke it home

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GOAL! Kamara puts Fulham ahead! 2-1

There’s the turnaround!

The ball drops to Kamara in the box, he swivels and slots home!

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GOAL! Sessegnon equalises! 1-1

There’s the equaliser! Lovely ball in from Kamara sees Kebano somehow miskick, but it comes back to Sessegnon who nods home!

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Piazon in the book

Piazon goes into the book for a dive

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Piazon comes on for Fulham

Piazon enters the fray and replaces Ojo

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Side netting from Ojo

Ojo hits the side netting now as Fulham continue to attack

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Yellow for Ream

Ream receives a yellow for a shove on his marker

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Sub for Ipswich

Iorfa is on for Celina as Ipswich look to defend their lead

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RED CARD! Ipswich down to ten

Spence and Kamara clash off the ball and the Ipswich man sees red from Mr Stroud

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Norwood now fires wide

Johansen hits a free kick at the wall, but the ball is recycled by Fredericks and Norwood’s touch beats his man before he fires wide

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Ojo hooks one over

Ojo is the first to hook one over the bar in the second period - Fulham really need to start working Bialkowski

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PEEP! Fulham 0-1 Ipswich

Fulham get us back underway, no changes from the look of things

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Got to question Bettinelli

No excuse here - Bettinelli has to do better

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HALF TIME: Fulham 0-1 Ipswich

There’s the half time whistle - Fulham have dominated but the away side lead

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GOAL! Ipswich take the lead

Garner connects with the free kick and nods it home as Bettinelli comes out and crashes into the striker

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Ipswich sub

Ward also comes off injured and is replaced by Sears

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Golden chance for Kamara

Kebano gets down the left and puts a lovely ball into the box for Kamara, who just needs to prod it home, but he misses it completely and the chance gors begging

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Fulham sub

Ayite is forced off with what appears to be an injury and is replaced by Kebano

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Norwood now fires over

Norwood is the latest to have a go as he fires a free kick from 30 yards out goalwards, but it’s over the bar

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Ojo now fires wide

Ojo now fires wide as Fulham attack again - it’s one way traffic at the Cottage

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Close from Johansen!

Lovely work by Kamara sees him recycle the ball to Johansen who curls just wide

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Kamara strike saved

It’s all Fulham and this time Kamara sees his low effort saved well

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Johansen fires over

Fulham have a spell of possession which ends with Johansen firing over - good start so far

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Early chance for Fulham

Bright start from the hosts as Ojo breaks through the middle and plays Fredericks in down the right - his ball is across the face of goal but there’s no one to meet it

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KICK OFF - Fulham 0-0 Ipswich

We’re underway at the Cottage as Ipswich kick off towards the Hammersmith End

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