FULHAM maintained their push for automatic promotion with two second-half goals against Preston at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
 
With second-placed Leeds having won in the morning, the hosts entered the game eight points off an automatic spot and facing a Preston side looking to cement its position in the playoff places.

It was the visitors who started brighter, having a strike marked off for offside early on and creating several chances.

But in conditions that veered between sun, wind and rain, with every corner Fulham started to take hold of the game.
 
The breakthrough, when it came, was fortunate. Preston’s David Nugent diverted Anthony Knockaert’s corner with a header into his own net in the 58th minute.