Tom Cairney and Rodrigo Muniz start in Fulham Fc's two changes
Fulham fc made two changes from the Arsenal defeat, with Tom Cairney and Rodrigo Muniz both named in the starting lineup for the Premier League match against Bournemouth on 5 October 2026. Cairney and Muniz came in as Fulham adjusted the side that had lost to Arsenal.
Cairney and Muniz start
Fulham's starting XI was Leno, Bassey, Andersen, Wilson, Muniz, Cairney, Chukwueze, Lukic, Castagne, Smith Rowe, and Robinson. That selection put Cairney into midfield and Muniz up front from the opening whistle, giving Fulham a different look after the defeat to Arsenal.
The bench offered Lecomte, Tete, Reed, Jiménez, Bobb, Berge, Kevin, King, and Diop. Those options left Fulham with a full matchday group around the two changes at the top of the team sheet, and the lineup showed a direct response to the previous result without a wholesale reset.
Bournemouth drop Alex Jimenez
Bournemouth also made two changes, and the biggest one was Alex Jimenez being left out of the squad while the club investigated posts on social media. Adam Smith replaced him, while Ryan Christie came in for Tyler Adams.
That meant Bournemouth's starting side read Petrovic, Truffert, Senesi, Scott, Evanilson, Christie, Smith, Tavernier, Kroupi, Hill, and Rayan. Their substitutes were Mandas, Brooks, Gannon-Doak, Adams, Diakité, Kluivert, Adli, Ünal, and Tóth, with Justin Kluivert on the bench after recovering from injury.
Matchday choices at Bournemouth
The two teams entered the match with different pressures on selection. Fulham answered the Arsenal defeat with two changes of its own, while Bournemouth's adjustment carried the added complication of Jimenez being removed from the squad during the social media investigation.
For supporters watching the team sheets before kickoff, the main takeaways were simple: Cairney and Muniz were in from the start for Fulham, Smith and Christie were the two Bournemouth changes, and Kluivert was available again on the bench. Those were the lineups that shaped the match before the first whistle.
