Parker and Smith feature in friendly

 

Scott Parker and Matt Smith each played 90 minutes as Fulham beaten 1-0 by Watford in a behind-closed-doors friendly on Thursday.

Kay Voser, Shaun Hutchinson, Nikolay Bodurov, Luke Garbutt, Ben Pringle and James Husband also lasted the whole game, alongside youngsters Magnus Norman and Josh Smile.

Keeper Norman made a good early save from Steven Berghuis’s volley, but he was beaten by the only goal of the game midway through the first half.

Bodurov gave away a free-kick and former Italy international Alessandro Diamanti found the net from the edge of the box.

Parker, who has yet to play for the first team this season due to injury, Garbutt and Sakari Mattila all had efforts from distance saved.

Watford – who also fielded Ben Watson, Ikechi Anya and Troy Deeney – had three good chances in the second half, all falling to Berghuis, but he saw one blocked, one saved and another fly over.