Viduka on the mark in debut

Fulham 0 Middlesbrough 2

Boro fans were given their first glimpse of Viduka with the £4.5m summer signing from Leeds having completed the two-match ban he incurred towards the end of his time at Elland Road - and he did not disappoint.

A missed opportunity shortly before the interval gave the 28-year-old plenty to atone for in the second half and he did just that, combining with strike partner Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to put Boro on the path to victory.

Substitute Szilard Nemeth put the result beyond doubt 11 minutes from time with the highly-impressive Boudewijn Zenden - who had a hand in most of the visitors’ attacking moves - providing the catalyst.

Fulham hardly had a shot on goal but competed on level terms in other departments, especially in midfield where skipper Sylvain Legwinski and Pape Bouba Diop ran the show until the last 30 minutes.

FULHAM: Van der Sar, Volz, Bocanegra, Goma, Knight, Legwinski, Diop (Boa Morte 74), Radzinski, Jensen, John (McBride 62), Cole.

MIDDLESBROUGH: Schwarzer, Queudrue, Riggott, Southgate, Parnaby, Boateng (Doriva 89), Mendieta (Nemeth 77), Parlour, Zenden, Viduka (Job 71), Hasselbaink.

Referee: D Gallagher (Oxfordshire).