Fulham began their pre-season preparations with a 4-0 thrashing of Queens Park Rangers in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Motspur Park this afternoon.

Harry Wilson hit a first half double after Raul Jimenez had opened the scoring with a penalty and Adama Traore completed the rout after racing through on goal. Marco Silva handed game time to 22 members of his first-team squad as the Whites eased to a comprehensive victory in this local derby.

Jimenez drew a good save from Rangers keeper Joe Walsh in the early stages before Alfie Lloyd threatened after dribbling through Fulham tacklers at the other end, but it was the Mexican veteran who fired Fulham in front from twelve yards after a crude challenge in the QPR box. The visitors might have equalised almost immediately but Elijah Dixon-Bonner blazed over after Daniel Bennie and Hevertton Santos had linked up down the right.

Wilson doubled Fulham’s lead on the 25th minute mark with a trademark finish from Welsh winger Wilson. The former Liverpool man cut in from the right flank and found the bottom corner with a low, left-footed strike from distance that gave Walsh no chance. The Championship outfit continued to pour forward in response but both a Santos cross and Dixon-Bonner’s ball in eluded team-mates in gold shirts.

Wilson added his second four minutes before half time. He took a searching pass superbly in his stride and smashed a venomous volley beyond Walsh after again leaving his man for dead as he delivered the sort of virtuoso display that could very easily nail down a first-team spot for the start of the season.

Rangers substitute Michael Frey fired wide after latching on a Lyndon Dykes flick on at the start of the second half but the pace and power of Traore soon delivered a fourth for Silva’s side. The Spanish winger brilliantly bought a crossfield ball under his goal and surged away from the QPR defenders. Walsh did well to repel his initial effort, but Traore headed home from the follow-up past the grounded goalkeeper.

Fulham could easily have added further goals, whilst Rangers spurned good chances with Alfie Tuck going close twice before Rayan Kolli stabbed wide from a late set-piece.