Fulham boosted their European hopes as they fought back to beat Premier League strugglers Burnley at Craven Cottage.

A rather uninspiring affair was sparked into life when Burnley forward Zian Flemming swept home Lyle Foster's cross on the hour mark.

But Fulham scored two goals in the space of six minutes to turn the match around.

First teenage midfielder Josh King levelled the contest with this first league goal for the Cottagers, after Burnley keeper Martin Dubravka had been unable to collect Sander Berge's speculative delivery into the penalty area.

Then Wales midfielder Harry Wilson put Marco Silva's side in control of the encounter, cutting in off the right and firing a low left-footed effort into the bottom right corner past Dubravka for his 10th Premier League goal of the season.

Substitute Raul Jimenez rounded off the scoring late on for the hosts from the penalty spot after Josh Laurent was sent off for a foul on the Mexico international.

The result lifts Fulham up from 12th to eighth in the table on 44 points, while Burnley remain in 19th on 20 points, nine points from safety.

Fulham had failed to score in their three previous outings in all competitions, with defeats to Southampton and West Ham by the odd goal included in that run.

And, just after the hour mark, it appeared as though they were allowing another fixture and possibly the chance to feature in Europe next term, to drift away from them.

King, 19, who had impressed with his drive from midfield provided the impetus for the home side to turn the match around.

The manner of his goal appeared to drain the opposition players and inject some much-needed intensity to Fulham's overall display.

Their passing and movement sharpened up and once Wilson added the second the outcome was rarely in doubt.

With Fulham in an almost identical position to last term, when they finished 11th after ending the campaign with five defeats in seven games, Silva's big challenge now will be to ensure his players deliver a strong finish to the season.

Before scoring Flemming had twice been unable to capitalise on opportunities to put the Clarets ahead.

The Dutch forward was unfortunate with a shot that struck Fulham defender Calvin Bassey on the arm but arguably should have done better with a close-range header that was straight at home goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

When he did register his eighth goal of the campaign, it came during a period in which the visitors looked comfortable in the game.

However, Burnley's defensive fragilities came back to bite them.

The Clarets have now kept just one clean sheet in their past 42 top-flight matches on their travels and on this evidence, it is easy to understand why.

King's goal arrived directly from a Dubravka error, while Wilson - a player known for his shooting ability on his left-foot - was allowed to drift inside and unload an effort without a challenge being made by three retreating Burnley defenders.

And to compound matters, Laurent's dismissal for a desperate shove on Jimenez as he faced up Dubravka, was a result of the former Wolves striker being allowed to run through a huge void in the middle of the Burnley back four.

After the international break, Fulham are scheduled to travel to Anfield to take on Liverpool on Saturday, 11 April (17:30 BST). Burnley host Brighton earlier the same day (15:00).