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Saturday December 8, 2007 Finished Goodison Park

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Everton

  • Yakubu 51’, 63’, 79’

Fulham

  1. Yakubu lays waste to Fulham

    Yakubu lays waste to Fulham

    Yakubu scored a second-half hat-trick to earn Everton a 3-0 victory against Fulham at Goodison Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Everton
    • Fulham
    • 90' And the ref blows his whistle for full-time. 3-0 to Everton at full-time thanks to a second-half hat-trick to Yakubu.
    • 90' Steve Bennett gives Fulham a free-kick for a push from the corner.
    • 89' Healy dips a shot goalwards after turning on the edge of the Everton box. Howard tips it over.
    • 89' Johnson flashes a cross into the area from the right. But it's just too far ahead of McFadden. Goal kick.
    • 88' Now Kamara messes up a great chance after he found himself unmarked with the ball in the Everton area. He shapes to volley but miscontrols and it's cleared. Poor afternoon for Kamara.
    • 87' Niemi with another save from McFadden after the Scot found himself in loads of space inside the area. McFadden should have made it four.
    • 84' Healy tries to chip Howard from miles out. Ambitious - but over.
    • 83' Niemi makes another great save from McFadden after the sub volleyed a dinked Arteta cross from the right goalwards.
    • 82' Double change for Everton. Cahill and hat-trick hero Yakubu are coming off for Johnson and McFadden.
    • 81' Howard collects well under pressure from a Seol cross.
    • 79' GOAL! Hat-trick for Yakubu. After Pienaar threaded the ball through to the striker, he turned Stafanovic and side-footed past Niemi.
    • 75' Another corner to Everton. But again it's cleared away.
    • 74' Yakubu is through again... but Hughes just gets a foot to the ball as the striker shoots from a tight angle on the left.
    • 73' Fulham with another change. Seol on for Murphy in midfield.
    • 72' Konchesky almost gifts Everton another with a poor back pass. Niemi just manages to clear.
    • 70' Yakubu is put through on goal...he's onside...this for his hat-trick, but he passes to Arteta, who IS offside.
    • 67' Now Omozusi is forced to concede a corner on the left. But it comes to nothing this time.
    • 67' Arteta is almost put in wide on the left by a great Pienaar pass. But Omozusi makes a last-ditch tackle.
    • 65' Everton are showboating now, stroking the ball around the park. Eventually Omozusi hacks someone down.
    • 64' Everton make a change. Healy on for Dempsey up front.
    • 64' Arteta to Jagielka at the near post again, but this time his header flies over the bar.
    • 64' Lescott wins another corner for Everton.
    • 62' GOAL! Yakubu again. Arteta's corner is helped on by Jagielka at the near post, allowing Yakubu to head into an unprotected goal.
    • 61' Arteta and Pienaar have switched wings. The Spaniard wins a corner on the left.
    • 60' Fantastic save by Neimi from an Osman volley!
    • 59' Replays suggest Cahill was offside in the build-up to the Everton goal. Expect a Lawrie Sanchez rant after the match.
    • 58' Dempsey with a great shot from the edge of the area. Howard punches the swirling shot away, it falls to Kuqi, but the Fulham striker gets the ball caught under his feet and it's hacked away.
    • 57' Phil Neville with an inexplicable pass to nobody. Throw Fulham.
    • 56' Hughes with a thumping tackle on Arteta as Everton push for a second.
    • 55' Yakubu almost hooks the ball into the net after Niemi spills Arteta's corner. The ball pings around the area afterwards, but eventually Fulham clear.
    • 54' Corner Everton after Omozusi heads behind.
    • 53' Murphy strikes a lovely goal-bound volley from the edge of the area... but Howard makes a great save low to his right.
    • 51' GOAL FOR EVERTON! Cahill's volley is saved brilliantly by Niemi, but the rebound falls to Yakubu who hits the ball tamely over the line.
    • 49' Cahill takes a tumble in the area under a Stafanovic appeal. No penalty says Bennett.
    • 47' But Arteta can't find anyone with his cross. A waste that.
    • 46' Everton win a free kick wide on the right near the Fulham area. One of those 'better than a corner' ones again.
    • 46' Everton get us under way for the second period.
    • 45' Steve Bennett blows for half-time. Join us in 15 minutes for the second half.
    • 45' Jagielka with a terrible pass back to Howard. Luckily Yobo is back to clear.
    • 44' Everton are resorting a hoofing the ball to their tiny wingers Pienaar and Arteta. Strange tactic.
    • 43' After a lively start this match has lost its way a bit.
    • 42' Kamara has switched to the right wing now. He over-runs the ball to give Everton a free-kick.
    • 41' Yakubu appeals for a corner after a touchline tussle with Stafanovic. The linesman gives a goal kick.
    • 39' Kamara is playing left wing today, with Dempsey up front. The problem with playing Kamara wide is that he really, really can't cross.
    • 38' Fulham with a decent break, but the ball gets caught under Simon Davies' feet. It all falls apart with another lame Kamara cross.
    • 37' But Simon Davies smashes the free-kick high and wide. Was that a shot? It was dire.
    • 36' Yobo fouls Dempsey. Fulham will whack this free-kick into the area.
    • 35' Pienaar messes up a back-heel on the edge of the Fulham penalty area to gift Fulham the ball.
    • 34' Everton have shiffled things around at the back again. Neville back to right-back, Jagielka to centre-back and Lescott to left-back.
    • 33' It's taken short again, worked to Murphy...who slashes a volley wide of Howard's right-hand post.
    • 32' Simon Davies strikes at goal from the right side of the area, but Osman makes a great block. Corner Fulham.
    • 31' Kuqi clears with a booming header from Arteta's cross.
    • 30' Phil Neville with a big throw into the box - it's cleared for a corner.
    • 29' Arteta loses the ball as Everton try to launch a break... it's not really the Spaniard's type of afternoon.
    • 27' Kamara misses everybody with a low pass into the penalty area. Howard collects and clears.
    • 25' Simon Davies' cross leads to a scramble in the penalty area which ends with a spectacular Stefanovic air-shot. Pienaar clears.
    • 24' Lescott fouls Kamara wide on the right. Fulham have a free-kick in a great area. 'Better than a corner' etc.
    • 23' Fulham right-back Omozusi can look forward to dealing with a few Phil Neville mega-throws for the rest of the afternoon then.
    • 23' Jagielka comes on. Phil Neville goes to left-back, with the former Sheffield United man going to right-back.
    • 22' Baines makes a great break down the left... but oh dear, he pulls up. Looks like a pulled hamstring. He'll have to go off.
    • 21' Konchesky over-runs the ball as Fulham attack, giving Everton a goal kick.
    • 20' Phil Neville can throw the ball a long way, can't he? He lobs the ball down the line, wins another throw, lobs another long throw and loses possession.
    • 19' But ref Steve Bennett gives one of those inexplicable free kicks to Fulham for a push that never was.
    • 18' Osman wins a corner on the right-hand side for Everton.
    • 17' Konchesky with a decent low cross into the area after a lovely pass by Simon Davies to find him. No one's there though. Yobo clears.
    • 16' Yakubu chases down a Carsley header forwards. Konchesky gets a foot in just in time to concede a throw.
    • 15' Everton win another free kick and Kamara isn't retreating again. Odd - but he gets away with it.
    • 14' Cahill miscues a free header from the resulting corner. He should have scored.
    • 14' Arteta's shot from the free kick deflects off the wall. It's dipping in but Niemi makes a great save!
    • 13' Murphy hauls down Osman to give Everton a free kick just outside the area.
    • 13' Arteta swings the free kick into a packed penalty area. Niemi punches it away shakily but gets away with it.
    • 12' Kamara is booked for not retreating from a free kick.
    • 11' Howard collects the cross under pressure.
    • 10' They take it short. Kamara's cross is cut out by Pienaar - did it hit his arm? Kamara thinks so, but Steve Bennett gives another corner.
    • 9' A Kamara shot from outside the area deflects off a defender for a corner.
    • 8' Pienaar just made a beautiful flick to put Baines through on the left wing. But Osman couldn't quite get to the left-back's low cross.
    • 7' Cahill gets caught offside from a free kick. Sloppy that from the Aussie.
    • 6' Everton make a decent break which ends with Carsley lining up a long-range shot... but Kamara gets back to make a great tackle.
    • 5' Another corner for Everton... but this time Arteta's delivery misses everyone. Frantic start to this match.
    • 4' Lescott gets a foot to Arteta's cross and Niemi makes a great reaction save.
    • 4' Now Cahill wins Everton a corner at the other end.
    • 3' They take it short and Simon Davies delivers a dangerous cross which Howard punches away.
    • 2' Yobo is forced to concede another corner.
    • 1' And Kamara heads just wide from the corner. He ghosted in at the near post, but directed his header just wide of the far post.
    • 1' Dempsey wins a corner for Fulham.
    • 1' Fulham get us under way as Steve Bennet blows his whistle.
    • 0' It's horrible weather at Goodison - swirling winds and driving rain.
    • 0' Team news: Everton again go with just Yakubu up front, despite having six decent strikers in their squad. Cahill will get up in support of the big Nigerian. Baines comes in for Nuno Valente at left back, while Yobo is fit to return at centre back. Fulham bring in Kamara for Bouazza - with Dempsey probably going to left wing after starting up front against Man Utd on Monday. The 18-year-old Omuzusi stays in the side at right back. Ex-Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy is bound to get a tasty reception from the home crowd.
    • 0' Pointers for this match: Fulham have gone 24 games without an away win in the Premier League, while Everton won their last home game 7-1 against Sunderland. So on the face of it, Everton should find things straight forward enough.
    • 0' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of Everton versus Fulham from a bleak Goodison Park.

  • Team Stats

    Everton Stats Fulham
    50% Possession 49%
    17 Shots 8
    9 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 5
    12 Corners 7
    9 Fouls 10
    3 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    12 Tackles 26
    243 Accurate passes 237
    63 Bad passes 48

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 1 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 1
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 21 12 1
      17 Tim Cahill 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 15 8 1
      21 Leon Osman 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 43 10 1
      26 Lee Carsley 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 7 1
      6 Mikel Arteta 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 22 6 2
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22 0 2
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 34 11 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 3 4 3 2 0 2 0 13 0 1
      16 Phil Jagielka 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 15 3 1
      11 James McFadden 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      33 Stefan Wessels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 0
      22 Elliot Omozusi 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 6
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 17 1 1
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 11 2
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 2 4
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 36 6 5
      27 Danny Murphy 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18 8 2
      25 Simon Davies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 6 1
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 24 6 3
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 1 1
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19 3 0
      9 David Healy 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Healy dips a shot goalwards after turning on the edge of the Everton box. Howard tips it over.
    • 89' Johnson flashes a cross into the area from the right. But it's just too far ahead of McFadden. Goal kick.
    • 88' Now Kamara messes up a great chance after he found himself unmarked with the ball in the Everton area. He shapes to volley but miscontrols and it's cleared. Poor afternoon for Kamara.
    • 87' Niemi with another save from McFadden after the Scot found himself in loads of space inside the area. McFadden should have made it four.
    • 83' Niemi makes another great save from McFadden after the sub volleyed a dinked Arteta cross from the right goalwards.
    • 79' GOAL! Hat-trick for Yakubu. After Pienaar threaded the ball through to the striker, he turned Stafanovic and side-footed past Niemi.
    • 62' GOAL! Yakubu again. Arteta's corner is helped on by Jagielka at the near post, allowing Yakubu to head into an unprotected goal.
    • 60' Fantastic save by Neimi from an Osman volley!
    • 59' Replays suggest Cahill was offside in the build-up to the Everton goal. Expect a Lawrie Sanchez rant after the match.
    • 58' Dempsey with a great shot from the edge of the area. Howard punches the swirling shot away, it falls to Kuqi, but the Fulham striker gets the ball caught under his feet and it's hacked away.
    • 55' Yakubu almost hooks the ball into the net after Niemi spills Arteta's corner. The ball pings around the area afterwards, but eventually Fulham clear.
    • 53' Murphy strikes a lovely goal-bound volley from the edge of the area... but Howard makes a great save low to his right.
    • 51' GOAL FOR EVERTON! Cahill's volley is saved brilliantly by Niemi, but the rebound falls to Yakubu who hits the ball tamely over the line.
    • 49' Cahill takes a tumble in the area under a Stafanovic appeal. No penalty says Bennett.
    • 33' It's taken short again, worked to Murphy...who slashes a volley wide of Howard's right-hand post.
    • 32' Simon Davies strikes at goal from the right side of the area, but Osman makes a great block. Corner Fulham.
    • 25' Simon Davies' cross leads to a scramble in the penalty area which ends with a spectacular Stefanovic air-shot. Pienaar clears.
    • 14' Cahill miscues a free header from the resulting corner. He should have scored.
    • 10' They take it short. Kamara's cross is cut out by Pienaar - did it hit his arm? Kamara thinks so, but Steve Bennett gives another corner.
    • 4' Lescott gets a foot to Arteta's cross and Niemi makes a great reaction save.
    • 3' They take it short and Simon Davies delivers a dangerous cross which Howard punches away.
    • 1' And Kamara heads just wide from the corner. He ghosted in at the near post, but directed his header just wide of the far post.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    On the Field

    • Howard
    • Neville
    • Yobo
    • Lescott
    • Baines
    • Arteta
    • Carsley
    • Osman
    • Pienaar
    • Cahill
    • Yakubu

    Subs

    • Wessels
    • Johnson
    • Jagielka
    • McFadden
    • Anichebe

    Injured

    • Stubbs

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Aaron Hughes

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Omozusi
    • Hughes
    • Stefanovic
    • Konchesky
    • Davies
    • Davis
    • Murphy
    • Dempsey
    • Kuqi
    • Kamara

    Subs

    • Healy
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Bocanegra
    • Baird
    • Warner

    Injured

    • Christanval
    • Pearce
    • Keller
    • Cook
    • Volz
    • Bullard
    • McBride
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None