FOOTBALL Live

Saturday October 20, 2007 Finished Craven Cottage

Logo 0 - Logo 0

Fulham

Derby County

  1. Strugglers cancel each other out

    Strugglers cancel each other out

    Fulham and Derby County both stay in the bottom three after they played out a goalless draw at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Derby County
    • 90+4 It's all over here at Craven Cottage! An unsatisfactory result for both sides, they both stay in the bottom three, with only one win each so far this season. Thanks for joining us, remember Aston Villa v Manchester United is coming right up, right here.
    • 90+2 MILLER MISSES THE BIG CHANCE!! The Sctosman latches onto Howard's flick-on and pulls his shot across goal and JUST wide of the far post with Niemi floundering! Heartbreak for Rams fans!
    • 89' A Derby corner comes in and niemi comes and fails to catch it! The ball sails across the box and to safety. A mind-boggling five minutes of added time will be played.
    • 86' Pearson spread the play out wide to Griffin, whose curling cross runs right across the face of goal for MILLER TO SLIDE IN! He jsut couldn't reach it! So close for Derby!!!
    • 85' Some frantic defending form both sides as they push for a winner. Lawrie Sanchez makes his last throw of the dice by bringing on Healy for Kamara.
    • 80' Both sets of fans look glum. Fulham will be wondering how on earth they can't beat Derby at home, while Derby fans will be thinking that if they can't beat a ten man side in the relegation zone, when will they win a game?
    • 79' Kamara dribbles across the area and SHOOTS... the effort is low but not wide enough of Bywater.
    • 74' Dempsey claims for a penalty at the other end, as his attempted flick over Griffin's head hits the defender's chest, but Phil Dowd is not interested. Leacock limps off to be replaced by Steve Howard.
    • 74' The Fulham defenders just stop and look at each other as a through ball runs between them and Miller is clean through! He's wide of the goal when he shoots and Niemi manages to get a touch on it to steer the ball off target. That was a huge chance!
    • 72' Now Leacock is down, after landing awkwardly as he jumped for a header. He is now receiving treatment on the sidelines.
    • 68' McEvely is led off the pitch, and will be replaced by Andy Griffin. Earnshaw was about to come on, but the injury to McEvely forced Billy Davies to rethink his plans. In other Davies news, Simon replaces Steven (Davis) for Fulham, in a bold attacking move by Sanchez. Admirable really, considering they are down to ten men.
    • 67' McEvely is down injured following that corner, after he went over a man and landed on his neck! Thankfully he is up now and seems ok.
    • 65' Fulham's corner is headed out. Bocanegra shapes up to volley but Murphy nicks the ball off him! Dempsey gets wide and strikes but Bywater saves. From the next corner Dempsey's header forces the keeper to tip it over the bar
    • 64' Niemi saves another chance, again from Barnes! This time the forward struck low towards the near post, but the Finn was equal to it.
    • 63' Dempsey turns Leacock fantastically and heads towards the area. Leacock catches up with him and clatters into the American, but not before the ball is snuck through to Kamara, who takes two touches and blazes his shot over the bar! Derby were horribly exposed against ten men there!
    • 61' Chris Baird tees himself up for the volley a la Le Tissier! He strikes it well, but Bywater gets down low to save and collect.
    • 60' Pearson slices his strike from the edge of the area. It's deflected back into his path, and this time he skies it into row Z!
    • 56' Oakley swings in a corner, onto the head of BARNES... Niemi saved the header with his foot! Great chance, great save! Fulham are under the cosh now!
    • 53' Lewis has the ball in midfield, plays it across to OAKLEY... The strike from distance was solid and forced Niemi to dive and palm it away! Derby earn a corner but it's cleared. The Rams are starting to put the pressure on ten-man Fulham.
    • 52' Leacock holds it up wellin the area, and plays it out to Lewis. The cross comes in, and MILLER!! He couldn't change his body stnce in time and the ball bounces of his hip! That could have been the breakthrough!
    • 46' A high energy start to the half, as Kamara feeds Bouazzacleverly in the box. His cross is cleared and Derby chase down a longf clearance, but to no avail.
    • 46' The second half is underway! Carlos Bocanegra has been brough on to restore the defence the four men. Seol is the man who has been sacrificed.
    • 45' That's the last action of the half! Billy Davies walks into the dressing rooms a much happier man than Sanchez!
    • 44' Konchesky is off! He elbowed Craig Fagan in the face as the forward was trying to tackle him. It all stemmed from a few seconds before, when Fagan booted the ball right into Konchesky'as chest from point blank range! Disaster for Fulham! Fagan is also booked for his part in the argument that ensued.
    • 42' Interesting change here, as Giels Barnes comes on for Claude Davis, who must be struggling with an injury. Why else make such a change right before half time. Davis jogged of the pitch, apparently in no discomfort.
    • 40' The first real quality move of the match! Derby come forward and move the ball from right to left through three players, before Eddie Lewis bursts into the box. chris Baird covers him well and eventually the ball goes for a goal kick.
    • 37' Billy Davies isn't happy about something, and has a right go at referee Phil Dowd. He gets a real dressing down from the official in return, and told in no uncertain terms to sit down!
    • 32' Fulham's corner is cleared and Derby break! Pearson bursts down the left and puts in a cross that hughes almost heads into his own net! Niemi parries and stops it right on the line!
    • 28' Dean Leacock is well forward as he sprays a pass out wide to Lewis. The cross is cleared and Dempsey breaks out, so Leacock slides in to hack him down. A well-deserved yellow card.
    • 25' Bouazza puts ion a cross to the far post and McEvely mistimes his clearance and almost knocks it right into the path of Seol! That was suicidal defending!
    • 24' Lawrie Sanchez is sporting a very natty pair of glasses today. All the better to see the poor football on display here.
    • 21' Murphy tries to slide a canny through ball into the path of Seol. The Korean is well marshalled by Moore. Fulham come again and BOUAZZA... He was in a great position, but his shot from the edge of the box was dragged wide.
    • 18' Derby enjoying the bulk of the possession at the moment, but are dithering up front and look vulnerable on the counter-attack.
    • 15' A Derby corner causes confusion in the Fulham box, they are all over the place! Somehow they clear and break at pace down the other end. Seol outmuscles his man and fires wide of the near post! End-to-end stuff!
    • 12' The Derby players are appealling for a handball, and Seol may have handled it on it's way to Niemi. Replays are inconclusive though.
    • 11' Great chance Miller! Fagan chests down to the Scotsman, who plays a one-two with Pearson before shooting for the near post, but Niemi blocks! The resulting corner goes straight into the big Finn's arms.
    • 10' Dempsey is fouled wide on the right. The set piece comes in and it bounces in the area, but no fulham players can get a touch and Moore hacks it away.
    • 9' A frankly uneventful couple of minutes is summed up by McEvely trying a cross-field ball that goes way over Leacock's head and into the crowd!
    • 5' Fulham have another free kick out on the right. Bouazza whips it in high to the far post and Kamara just fails to get a touch!
    • 4' Mears hoofs the ball long up to Miller. It's the first time derby have really had the ball in the Fulham half, but Stefanovic clears well.
    • 2' Davis fouls Kamara with a cynical trip. He accuses the Senegal international of diving! The referee has a word with them both, but no cards. The free kick is whipped in with no real conviction and it's collected by Bywater.
    • 1' We're underway at Craven Cottage! Fulham fans didnt' expect their side to be involved in a relegation six-pointer this early in the season, but here they are. These two teams have only accrued 12 points between them all season!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Derby County
    46% Possession 53%
    16 Shots 13
    8 Shots on target 7
    0 Saves 0
    6 Corners 8
    11 Fouls 9
    0 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 2
    1 Red cards 0
    13 Tackles 19
    192 Accurate passes 210
    49 Bad passes 53

  • 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
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 11 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 26 1 3
      6 Dejan Stefanovic 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 9 2
      10 Steven Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 1
      27 Danny Murphy 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 25 2 2
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 2 2 5 4 0 0 14 6 2
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 15 2 1
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16 7 0
      9 David Healy 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 4 1
      25 Simon Davies 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 1 0
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Derby County
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      43 Stephen Bywater 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0
      19 Claude Davis 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 2 0
      4 James McEveley 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 20 8 2
      24 Tyrone Mears 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 3
      23 Darren Moore 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13 1 1
      5 Dean Leacock 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 26 3 3
      15 Eddie Lewis 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 4 3
      8 Matt Oakley 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 9 4
      25 Stephen Pearson 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 29 11 0
      11 Craig Fagan 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 9 2 0
      14 Kenny Miller 0 3 2 0 1 2 0 11 2 1
      10 Robert Earnshaw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Steve Howard 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
      7 David Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Giles Barnes 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 11 3 1
      18 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 1 1

  • Summary

    • 90+2 MILLER MISSES THE BIG CHANCE!! The Sctosman latches onto Howard's flick-on and pulls his shot across goal and JUST wide of the far post with Niemi floundering! Heartbreak for Rams fans!
    • 86' Pearson spread the play out wide to Griffin, whose curling cross runs right across the face of goal for MILLER TO SLIDE IN! He jsut couldn't reach it! So close for Derby!!!
    • 74' The Fulham defenders just stop and look at each other as a through ball runs between them and Miller is clean through! He's wide of the goal when he shoots and Niemi manages to get a touch on it to steer the ball off target. That was a huge chance!
    • 63' Dempsey turns Leacock fantastically and heads towards the area. Leacock catches up with him and clatters into the American, but not before the ball is snuck through to Kamara, who takes two touches and blazes his shot over the bar! Derby were horribly exposed against ten men there!
    • 56' Oakley swings in a corner, onto the head of BARNES... Niemi saved the header with his foot! Great chance, great save! Fulham are under the cosh now!
    • 53' Lewis has the ball in midfield, plays it across to OAKLEY... The strike from distance was solid and forced Niemi to dive and palm it away! Derby earn a corner but it's cleared. The Rams are starting to put the pressure on ten-man Fulham.
    • 52' Leacock holds it up wellin the area, and plays it out to Lewis. The cross comes in, and MILLER!! He couldn't change his body stnce in time and the ball bounces of his hip! That could have been the breakthrough!
    • 44' Konchesky is off! He elbowed Craig Fagan in the face as the forward was trying to tackle him. It all stemmed from a few seconds before, when Fagan booted the ball right into Konchesky'as chest from point blank range! Disaster for Fulham! Fagan is also booked for his part in the argument that ensued.
    • 32' Fulham's corner is cleared and Derby break! Pearson bursts down the left and puts in a cross that hughes almost heads into his own net! Niemi parries and stops it right on the line!
    • 11' Great chance Miller! Fagan chests down to the Scotsman, who plays a one-two with Pearson before shooting for the near post, but Niemi blocks! The resulting corner goes straight into the big Finn's arms.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Phil Dowd

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    Captain: Chris Baird

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Baird
    • Stefanovic
    • Hughes
    • Konchesky
    • Ki-Hyeon
    • Davis
    • Murphy
    • Bouazza
    • Kamara
    • Dempsey

    Subs

    • Smertin
    • Davies
    • Healy
    • Bocanegra
    • Warner

    Injured

    • Bullard
    • McBride

    Suspended

    None

  • Derby County

    Manager: Billy Davies

    Captain: Matthew Oakley

    On the Field

    • Bywater
    • Mears
    • Davis
    • Moore
    • McEveley
    • Leacock
    • Pearson
    • Oakley
    • Lewis
    • Miller
    • Fagan

    Subs

    • Griffin
    • Earnshaw
    • Jones
    • Howard
    • Barnes

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None