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  1. Fulham frustrate Villa

    Fulham frustrate Villa

    Aston Villa missed out on the chance to go third in the Premier League when they were held to a frustrating goalless draw at home to Fulham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Aston Villa
    • Fulham
    • 90'+3 There goes the whistle! And Fulham come away with a point from a goalless draw!
    • 90' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 88' Sidwell gets on the end of a cross from the right hand side... but again it's off target and the ball flies into the Holte End!
    • 85' Fulham make a change... Gera on for Zamora...
    • 85' But this time, Young's delivery is poor... all the way through for a goal kick.
    • 84' Pantsil hauls down Young on the Villa left... and it will be a free-kick in a dangerous position. Yellow for the Fulham defender.
    • 79' And it's nearly a costly mistake as Barry gets on the end of Young's corner, only to see his glancing header float wide of the far post!
    • 79' Oh dear! Schwarzer fumbles a deep cross and he gives away a corner...
    • 75' Oooh! DEMPSEY! What a chance to nick a goal on the break! The American lashes goalwards only to see his compatriot Friedel stand firm and parry the ball behind for a corner!
    • 73' Chance now for Ashley Young to deliver another cross into the danger area... but this time his free-kick is too deep and nothing comes of the set piece.
    • 70' BARRY! NO! Young crosses in to Barry, whose header is on target! But Schwarzer somehow manages to divert the ball onto the cross bar! Great save!
    • 66' Agbonlahor and Hangeland clash down near the corner flag... and the decision goes Fulham's way to bring about cries of derision from the home crowd, who are getting increasingly frustrated.
    • 64' Fulham manage to get out of their own half for a moment... Zamora finds a bit of space on the edge of the box... he feeds AJ who in turn gives it to Davies on the left hand side... but his cross is overhit and there's no way anyone's going to get to that... just a little reminder that Fulham can grab something on the break.
    • 62' But Fulham survive.... again!
    • 61' Schwarzer again in the thick of the action! He punches behind for another corner! Sustained Villa pressure!
    • 60' Young delivers a great corner... Schwarzer deals with it... Petrov fires the rebound goalwards! Saved by the Fulham keeper!
    • 59' Here comes Young now... he runs at Pantsil... he lets fly! Well blocked by the Ghanaian! Corner to Villa!
    • 58' Lovely take and turn from Milner! He evades the challenge of Murphy before letting fly! Dragged wide of its intended target...
    • 56' Fulham are just enjoying keeping possession now... and a few noises of frustration are beginning to emanate from the home crowd.
    • 53' Sidwell again! Young finds him with a super through ball! But the midfielder's control lets him down... flag's up on the far side anyway.
    • 52' Milner takes the corner from the other side... it comes all the way through to Young at the back stick, but his first time effort is drilled into the ground before bouncing well wide of the mark!
    • 51' Young delivers a brilliant teasing corner which Hughes does well to get a slight touch on to send the ball out for another corner!
    • 50' Agbonlahor wins a corner off Pantsil, as Villa look to find an opener!
    • 47' Ashley Young starts the second half as he ended the first... on the front foot and looking dangerous. He wins a free-kick after having completely fooled Murphy with a neat side step.
    • 46' No changes in personnel at the break.
    • 46' Here we go again! Villa to get the second half underway, with the hosts attacking the Holte End.
    • 45'+3 And there goes the half-time whistle... goalless at the break after an entertaining opening period at Villa Park.
    • 44' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 43' Still no breakthrough as the first half nears a conclusion... it's been a decent opening period though.
    • 41' Fridel is forced into tipping Dempsey's little flick at goal over the bar for a corner!
    • 39' What a miss by Sidwell! Ashley Young's well-delivered free-kick is met by the unmarked midfielder, but his header whistles over the bar! Schwarzer was nowhere then and that really should have been the opener!
    • 37' Villa turn defence into attack in a matter of seconds as Agbonlahor steams forward... he finds Ashley Young in the middle, but his first-time shot sails way over the bar.
    • 36' Lovely turn from Zamora out on the Fulham right... he uses Bullard's run as a decoy before centring... but there's no one there for the visitors.
    • 35' Hangeland uses his height to get to a corner at the near post... the Norwegian's header pings up into the air and Friedel takes three attempts to claim the ball!
    • 32' That little period of pressure from Villa has now eased... credit to Fulham for weathering the storm.
    • 31' After a brief consulatation with the Fulham medical staff, Dempsey returns to the field of play, ready for more.
    • 30' Dempsey flies into a 50-50 with Luke Young and the American comes out of the challenge slightly worse off.
    • 29' Konchesky sells Hangeland short and the Norway captain is forced into making an error.... throw-in to Villa as the pressure continues.
    • 26' This is good pressure from Villa at the moment! Schwarzer claws behing from a corner before flapping at the next! All Villa now!
    • 25' Villa on the attack again! Petrov now flicks on an Ashley Young cross at the near post, but the ball loops just wide of the far stick!
    • 24' Real chance for Barry! Oooh! Ashley Young whips in a cross to the far post where Barry rises above Konchesky! But his header hits the stanchion behind the goal and not the back of the net!
    • 22' Agbonlahor hares off after a long ball forward... Schwarzer comes off his line quickly though and claims the ball at the edge of his box.
    • 19' Here comes Ashley Young again... he cuts inside Pantsil before letting fly! Into the side netting, but a real statement of intent from the Villa winger!
    • 16' Milner sends in a speculative cross from the Villa right... but it's far too overhit for Agbonlahor to get on the end of and the ball sails out for a goal kick.
    • 15' Agbonlahor takes a ball into his stride... but the whistle blows for handball and the Villa striker is pulled up.
    • 13' Young bursts into the box... big penalty shout as Dempsey collides with the Villa flyer! But Mr Jones opts to wave play on! And replays show Young to have bumped into the Fulham man, rather than the other way round. Good decision.
    • 9' Bullard in particular is pulling the strings for the visitors... he looks composed in the centre of the park and is spraying passes left and right.
    • 8' Fulham have started brightly... they're enjoying more possession than their hosts so far.
    • 7' Davies fancies his chances here... AJ nods the a long ball back to him... his first touch is good... his second, a speculative half-volley not so... the ball flies wide of the post.
    • 4' Ashley Young wins the first corner of the match for Villa... but nothing comes of the attack this time.
    • 3' Dempsey wastes no time in giving referee Mike Jones something to think about... he piles into the back of Barry and that'll be the first yellow card of the day.
    • 3' Johnson gets his first touch of the ball... and the boos ring out round Villa Park... the former Birmingham City striker is not too well thought of in these parts.
    • 2' Here come Fulham on an early attack... but Bullard can't pick out a decisive pass this time...
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at Villa Park!
    • - With Manchester United not playing until Sunday, Villa can move into third place with victory today. Fulham on the other hand will be looking to improve on their poor away record - despite winning a point at Anfield.
    • - So, Carlos Cuellar replaces Nigel Reo-Coker (flu) at right-back for Villa while Fulham boss Roy Hodgson names an unchanged side to the one that grabbed a point at Liverpool last weekend.
    • - Referee: Mike Jones (Cheshire)
    • - And Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Murphy, Bullard, Dempsey, Johnson, Zamora. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gera, Gray, Etuhu, Stoor, Kallio
    • - The teams are in... Aston Villa: Friedel, Cuellar, Laursen, Davies, Luke Young, Sidwell, Petrov, Barry, Milner, Agbonlahor, Ashley Young. Subs: Guzan, Harewood, Delfouneso, Knight, Salifou, Shorey, Gardner
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game at Villa Park!

  • Team Stats

    Aston Villa Stats Fulham
    46% Possession 53%
    16 Shots 6
    2 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 2
    11 Corners 4
    16 Fouls 9
    3 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 20
    242 Accurate passes 270
    74 Bad passes 39

  • 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
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Brad Friedel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      15 Curtis Davies 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 14 1 3
      2 Luke Young 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 41 12 5
      24 Carlos Cuéllar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32 1 3
      5 Martin Laursen 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 23 6 1
      6 Gareth Barry 0 5 1 3 1 1 0 23 15 1
      4 Steve Sidwell 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 14 2 1
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 38 9 2
      8 James Milner 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 19 4 4
      7 Ashley Young 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 17 14 0
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 17 9 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Craig Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Nathan Delfouneso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Brad Guzan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Nicky Shorey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 1 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 1
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 28 7 4
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 0 0
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22 4 3
      13 Danny Murphy 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 3 2
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 68 7 1
      25 Simon Davies 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 28 9 3
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 26 0 4
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 17 6 2
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 1 0
      10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Toni Kallio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Dickson Etuhu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Sidwell gets on the end of a cross from the right hand side... but again it's off target and the ball flies into the Holte End!
    • 79' And it's nearly a costly mistake as Barry gets on the end of Young's corner, only to see his glancing header float wide of the far post!
    • 75' Oooh! DEMPSEY! What a chance to nick a goal on the break! The American lashes goalwards only to see his compatriot Friedel stand firm and parry the ball behind for a corner!
    • 70' BARRY! NO! Young crosses in to Barry, whose header is on target! But Schwarzer somehow manages to divert the ball onto the cross bar! Great save!
    • 60' Young delivers a great corner... Schwarzer deals with it... Petrov fires the rebound goalwards! Saved by the Fulham keeper!
    • 59' Here comes Young now... he runs at Pantsil... he lets fly! Well blocked by the Ghanaian! Corner to Villa!
    • 41' Fridel is forced into tipping Dempsey's little flick at goal over the bar for a corner!
    • 39' What a miss by Sidwell! Ashley Young's well-delivered free-kick is met by the unmarked midfielder, but his header whistles over the bar! Schwarzer was nowhere then and that really should have been the opener!
    • 25' Villa on the attack again! Petrov now flicks on an Ashley Young cross at the near post, but the ball loops just wide of the far stick!
    • 24' Real chance for Barry! Oooh! Ashley Young whips in a cross to the far post where Barry rises above Konchesky! But his header hits the stanchion behind the goal and not the back of the net!
    • 19' Here comes Ashley Young again... he cuts inside Pantsil before letting fly! Into the side netting, but a real statement of intent from the Villa winger!
    • 13' Young bursts into the box... big penalty shout as Dempsey collides with the Villa flyer! But Mr Jones opts to wave play on! And replays show Young to have bumped into the Fulham man, rather than the other way round. Good decision.
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game at Villa Park!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Jones

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    Starting line-up

    • B. Friedel
    • C. Cuellar
    • C. Davies
    • M. Laursen
    • L. Young
    • S. Petrov
    • G. Barry
    • J. Milner
    • S. Sidwell
    • A. Young
    • G. Agbonlahor

    Subs

    • M. Harewood
    • Z. Knight
    • N. Shorey
    • M. Salifou
    • C. Gardner
    • B. Guzan
    • N. Delfouneso

    Injured

    • J. Carew
    • W. Bouma

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil Yellow Card
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • C. Dempsey Yellow Card
    • D. Murphy
    • J. Bullard
    • S. Davies
    • B. Zamora
    • A. Johnson

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • J. Gray
    • T. Kallio
    • Z. Gera Substitution In85′ Substitution Out85′
    • D. Etuhu
    • E. Nevland
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    • D. Kamara
    • A. Taymourian

    Suspended

    None