Leon Osman scored twice as Everton beat Fulham 2-0 at Craven Cottage to secure fifth place in the Premier League. More
90+2 And that is the final whistle! Everton hold on to fifth with an impressive win while Fulham, despite defeat, are in Europe! That's right, Spurs were beaten by Liverpool and Roy Hodgson has taken Fulham from certain relegation to continental football in 16 months.
90+1 Etuhu comes forward, he slides it through but too long for Dempsey who stretches for it, Howard can't hold on to the ball and Dempsey again but blocked for a corner!
88' Everton come forward, played into Osman on the edge of the box who switches on to his left and sends a wonderful curling shot past the dive of Schwarzer into the left-hand side of the goal! Superb strike, brilliant from Osman, who looks every inch an England player at times like this.
86' EVERTON SUB: Pienaar off for Vaughan.
85' High ball frees Zamora on the left, he cuts inside and can score but drills it low and too close to Howard who blocks with his feet! If Zamora could match the rest of his play with any kind of shooting ability he'd be the best striker in England.
80' EVERTON SUB: Castillo on for Saha, who has done well again today.
78' FULHAM SUB: Aaron Hughes is on for Smalling as the Dacourt sub makes more sense now. Fulham to go three at the back.
76' EVERTON SUB: Gosling on for Neville.
75' The free-kick is into the wall, Konchesky gets it on the left though and swings over a cross for ZAMORA but he gets under it and heads over!
73' FULHAM SUB: Dacourt on for Gera. That's an odd one.
70' FULHAM SUB: Zamora is on for Nevland and immediately wins a high ball with a good chest down.
69' Excellent break from Fulham, one-touch passing as Murphy spreads it wide right to Etuhu who smashes in a low shot that flies across Howard but just wide!!
57' A long ball finds Saha racing towards goal and he aims a downward header to the bottom left but Schwarzer tips it behind for a corner!
56' A high ball in for Kamara, who controls in the box and goes down but nothing given! Looked like a push to me, but Mike Riley was right there and felt contact was minimal.
46' Second half underway at the Cottage!
- If things stay as they currently stand Fulham would still qualify for the Europa league as Tottenham are losing 1-0 to Liverpool.
45+1 Half-time, that late goal from Leon Osman has given Everton the lead!
44' A long one aimed in the general direction of Cahill should be cleared but isn't and Cahill chases it down, back with Pienaar and a through ball releases Osman who made a quite brilliant diagonal run across the backline and he rounds Schwarzer to tuck it home from a tight angle! 1-0 Everton!
39' Gera on the right drills a cross-shot on goal, Yobo with a wild swing misses the ball and Kamara is free on the left and he hits it first time but wide! He had time to take a touch and shoot or play it back to Gera again, rash decision.
37' Pienaar on the ball, inside to Saha who has a crack but a great flying save to tip it round the post! Superb stop from Schwarzer.
21' Gera gets the ball on the edge of the D and he tries a vicious rising drive that Howard flies across to tip one-handed.
16' Konchesky launches a cross from the left and Gera rises to meet it with a header but good positioning by Howard, getting down low to his left to save and hold on.
10' Gera on the left plays it in to Nevland who drills a low cross-shot across the face of goal but just beyond Kamara and wide of the far post!!
1' Match underway!!
- Referee: Mike Riley (Yorkshire)
- Fulham can seal a place in Europe with a result at home to Everton, who are aiming to hold on to fifth place with Villa breathing down their necks. The Whites are two points clear of Spurs, with a superior goal difference, same with Everton-Villa.| Fulham | Stats | Everton |
|---|---|---|
| 50% | Possession | 49% |
| 15 | Shots | 18 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 10 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 2 | Corners | 2 |
| 11 | Fouls | 14 |
| 2 | Offsides | 5 |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 14 | Tackles | 15 |
| 318 | Accurate passes | 304 |
| 39 | Bad passes | 61 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Schwarzer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | John Paintsil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Brede Hangeland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | Aaron Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Paul Konchesky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 14 | 2 |
| 23 | Clint Dempsey | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | Zoltan Gera | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Danny Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Dickson Etuhu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Diomansy Kamara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | Erik Nevland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Pascal Zuberbühler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Julian Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Olivier Dacourt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Chris Baird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Bobby Zamora | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Fredrik Stoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Chris Smalling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| G | S | SoT | F | FW | O | A | AP | BP | T | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | Tim Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Tony Hibbert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Joleon Lescott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | Joseph Yobo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Jack Rodwell | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 2 |
| 3 | Leighton Baines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 0 |
| 21 | Leon Osman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Steven Pienaar | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 4 |
| 17 | Tim Cahill | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| 18 | Philip Neville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Louis Saha | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | Lars Jacobsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | James Vaughan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | João Alves de Assis Silva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dan Gosling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Segundo Castillo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Marouane Fellaini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Carlo Nash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
90+1 Etuhu comes forward, he slides it through but too long for Dempsey who stretches for it, Howard can't hold on to the ball and Dempsey again but blocked for a corner!
88' Everton come forward, played into Osman on the edge of the box who switches on to his left and sends a wonderful curling shot past the dive of Schwarzer into the left-hand side of the goal! Superb strike, brilliant from Osman, who looks every inch an England player at times like this.
85' High ball frees Zamora on the left, he cuts inside and can score but drills it low and too close to Howard who blocks with his feet! If Zamora could match the rest of his play with any kind of shooting ability he'd be the best striker in England.
75' The free-kick is into the wall, Konchesky gets it on the left though and swings over a cross for ZAMORA but he gets under it and heads over!
69' Excellent break from Fulham, one-touch passing as Murphy spreads it wide right to Etuhu who smashes in a low shot that flies across Howard but just wide!!
57' A long ball finds Saha racing towards goal and he aims a downward header to the bottom left but Schwarzer tips it behind for a corner!
56' A high ball in for Kamara, who controls in the box and goes down but nothing given! Looked like a push to me, but Mike Riley was right there and felt contact was minimal.
- If things stay as they currently stand Fulham would still qualify for the Europa league as Tottenham are losing 1-0 to Liverpool.
44' A long one aimed in the general direction of Cahill should be cleared but isn't and Cahill chases it down, back with Pienaar and a through ball releases Osman who made a quite brilliant diagonal run across the backline and he rounds Schwarzer to tuck it home from a tight angle! 1-0 Everton!
39' Gera on the right drills a cross-shot on goal, Yobo with a wild swing misses the ball and Kamara is free on the left and he hits it first time but wide! He had time to take a touch and shoot or play it back to Gera again, rash decision.
37' Pienaar on the ball, inside to Saha who has a crack but a great flying save to tip it round the post! Superb stop from Schwarzer.
21' Gera gets the ball on the edge of the D and he tries a vicious rising drive that Howard flies across to tip one-handed.
16' Konchesky launches a cross from the left and Gera rises to meet it with a header but good positioning by Howard, getting down low to his left to save and hold on.
10' Gera on the left plays it in to Nevland who drills a low cross-shot across the face of goal but just beyond Kamara and wide of the far post!!
- Fulham can seal a place in Europe with a result at home to Everton, who are aiming to hold on to fifth place with Villa breathing down their necks. The Whites are two points clear of Spurs, with a superior goal difference, same with Everton-Villa.
FulhamManager: Roy Hodgson
Captain: Danny Murphy
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70′ None
EvertonManager: David Moyes
Captain: Philip Neville
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80′
76′ None
Fulham 2-2 Everton
Saha 68'83'
Zamora 72'
Murphy 89'
Good luck to both teams
From a United Fan

fulham to win 2-0
villa deserve that 5th spot

come on fulham finish on a high! Stronger defence, better team

4 trips to London this year, Everton won 2 (Tottenham, West Ham), drew 1 (Chelsea), lost 1 (Arsenal). We got 7 points of out 12, not too bad. We are not afraid of Fulham. We don't have to win this game, but if we do win,, it will lift up our confidence when we play Chelsea in the FA Cup the week after. Like last year, we will finish at 5th and Villa 6th.
Fulham 1 - 4 Everton

The Toffess Will Win !!!
Fulham - Everton 1:3 (Kamara, Fellaini, Jo, Saha)

Come on you blues
Lets beat them Cottagers!!
I hope Newcastle get a draw against Aston Villa so Hull city dont get relegated.
I am a true blue and i think we might win this 2-0!

we r going to thrash fulham! Come on you toffees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!
