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Fulham

  • Johnson 23’
  • Murphy 66’ (pen.)

Newcastle United

  • Ameobi 57’
  1. Fulham halt Newcastle revival

    Fulham halt Newcastle revival

    Goals by Andrew Johnson and Danny Murphy put an end to Newcastle's recent revival as Fulham ran out 2-1 winners at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Newcastle United
    • 90'+5 There goes the whistle! And Fulham record a vital win to end Newcastle's recent run of form!
    • 90'+2 Konchesky fires in a thunderous free kick! Over the bar though!
    • 89' A time wasting change for Fulham now... Baird for Murphy.
    • 87' Free kick to Fulham as the full-time whistle approaches... but it's a poor one from Bullard, straight into the crowd behind the goal.
    • 82' Time running out for Newcastle to grab another equaliser... and Fulham are looking increasingly more comfortable.
    • 79' Murphy is booked for a deliberate handball.
    • 78' Real chance for Owen! But he fluffs his lines in front of goal! The ball ends up hitting his heel and going away from goal instead of towards it!
    • 76' Fulham break quickly now with Dempsey... he feeds Nevland who ignores Johnson and goes for goal himself! Bad move... it's straight at Given!
    • 74' Fulham make another change as Nevland comes on for Zamora.
    • 74' Down at the other end, Martins unleashes a fierce drive which Schwarzer does well to hold on to!
    • 72' Oooh! Great strike by Simon Davies! It flies inches wide of the upright!
    • 70' Newcastle decide it's time to bring Michael Owen on... in place of Gutierrez.
    • 66' GOAL! MURPHY MAKES NO MISTAKE! Given goes the right way but it's so well struck that he's never going to stop that one! 2-1 Fulham!
    • 65' PENALTY TO FULHAM! It's reckless challenge from Coloccini as Johnson gets in between him and Cacapa! The ref points to the spot and Fulham have a chance to take the lead again!
    • 64' Fulham boss Roy Hodgson makes a positive change now as he brings on Dempsey for Gera.
    • 61' Newcastle are flying now! Butt flashes a shot across the face of goal! And Fulham are rocking!
    • 59' Moments later and Newcastle nearly take the lead as Barton lets fly from 25 yards! It's a great strike, but Schwarzer is equal to it, pulling off a great diving save to turn the ball around the post!
    • 57' GOAL! AMEOBI SWOOPS TO LEVEL THINGS UP! There's a hint of fortune about it as the ball falls kindly to the Newcastle striker from a couple of deflections in the box, but he makes no mistake with the finish! Replays show he may have been in an offside position, but no matter, it stands and the Toon are back in it!
    • 53' All that rain that pounded Ewood Park earlier in the day seems to have arrived in London... it's tipping it down now.
    • 51' Gutierrez outpaces Paintsil before delivering a teasing ball across the face of goal.... Hangeland jumps over it - a risky choice considering Martins is lurking with intent behind him... it turns out well for him though as the ball bounces all the way through.
    • 49' What a pass from Butt! His little dink very nearly finds Duff charging through on goal, but Schwarzer is aware and comes racing off his line to stamp out the danger!
    • 48' Butt strikes it! Not very well, it has to be said... the ball ends up dribbling through to Schwarzer who makes the necessary save.
    • 47' Free-kick to Newcastle early on in the second half... Nicky Butt's over it.
    • 46' Back underway at the Cottage! No changes to tell you about.
    • 45' There goes the half time whistle... and Fulham head in at the break a goal to the good thanks to Andy Johnson's clinical finish.
    • 43' Hangeland upends Martins and the Norway skipper is going to have his name taken for that.
    • 40' DUFF STRIKES THE POST! The Irishman bursts past Konchesky before letting fly! It cannons off the outside of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 39' Fulham swarm forward now... Zamora clips it forward to Bullard, who falls under the challenge of Barton! Play says the ref, and you know what? He's right.
    • 37' Ameobi nods down to Martins, who lets fly! Just wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 29' Michael Owen is out warming up for Newcastle... they could certainly do with one of his goals now.
    • 27' Cacapa again looking shaky as Johnson ruffles his feathers as the pair chase a ball... Given comes out of his goal to take control of the situation.
    • 24' That was clinical from Johnson, but Newcastle were really the architects of their own downfall.
    • 23' GOAL! FULHAM TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH ANDY JOHNSON! It stems from some calamitous defending as Cacapa's attempted headed clearance from Bullard's ball in strikes Coloccini on the back! It falls to AJ, who makes no mistake with the finish, slamming the ball past Given to put the hosts one up!
    • 21' Nothing comes of the corner this time, but Fulham are doing most of the pressing early on.
    • 20' Davies wins the ball off Gutierrez before feeding Johnson! He crosses, but his centre is put behind for a corner!
    • 18' Oooh! Gera brings a great save out of Given with a thumping header from a corner!
    • 16' Fabio Capello is spotted in the stands... probably watching Andy Johnson and Jimmy Bullard.
    • 14' Lovely little clipped ball back across the face of goal by Davies... Gera meets it at the far post! But his effort is wide of the mark!
    • 10' Down to the other end and it opens up a little for Martins... he strikes it sweetly, but it's always going over the bar!
    • 9' From the resulting corner Murphy strikes it first time fron the edge of the box! Wide of the mark, but encouraging early signs from the hosts.
    • 8' Oooh! Johnson is released by Davies on the right... he crosses in for Bullard! But his first time effort is saved by Given!
    • 5' Murphy goes in hard on Barton, who takes a little fall... no sympathy for the Newcastle man in these parts though.
    • 3' Murphy looks to slip in Zamora... but the Fulham captain overhits his pass a little and his team-mate can't get there.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at Craven Cottage!
    • - Michael Owen is again on the bench for Newcastle while Claudio Cacapa replaces Steven Taylor in defence.
    • - No changes for Fulham - it's as you were for their last outing against Everton.
    • - Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
    • - And Newcastle: Given, Beye, Coloccini, Cacapa, Jose Enrique, Gutierrez, Butt, Barton, Duff, Martins, Ameobi. Subs: Harper, Guthrie, Owen, Bassong, N'Zogbia, Geremi, Carroll
    • - The teams are in... here's how Fulham line up: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Konchesky, Davies, Bullard, Murphy, Gera, Johnson, Zamora. Subs: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Stoor, Dempsey, Andreasen, Baird
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  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Newcastle United
    45% Possession 54%
    12 Shots 16
    4 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 1
    6 Corners 1
    12 Fouls 14
    3 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 9
    252 Accurate passes 314
    58 Bad passes 81

  • 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
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 3 3
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 19 0
      4 John Paintsil 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 19 0 5
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10 1 5
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 39 8 1
      13 Danny Murphy 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 30 5 3
      25 Simon Davies 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 24 5 4
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 6 2
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 1 0 4 2 3 0 21 5 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 17 6 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
      10 Erik Nevland 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      26 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 2
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 0
      2 Fabricio Coloccini 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 28 0 2
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 45 18 2
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 34 0 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 24 4 0
      22 Nicky Butt 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 46 12 1
      7 Joey Barton 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 45 9 4
      18 Jonás Gutiérrez 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 24 17 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 22 3 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 4 2 2 3 1 1 16 6 0
      23 Shola Ameobi 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 14 4 0
      12 Sébastien Bassong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Michael Owen 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Danny Guthrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 78' Real chance for Owen! But he fluffs his lines in front of goal! The ball ends up hitting his heel and going away from goal instead of towards it!
    • 74' Down at the other end, Martins unleashes a fierce drive which Schwarzer does well to hold on to!
    • 72' Oooh! Great strike by Simon Davies! It flies inches wide of the upright!
    • 66' GOAL! MURPHY MAKES NO MISTAKE! Given goes the right way but it's so well struck that he's never going to stop that one! 2-1 Fulham!
    • 65' PENALTY TO FULHAM! It's reckless challenge from Coloccini as Johnson gets in between him and Cacapa! The ref points to the spot and Fulham have a chance to take the lead again!
    • 61' Newcastle are flying now! Butt flashes a shot across the face of goal! And Fulham are rocking!
    • 59' Moments later and Newcastle nearly take the lead as Barton lets fly from 25 yards! It's a great strike, but Schwarzer is equal to it, pulling off a great diving save to turn the ball around the post!
    • 57' GOAL! AMEOBI SWOOPS TO LEVEL THINGS UP! There's a hint of fortune about it as the ball falls kindly to the Newcastle striker from a couple of deflections in the box, but he makes no mistake with the finish! Replays show he may have been in an offside position, but no matter, it stands and the Toon are back in it!
    • 40' DUFF STRIKES THE POST! The Irishman bursts past Konchesky before letting fly! It cannons off the outside of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 37' Ameobi nods down to Martins, who lets fly! Just wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 23' GOAL! FULHAM TAKE THE LEAD THROUGH ANDY JOHNSON! It stems from some calamitous defending as Cacapa's attempted headed clearance from Bullard's ball in strikes Coloccini on the back! It falls to AJ, who makes no mistake with the finish, slamming the ball past Given to put the hosts one up!
    • 18' Oooh! Gera brings a great save out of Given with a thumping header from a corner!
    • 14' Lovely little clipped ball back across the face of goal by Davies... Gera meets it at the far post! But his effort is wide of the mark!
    • 10' Down to the other end and it opens up a little for Martins... he strikes it sweetly, but it's always going over the bar!
    • 9' From the resulting corner Murphy strikes it first time fron the edge of the box! Wide of the mark, but encouraging early signs from the hosts.
    • 8' Oooh! Johnson is released by Davies on the right... he crosses in for Bullard! But his first time effort is saved by Given!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • A. Hughes
    • B. Hangeland Yellow Card
    • P. Konchesky
    • S. Davies
    • J. Bullard
    • D. Murphy Yellow Card Substitution Out (89′)
    • Z. Gera Substitution Out (64′)
    • B. Zamora Substitution Out (74′)
    • A. Johnson Goal

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • J. Gray
    • E. Nevland Substitution In74′
    • C. Baird Substitution In89′
    • C. Dempsey Substitution In64′
    • L. Andreasen
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    • D. Etuhu
    • D. Kamara

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Joe Kinnear

    Captain: Nicky Butt

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • H. Beye
    • F. Coloccini
    • C. Caçapa
    • .. Jose Enrique
    • J. Gutierrez Substitution Out (70′)
    • J. Barton
    • N. Butt
    • D. Duff
    • S. Ameobi Goal
    • O. Martins

    Subs

    • M. Owen Substitution In70′
    • S. Harper
    • N. Geremi
    • C. N'Zogbia
    • S. Bassong
    • D. Guthrie
    • A. Carroll

    Injured

    • A. Smith
    • M. Viduka
    • I. Gonzalez

    Suspended

    None