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  1. Sunderland held by Fulham

    Sunderland held by Fulham

    Kieran Richardson somehow failed to break the deadlock between Sunderland and Fulham in a goalless Premier League draw at Craven Cottage. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Sunderland
    • - Thanks for joining us today... stay with us for Manchester United v West Brom, coming up very soon!
    • 90' There goes the final whistle! And there won't be any breakthrough... it ends goalless at Craven Cottage!
    • 84' Sunderland make another change as Daryl Murphy replaces Cisse.
    • 75' Cisse strikes the bar! He absolutely hammered that one! Sunderland deserve a goal here...
    • 69' It's time for a Sunderland change... former Fulham man David Healy comes on to replace Chopra.
    • 65' Simon Davies now unleashes a strike from outside the box! But it's always drifting wide of the mark and Gordon is ultimately not tested.
    • 63' Sunderland make a change... Reid comes on for Leadbitter.
    • 60' Bullard breaks forward for Fulham now... but his effort is well saved by Craig Gordon in the Sunderland goal!
    • 54' GOAL! Sunderland break the deadlock and how fitting is it that Richardson gets it from a free kick! NO! WAIT! It's been disallowed! The referee gave it for someone backing into the wall... poor Richardson!
    • 51' Schwarzer is brought into action again, this time to deny Whitehead after a Cisse free kick falls into his path on the edge of the box!
    • 46' Here we go! Back underway by the banks of the River Thames.
    • 45' There goes the half time whistle and the teams head in locked at 0-0.
    • 41' Oooh! Incredible! Richardson fires a free kick goalwards but is denied by the post - three times! The ball cannons off one post, before bouncing across the goal line and onto the other... it bounces back along the line before Schwarzer then fubbles the ball onto the woodwork for a third time! Amazing! How did that stay out?!
    • 36' Sunderland fans are making a fantastic noise at Craven Cottage... they're up on their feet giving their team all the support they can muster.
    • 34' Konchesky's unhappy with Malbranque for a wild lunge on the touchline... it's a free kick and a yellow card for the former Fulham man.
    • 32' Ooooh! What an effort from Chopra! The Sunderland striker launches a spectacular overhead kick which bounces just wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 30' Half an hour gone and still no goals in west London... but it's been an entertaining opening 30 minutes.
    • 23' Johnson makes his way into the Sunderland box... but the summer signing can't find a way through to goal and he is still searching for his first Fulham goal.
    • 19' Oooh! At the other end, Cisse goes close with a low drive that flies inches wide of the far post! End to end action! Surely a first goal isn't too far away!
    • 18' Gera does a Chris Iwelumo for Fulham! Incredible miss! He misses his kick completely after Johnson sends over a cross!
    • 10' Fulham have got themselves back into this one... action at both ends of the ground so far.
    • 8' But here come Fulham now! Gera inside the box, past Ferdinand... he nicks it past him before rounding Gordon in the Sunderland goal... but Chimbonda gets back to clear off the line!
    • 6' What a super start from the visitors! They're all over Fulham at the momentÂ…
    • 5' Great save from Schwarzer to deny Richardson a low drive from just outside the box! Really super save from the former Boro keeper!
    • 2' Cisse forces Schwarzer into early action with a crisp shot from a tight angle!
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the Cottage!
    • - Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)
    • - Sunderland: Gordon, Chimbonda, Ferdinand, Collins, McCartney, Malbranque, Leadbitter, Whitehead, Richardson, Cisse, Chopra - Subs: Fulop, Bardsley, Tainio, Diouf, Murphy, Reid, Healy
    • - Fulham: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Davies, Murphy, Bullard, Gera, Zamora, Johnson - Subs: Zuberbuhler, Nevland, Gray, Dempsey, Andreasen, Kallio, Baird
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's game at Craven Cottage!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Sunderland
    50% Possession 49%
    15 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 3
    8 Corners 5
    9 Fouls 13
    1 Offsides 5
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    21 Tackles 16
    325 Accurate passes 306
    75 Bad passes 47

  • 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 12 0 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 0 1
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 18 1
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 4 2
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 34 5 2
      13 Danny Murphy 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 38 10 4
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 5 2 1 2 1 0 46 12 3
      25 Simon Davies 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 29 1 1
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 26 9 4
      8 Andrew Johnson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 19 6 2
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 28 8 1
      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 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
      17 Julian Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Leon Andreasen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0
      26 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 36 0 1
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 9 3
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 35 0 0
      15 Danny Collins 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 30 4 0
      6 Dean Whitehead 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 51 8 2
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 2 2
      8 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 30 1 1
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 27 4 5
      9 Djibril Cisse 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 8 5 0
      16 Michael Chopra 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 18 2 1
      11 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 David Healy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
      2 Phillip Bardsley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Andy Reid 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 0
      14 Daryl Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1

  • Summary

    • - Thanks for joining us today... stay with us for Manchester United v West Brom, coming up very soon!
    • 75' Cisse strikes the bar! He absolutely hammered that one! Sunderland deserve a goal here...
    • 65' Simon Davies now unleashes a strike from outside the box! But it's always drifting wide of the mark and Gordon is ultimately not tested.
    • 60' Bullard breaks forward for Fulham now... but his effort is well saved by Craig Gordon in the Sunderland goal!
    • 54' GOAL! Sunderland break the deadlock and how fitting is it that Richardson gets it from a free kick! NO! WAIT! It's been disallowed! The referee gave it for someone backing into the wall... poor Richardson!
    • 51' Schwarzer is brought into action again, this time to deny Whitehead after a Cisse free kick falls into his path on the edge of the box!
    • 41' Oooh! Incredible! Richardson fires a free kick goalwards but is denied by the post - three times! The ball cannons off one post, before bouncing across the goal line and onto the other... it bounces back along the line before Schwarzer then fubbles the ball onto the woodwork for a third time! Amazing! How did that stay out?!
    • 32' Ooooh! What an effort from Chopra! The Sunderland striker launches a spectacular overhead kick which bounces just wide of Schwarzer's upright!
    • 19' Oooh! At the other end, Cisse goes close with a low drive that flies inches wide of the far post! End to end action! Surely a first goal isn't too far away!
    • 18' Gera does a Chris Iwelumo for Fulham! Incredible miss! He misses his kick completely after Johnson sends over a cross!
    • 8' But here come Fulham now! Gera inside the box, past Ferdinand... he nicks it past him before rounding Gordon in the Sunderland goal... but Chimbonda gets back to clear off the line!
    • 5' Great save from Schwarzer to deny Richardson a low drive from just outside the box! Really super save from the former Boro keeper!
    • 2' Cisse forces Schwarzer into early action with a crisp shot from a tight angle!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Keith Stroud

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • S. Davies
    • J. Bullard
    • Z. Gera Substitution Out (73′)
    • D. Murphy Yellow Card
    • A. Johnson
    • B. Zamora

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • J. Gray
    • T. Kallio
    • E. Nevland
    • C. Baird
    • C. Dempsey Substitution In73′
    • L. Andreasen

    Injured

    • D. Etuhu
    • D. Kamara

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    Starting line-up

    • C. Gordon
    • P. Chimbonda
    • D. Collins
    • A. Ferdinand
    • G. McCartney
    • S. Malbranque Yellow Card
    • G. Leadbitter Substitution Out (63′)
    • D. Whitehead
    • K. Richardson
    • D. Cissé Substitution Out (84′)
    • M. Chopra Substitution Out (69′)

    Subs

    • T. Tainio
    • E. Diouf
    • D. Healy Substitution In69′
    • A. Reid Substitution In63′
    • P. Bardsley
    • D. Murphy Substitution In84′
    • M. Fulop

    Injured

    • R. Anderson

    Suspended

    None