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Wednesday October 29, 2008 Finished Craven Cottage

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Fulham

  • Johnson 11’, 60’

Wigan Athletic

  1. Johnson brace helps Fulham win

    Johnson brace helps Fulham win

    Fulham cruised to a 2-0 Premier League win over Wigan Athletic at Craven Cottage thanks to Andy Johnson's first goals for the club. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Wigan Athletic
    • 90+3 And that is the final whistle, a comfortable win for Fulham in the end but a big result. Not one of Wigan's best performances this season, who drop to 19th after a second consecutive defeat and Stoke's win over Sunderland.
    • 90+2 Great play by Dempsey to chip from 20 yards out but his outcurling effort goes just wide of the far angle of post and bar!
    • 90+1 FULHAM SUB: Nevland on for Johnson.
    • 89' Zamora is played through on the left and he drills a low shot across goal but just wide of the far post with Johnson trying to get there!
    • 88' FULHAM SUB: Jimmy Bullard comes off for Chris Baird.
    • 87' De Ridder tries a cross from the right but he gets under it and sends it well over.
    • 86' Zamora almost gets in again but Kirkland manages to clear.
    • 85' Kirkland is alright in the end and it seems that Howard Webb won't book Johnson.
    • 84' Boyce tries to clear the ball and Johnson closes him down and blocks it to race clean through and Kirkland comes out to dive at his feet! Johnson caught him going in for that and Kirkland is hurt. Johnson looks really concerned, he was trying to get the ball but in his over-enthusiasm to get a hat-trick followed through on Kirkland who took one in the chest.
    • 82' Corner to Fulham which Bullard will take. Great delivery and Hangeland unmarked but he heads it wide!
    • 80' DOUBLE WIGAN SUB: Camara and De Ridder on for Palacios and Cattermole.
    • 77' Zaki almost gets clean through but poked behind for a corner by Hangeland. Somehow the ref gives a goal-kick though and Zaki can't believe it!
    • 75' A yellow card for Cattermole for sliding in late on Konchesky.
    • 70' Long-range effort from Heskey but weak and straight at Schwarzer.
    • 67' Fulham are all over Wigan at the moment as Johnson again comes close to getting through on goal.
    • 63' WIGAN SUB: Koumas on for Figueroa.
    • 61' Zaki is played clean through and must score but no! Offside!
    • 60' Free-kick to Fulham which Bullard will take. He slips it quickly into Johnson who gets clear of Scharner and drills a right-foot shot into the bottom left for 2-0! Really clever from Bullard - everyone was expecting the shot - and a superb finish from Johnson.
    • 56' Good play by Fulham down the right, a superb cross by Davies into ZAMORA BUT THE HEADER IS BLOCKED AND CLEARED!
    • 55' A bit of banter between Hangeland, Kilbane and Webb after the latter fouls the former. Kilbane is on a yellow so he must be careful.
    • 54' Wigan down to 10 men for a minute as Cattermole gets treatment for a nosebleed.
    • 53' Almost a great cross from Zaki on the left but just ahead of Heskey and Scharner arriving late!
    • 52' Crossfield pass from Davies to Zamora on the left, he takes a touch and drills it low across goal with Johnson and Murphy sliding in but just beyond them and wide of the far post!
    • 50' Fulham come forward, they have men over Wigan and Zamora is in space on the right, he moves towards goal and drills a shot in that takes a huge deflection and GERA AT THE FAR POST MUST TAP IT IN BUT OFF THE POST AND AWAY!
    • 48' Kirkland is forced to hoof the ball clear with Zamora and Johnson bearing down on him.
    • 46' Second half underway at Craven Cottage!
    • - Some really silly scenes at half-time as lots of people in silly Halloween outfits wander around the touchline distressing children and copping flak from the older lads.
    • 45+2 The whistle goes for half-time and Scharner walks off with his head in his hands after that miss. Fulham lead 1-0.
    • 45' Wigan come again and Zaki gets it in the middle, he cuts in and lets rip but it bobbles well wide.
    • 44' Wonderful crossfield pass from Boyce frees Zaki on the left and he thrashes a quite brilliant cross over FOR SCHARNER AT THE FAR POST BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS OVER! Poor miss after great work from Zaki.
    • 43' Great crossfield pass to Valencia, who cuts past Konchesky and sends it over to Zaki but wide!
    • 42' Zaki almost gets his head on the end of a cross from the right but Schwarzer comes out imperiously to claim.
    • 40' Hangeland slides in and gives away a free-kick to Wigan about 30 yards out, centre-right. Zaki will take... but straight into the wall.
    • 39' Fulham have the ball on the left but Konchesky has to wait for an age for some support and eventually Wigan clear.
    • 37' Wigan with a good spell of pressure now but it's ruined after the pass wide left evades Kilbane.
    • 35' Kilbane leaves Pantsil in a heap and sees the first card of the match.
    • 34' Great flick by Heskey wide to Melchiot on the right, he whips in a cross with Heskey flying into the six-yard box but Hangeland nods it away for a throw.
    • 32' Cattermole mis-hits a shot, it drops back to him and he knocks it back to Figueroa, he takes a touch AND UNLEASHES AN INCREDIBLE SHOT THAT FLASHES MILLIMETRES WIDE! Half the ground thought that was in!
    • 30' Free-kick to Wigan on the right wing, which Fulham don't clear but Palacios cannot get a shot in and away by Bullard.
    • 28' Fulham are all over Wigan at the moment, Gera and Konchesky combining on the left after some poor defending and the cross comes in and DAVIES WITH THE HEADER but over!
    • 26' A clipped ball from Konchesky down the left looks to be too long for Gera but he somehow stretches past Boyce to keep it in and he clips it back across goal WHERE JOHNSON IS THERE TO SCORE BUT FIGUEROA WITH A DESPERATE CHALLENGE! Corner Fulham. That was out of play when Gera got it back, poor from the linesman.
    • 24' Johnson chases a long one into the right and gets ahead of Figueroa but has his back to goal. That looked like a foul on Johnson but nothing given!
    • 22' Gera down the left gets the better of Melchiot before swinging over a cross that Boyce is forced to head backwards and out for a throw. He looks annoyed at not getting a shout as there was no Fulham shirt in proximity and he could have kept possession.
    • 21' Schwarzer is forced to hack the ball clear with Zaki bearing down on him and it's a good clearance that almost sends Johnson in but Boyce is there to tidy up.
    • 19' Melchiot is tackled by Davies on the left, he slides the ball in for Zamora as Fulham have men over but his ball down the left to Johnson is way too heavy and Wigan clear.
    • 17' Fulham have a free-kick just to the left of centre, 10 yards outside the box. Wigan line a wall up as Bullard stands over it... but he sends the ball well over.
    • 16' Wigan have another corner as Hangeland heads it behind at the near post. The second one is claimed easily by Schwarzer at the back stick though.
    • 15' Wigan have a free-kick on the right which Valencia will take... he aims for Zaki far post but cleared behind for a corner.
    • 13' Zaki goes down in the area under pressure from Pantsil but Fulham get the free-kick. Steve Bruce looks bemused.
    • 11' Fulham come forward down the left, Zamora stands it up and turns before slipping it wide it to Konchesky who drills a superb low ball across the face of goal AND JOHNSON IS AHEAD OF SCHARNER TO SLOT IT HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE! His first goal for Fulham, first-time and low into the right-hand corner!
    • 9' Wigan on the offensive now, Zaki comes forward and feeds Valencia who cuts in from the right and smashes an effort across goal and wide! Schwarzer stood still as that shot flew inches past the post!
    • 7' Fulham charge forward, Johnson on the ball, it's played through to Davies whose touch takes him into a great shooting position and he fires from the edge of the box but well over. Should have made Chris Kirkland work from there.
    • 5' Crunching tackle by Pantsil on Kilbane, throw to Wigan on the left.
    • 4' Good defending by Boyce, intercepting a through ball aimed at Johnson. He plays instead of Bramble tonight, who has been relegated to the bench after the hammering to Aston Villa.
    • 3' Howard Webb inadvertently blocks the ball, luckily for Fulham as Heskey could have been in. Wigan with the better of the early exchanges, Fulham have hardly touched the ball.
    • 1' Match underway at the Cottage!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Fulham and Wigan, from 19:45 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Wigan Athletic
    48% Possession 51%
    13 Shots 8
    2 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 0
    2 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 10
    3 Offsides 6
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    28 Tackles 18
    312 Accurate passes 342
    55 Bad passes 40

  • 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 4 0
      4 John Paintsil 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 30 0 4
      3 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 33 13 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 24 1 2
      5 Brede Hangeland 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 3 2
      21 Jimmy Bullard 0 1 0 2 4 0 1 50 10 3
      13 Danny Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 41 4 8
      25 Simon Davies 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 24 1 0
      11 Zoltan Gera 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 8 7
      9 Bobby Zamora 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 19 6 0
      8 Andrew Johnson 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 16 3 0
      19 Pascal Zuberbühler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      10 Erik Nevland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      22 Fredrik Stoor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Wigan Athletic
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Chris Kirkland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 2 0
      17 Emmerson Boyce 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 0 1
      31 Maynor Figueroa 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 19 4 1
      25 Mario Melchiot 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 48 0 3
      8 Kevin Kilbane 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 5 0
      7 Paul Scharner 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 23 5 1
      4 Lee Cattermole 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 36 8 3
      5 Wilson Palacios 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 42 7 2
      16 Luis Antonio Valencia 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 51 2 4
      9 Emile Heskey 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 33 5 3
      13 Amr Zaki 0 3 1 3 1 2 0 22 1 0
      11 Michael Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Henri Camara 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
      10 Jason Koumas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 0
      19 Titus Bramble 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Ryan Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Daniel De Ridder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      12 Michael Pollitt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+2 Great play by Dempsey to chip from 20 yards out but his outcurling effort goes just wide of the far angle of post and bar!
    • 89' Zamora is played through on the left and he drills a low shot across goal but just wide of the far post with Johnson trying to get there!
    • 84' Boyce tries to clear the ball and Johnson closes him down and blocks it to race clean through and Kirkland comes out to dive at his feet! Johnson caught him going in for that and Kirkland is hurt. Johnson looks really concerned, he was trying to get the ball but in his over-enthusiasm to get a hat-trick followed through on Kirkland who took one in the chest.
    • 82' Corner to Fulham which Bullard will take. Great delivery and Hangeland unmarked but he heads it wide!
    • 60' Free-kick to Fulham which Bullard will take. He slips it quickly into Johnson who gets clear of Scharner and drills a right-foot shot into the bottom left for 2-0! Really clever from Bullard - everyone was expecting the shot - and a superb finish from Johnson.
    • 56' Good play by Fulham down the right, a superb cross by Davies into ZAMORA BUT THE HEADER IS BLOCKED AND CLEARED!
    • 52' Crossfield pass from Davies to Zamora on the left, he takes a touch and drills it low across goal with Johnson and Murphy sliding in but just beyond them and wide of the far post!
    • 50' Fulham come forward, they have men over Wigan and Zamora is in space on the right, he moves towards goal and drills a shot in that takes a huge deflection and GERA AT THE FAR POST MUST TAP IT IN BUT OFF THE POST AND AWAY!
    • 44' Wonderful crossfield pass from Boyce frees Zaki on the left and he thrashes a quite brilliant cross over FOR SCHARNER AT THE FAR POST BUT HE SOMEHOW HEADS OVER! Poor miss after great work from Zaki.
    • 32' Cattermole mis-hits a shot, it drops back to him and he knocks it back to Figueroa, he takes a touch AND UNLEASHES AN INCREDIBLE SHOT THAT FLASHES MILLIMETRES WIDE! Half the ground thought that was in!
    • 28' Fulham are all over Wigan at the moment, Gera and Konchesky combining on the left after some poor defending and the cross comes in and DAVIES WITH THE HEADER but over!
    • 26' A clipped ball from Konchesky down the left looks to be too long for Gera but he somehow stretches past Boyce to keep it in and he clips it back across goal WHERE JOHNSON IS THERE TO SCORE BUT FIGUEROA WITH A DESPERATE CHALLENGE! Corner Fulham. That was out of play when Gera got it back, poor from the linesman.
    • 11' Fulham come forward down the left, Zamora stands it up and turns before slipping it wide it to Konchesky who drills a superb low ball across the face of goal AND JOHNSON IS AHEAD OF SCHARNER TO SLOT IT HOME FROM CLOSE RANGE! His first goal for Fulham, first-time and low into the right-hand corner!
    • 9' Wigan on the offensive now, Zaki comes forward and feeds Valencia who cuts in from the right and smashes an effort across goal and wide! Schwarzer stood still as that shot flew inches past the post!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the Premier League clash between Fulham and Wigan, from 19:45 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Howard Webb

  • Fulham

    Manager: Roy Hodgson

    Captain: Danny Murphy

    Starting line-up

    • M. Schwarzer
    • J. Paintsil
    • B. Hangeland
    • A. Hughes
    • P. Konchesky
    • S. Davies
    • J. Bullard Substitution Out (88′)
    • D. Murphy
    • Z. Gera Substitution Out (73′)
    • A. Johnson
    • B. Zamora

    Subs

    • P. Zuberbuehler
    • J. Gray
    • E. Nevland Substitution In90′
    • C. Baird Substitution In88′
    • C. Dempsey Substitution In73′
    • L. Andreasen
    • F. Stoor

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Wigan Athletic

    Manager: Steve Bruce

    Captain: Mario Melchiot

    Starting line-up

    • C. Kirkland
    • M. Melchiot
    • E. Boyce
    • P. Scharner
    • M. Figueroa
    • A. Valencia
    • L. Cattermole Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • W. Palacios Substitution Out (80′)
    • K. Kilbane Yellow Card
    • E. Heskey
    • A. Zaki

    Subs

    • T. Bramble
    • M. Brown
    • J. Koumas Substitution In62′
    • H. Camara Substitution In80′
    • R. Taylor
    • M. Pollitt
    • D. De Ridder Substitution In80′

    Injured

    • E. Edman

    Suspended

    None