Premier League
Fulham vs Man Utd
Stadium Craven Cottage
Sat , Dec 19 2009
kick off:15:00 GMT
Referee: Howard Webb
squads
Fulham: Schwarzer, Zuberbuhler, Konchesky, Pantsil, Hangeland, Baird, Smalling, Kelly, Hughes, Etuhu, Murphy, Dempsey, Gera, Riise, Greening, Duff, E Johnson, Nevland, Zamora.
Manchester United: Kuszczak, Foster, Fletcher, Vidic, De Laet, Evra, Park, Valencia, Obertan, Anderson, Carrick, Scholes, Gibson, Giggs, Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Welbeck, Tosic.
Fulham
Suspended: None Doubtful: None
Injured: Davies (ankle), A Johnson (groin), Kamara (knee), Ki-Hyeon (leg)
Manchester United
Suspended: None Doubtful: Giggs (hamstring), Vidic (calf)
Injured: Brown & Macheda (hamstring), Evans & Ferdinand (both calf), Hargreaves & Rafael (both knee), Nani (ankle), Neville (groin), O’Shea (thigh), van der Sar (knee)
| L A S T 6 M A T C H E S | |||||
| Fulham | Manchester Utd | ||||
| 12.12 | Burnley – Fulham | 1 : 1 | 12.12 | Manchester Utd – Wolves | 3 : 0 |
| 06.12 | Fulham – Sunderland | 1 : 0 | 06.12 | Manchester Utd – Aston Villa | 0 : 1 |
| 28.11 | Fulham – Bolton | 1 : 1 | 28.11 | West Ham – Manchester Utd | 0 : 4 |
| 25.11 | Fulham – Blackburn | 3 : 0 | 25.11 | Portsmouth – Manchester Utd | 1 : 4 |
| 21.11 | Birmingham – Fulham | 1 : 0 | 21.11 | Manchester Utd – Everton | 3 : 0 |
| 08.11 | Wigan – Fulham | 1 : 1 | 08.11 | Chelsea – Manchester Utd | 1 : 0 |
| R E C E N T L E A G U E F O R M (L A S T 10 M A T C H E S) | ||||||||||
| Manchester Utd | ||||||||||
| 15.12 | 12.12 | 05.12 | 28.11 | 21.11 | 08.11 | 31.10 | 25.10 | 17.10 | 03.10 | |
| Result (Win,Draw,Lose) | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D |
| Home/Away | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Under/Over (2,5 goal) | O | U | O | O | O | U | U | U | O | O |
| Clean Sheet | + | - | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - |
| Fail To Score | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | - |
| Score First | + | - | + | + | + | - | + | - | + | - |
| Opponent Scores First | - | + | - | - | - | + | - | + | - | + |
| Half Time/Full Time | W/W | L/L | W/W | D/W | W/W | D/L | D/W | D/L | W/W | L/D |
| Early goal (1-25 min) | - | + | - | + | - | - | - | - | + | + |
Head-to-head
Fulham beat Manchester United at Craven Cottage for the first time in 45 years last March. A Danny Murphy penalty and 87th-minute strike from Zoltan Gera ensured a 2-0 win, while Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney were sent off for the visitors.
Prior to that defeat, Manchester United had won nine successive league and cup matches against Fulham, and were unbeaten in 12 meetings (W10, D2).
LEADING GOALSCORERS
Fulham
Zamora: 9 goals (5 league); Dempsey: 6 goals (5 league)
Manchester United
Rooney: 13 goals (12 league); Owen: 7 goals (2 league)
MOST RECENT MEETING
Fulham 2-0 Man Utd (21 March 2009)
Fulham scorers: Murphy 18 pen, Gera 87
| Goal scorers: 22′ [1 : 0] Danny Murphy 46′ [2 : 0] Bobby Zamora 75′ [3 : 0] Damien Duff |
Cards: 7′ Paul Scholes |
21:06 GOAL – Danny Murphy:Fulham 1 – 0 Man Utd Danny Murphy finds the net with a goal from just outside the area to the bottom left corner of the goal.
45:18 GOAL – Bobby Zamora:Fulham 2 – 0 Man Utd Bobby Zamora scores a goal from inside the six-yard box high into the middle of the goal.
74:19 GOAL – Damien Duff:Fulham 3 – 0 Man Utd Damien Duff finds the net with a goal from the edge of the penalty box to the bottom left corner of the goal.
Fulham had an amazing performance against Manchester United, shutting out the Red Devils 3-0.
