Fulham
Fulham have no new injury worries after their clash with Manchester United
and although the Cottagers did not win Boss Tigana is likely to keep faith
with the line-up that went down 3-2.
Fulham midfielder Lee Clark faces at least another week on the sidelines
with the strained calf he sustained in the early stages of the 0-0 Boxing
Day draw with Charlton.
Steve Marlet seems to have made a good recovery from injury underlining
his recovery by scoring in the 3-2 Man Utd defeat. However Jean Tigana may
want to protect him a little longer and keep him on the subs bench for another
game.
Fulham (from):
Edwin van der Sar(G),
Steve Finnan(D), Andy Melville(D), Alain Goma(D), Rufus Brevett(D),
Luis Boa Morte(A/M), Sylvain Legwinski(M), John Collins(M), Steed Malbranque(A/M),
Louis Saha(A), Bazza Hayles(A),
Maik Taylor(G), Zak Knight(D), Sean Davis(M), Andrejs Stolcers(A), Steve
Marlet(A).
Derby
Chris Riggott should continue for Derby against Fulham after suffering no
reaction to a calf injury in the Rams' 1-0 win over Blackburn.
Giorgi Kinkladze (neck) and Youl Mawene (ankle) are fighting for
fitness.
Argentina defender Horacio Carbonari is ready to re-ignite his career at
the Rams. Carbonari's first start of the campaign after a number of injury
problems coincided with the club's first away win - and the 30-year-old
looks set to retain his place against the Cottagers after his promising
performance at Blackburn.
Derby
Mart Poom(G), Lee Grant(G),
Chris Riggott(CD), Horacio Carbonari(CD), Steve Elliott(CD), Danny Higginbotham(D),
Francois Grenet(D), Luciano Zavagno(D), Youl Mawene(D),
Paul Boertien(M), Pierre Ducrocq(M), Darryl Powell(M), Adam Bolder(M), Georgi
Kinkladze(M),
Benito Carbone(A), Fabrizio Ravanelli(A), Malcolm Christie(A), Deon
Burton(A),
Topmen
Fulham, on paper, are a far better squad than Derby with, Edwin van der
Sar the 5th most inform Premiership keeper, John Collins and Sylvain Legwinski
the 3rd and 10th respectively most inform Premiership midfielders.
The Cottagers as a squad are the 3rd best passing side in the league. However
we do not have a player who has scored as many as Fabrizio or has had as
many shots on target.
One of the major differences between the two squads is in terms of offside
statistics. Derby have 4 players in double figures, Fabrizio has clocked
up 35 offsides while Fulham has Barry Hayles with 9 offsides and Louis Saha
with 4. Andy Melville and the rest of the defence could be busy on Wednesday
evening.
| League
stats |
Derby |
Fulham |
| Goal
Scorers |
Fabrizio
Ravanelli(8)
Malcolm Christie (4) |
Bazza Hayles (6)
Steed Malbranque(4)
Louis Saha (4) |
| Shots
on Target |
Fabrizio Ravanelli(23)
Malcolm Christie (13)
Deon Burton (11) |
Louis Saha (15)
Bazza Hayles (14)
|
| Successful
passes |
Fabrizio
Ravanelli(501)
Darryl Powell(458)
Youl Mawene (436) |
Steve Finnan (845)
John Collins (808)
Rufus Brevett(777)
Sean Davis(619) |
| Successful
Tackles |
Luciano
Zavagno(46)
Youl Mawene (45)
Paul Boertien(36) |
John Collins (65)
Sylvain Legwinski(48)
Luis Boa Morte (46)
Steve Finnan (45)
|
| Fouls
won |
Darryl
Powell(43)
Fabrizio Ravanelli(31)
Danny Higginbotham(29) |
Louis Saha (66)
Luis Boa Morte (45)
Steed Malbranque(36)
Bazza Hayles (35)
|
| Fouls
conceded |
Darryl
Powell(34)
Fabrizio Ravanelli(31)
Deon Burton(23)
Youl Mawene (23) |
Barry
Hayles (56)
Luis Boa Morte (37)
Sylvain Legwinski(34)
|
| Yellow
Cards |
Danny Higginbotham(6)
Fabrizio Ravanelli(4)
Chris Riggott(4) |
Luis Boa Morte
(5)
Sylvain Legwinski(4)
Sean Davis (3)
Barry Hayles (3) |
| Red
Cards |
Benito Carbone(1)
Brian O'Neil(1) |
Luis Boa Morte (1) |
| stats
from opta.co.uk |
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