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Fulham away at Arsenal: Match info

last updated Thursday 09th August 2007, 10:22 PM
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Arsenal


  • ARSENAL are embarking on a record 82nd consecutive season in the top-flight of English league football.

  • The three times Premier League title holders ended last season in fourth place for the second year running. Arsenal had not finished outside the top two in any of the eight seasons prior to that.

  • The Gunners were beaten only once at home last season
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FULHAM


  • FULHAM begin a campaign 100 years since being elected to the Football League.

  • Fulham have never won at Arsenal.

  • The Cottagers won only once on their Premier League travels last season.
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  • One of seven Premier League ever-presents; the others are Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham.

  • Their overall Premier League record is second only to Manchester United's; 308 wins to United's 367, 974 goals to the Red Devils' 1,140, and 1,081 points to the reigning champions' 1,232.

  • The only club to have remained unbeaten for an entire Premier League season (2003-04).

  • Crowned champions of England 13 times; only Liverpool (18) and Manchester United (16) eclipse that.

  • One of four clubs in England to have achieved a hat-trick of top league titles (1933-34, 1934-35 and 1935-36); the others are Liverpool, Manchester United and Huddersfield.

  • Been in the highest league for 88 years since 1919, but only 82 seasons, owing to the six seasons lost to World War Two.

  • Gained an unparalleled 22 points from losing positions in last seasons Premier League, and never lost a match in which they had scored first.

  • Ended a five-match winning run of opening day victories in the Premier League, when held to a 1-1 draw, home to Aston Villa last August.

  • The Premier League computer has given them a home game in the opening round of matches for the third season in a row and for the fifth time in six seasons.

  • Took four matches to record a league victory last season, but ended the campaign on a seven-game unbeaten run of three wins and four draws since losing to West Ham on 7 April 2007.

  • Robin VAN PERSIE was Arsenal's top scorer with 13 goals, 11 in the Premiership.

  • Phillippe SENDEROS was one of three players to be sent off twice in last season's Premier League. The others were George BOATENG (Middlesbrough) and Bernardo CORRADI (Manchester City).

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LAST CORRESPONDING FIXTURE
Emirates Stadium on 29 Apr 2007
Arsenal (1) 3-1 (0) Fulham
Match Report
Julio Baptista 4
Adebayor 84
Silva 87(p)
 Davies 78
Lehmann, Eboue, Toure, Gallas, Clichy, Hleb, Fabregas, Silva, Diaby, Julio Baptista (Denilson, 71 ), Adebayor
Subs not used: Almunia, Senderos, Djourou, Justin Hoyte		 Niemi, Rosenior (Volz, 68 ), Knight, Christanval, Bocanegra, Davies, Brown, Diop, Claus Jensen (Dempsey, 59 ), Radzinski, McBride (Helguson, 59)
Subs not used: Lastuvka, Montella
Yellow card:
Eboue, Silva 		Yellow card:
Bocanegra, Brown, Helguson, Volz
Red card:

Red card:

Attendance:
60043		 Referee:
M Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
  • Entering a seventh straight season in the Premier League.

  • Chris Coleman guided the club to their highest league position ever when they ended in ninth spot in 2003-04.

  • Escaped relegation by two places and one point last season. The then recently appointed manager Lawrie Sanchez ensured safety with a 1-0 home win over Liverpool in their penultimate fixture.

  • The victory over the Merseysiders is their only maximum in 12 Premier League outings.

  • Sanchez is one of seven managers in the Premier League beginning a first full season with his current club. His record so far in charge of the Craven Cottage club is one win, one draw and three defeats from five league games.

  • Conceded 60 league goals last season; Watford leaked 59 and Sheffield United 55, and they both went down.

  • Notched just two victories in 38 away league games over two seasons.

  • Thrashed 5-1 by Manchester United in their opening fixture of last season, and not won their first game in a Premier League campaign since prevailing 3-2, home to Middlesbrough on 16 August 2003.

  • Average Premier League finish is 12th.

  • Brian McBRIDE was Fulham's leading scorer, with 12 goals - nine in the Premiership.

  • Moritz VOLZ made just two appearances for Arsenal when on their books for four and a half seasons from August 2000.

  • Simon DAVIES will be making his 250th club career start (Peterborough, Spurs, Everton and Fulham).

  • Arsenal's only defeat in 12 Premier League matches with Fulham was 2-1 at Craven Cottage on 29 November last season when Brian McBride and Tomasz Radzinski scored inside the first 19 minutes.
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MATCH REFEREE
Phil Dowd (Stoke-on-Trent)
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HEAD TO HEAD at ARSENAL
ARSENAL Draw FULHAM
League 16 2 0
Premier 5 0 1
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HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS
ARSENAL Draw FULHAM
League 28 6 6
Premier 10 1 1

























Source BBCSport