Big match facts from BBCSport 
FULHAM play host to a Norwich City side, who are bidding to pull off one of the greatest ever acts
of escapology in Premiership history. Victory for the club from East Anglia from their first ever top
flight fixture at Craven Cottage will maintain their Premier League status, regardless of the results
of the three clubs below them.
- The Cottagers are currently placed in 16th spot. They've never finished lower than 14th in three
previous Premiership campaigns, and could climb to 12th if results go their way, which would be their
second highest finish. They need to score one goal to bring their all-time total in top flight football
to 900, and to 100 in home Premier League matches.
- A 7th minute goal from Andrew Cole separated these sides when they met at Carrow Road in December.
It ended a three match mid-season losing run for the Cottagers and set up the possibility of successive
League 'doubles' over the Norfolk club and third against them overall.
- Scored 175 goals and conceded exactly 200 in their Premiership history of 151 matches.
- Lost 18 top flight matches. Only Crystal Palace (19) have lost more.
- Conceded the opening goal 24 times in highest League matches this term - only Norwich (24) equal that.
- Lost the lead only five times in top tier games this term. No club has surrendered the advantage more
often.
- Need to score one more goal to total 900 in top flight football.
- One of four clubs to have gained just one point when they've failed to score (0-0 home to Charlton
on 5 March).
- Holding the worst disciplinary record in the Premiership (seven red cards, 57 yellow).
- The poorest supported club in the top division (average gate: 19,722).
- Lost one of the last eight home Premiership matches, winning four of them.
- Lost seven home top League encounters this season. Only Crystal Palace have been beaten more often
on home soil (eight matches).
- Need to score one to total 100 goals in home Premier League matches all-time.
- Pape Bouba DIOP was once on loan at Norwich.
- Luis BOA MORTE is a hat trick shy of scoring 50 goals for Fulham.
- If he plays, Sylvain LEGWINSKI will be making his 150th appearance for the Thames-side club.
- Should he take part, LEGWINSKI will be making his 300th appearance across the European Leagues. He
played 135 times for AS Monaco, 49 for Girondins Bordeaux and so far has made 115 League appearances for
Fulham.
- If he plays, Mark PEMBRIDGE will be making his 50th appearance for the Cottagers.
NORWICH
CITY go into the final game directly above the safety line with their fate in their own hands. A draw
or a defeat would be good enough to stay up, if the three clubs below them followed suit. The Canaries
were last out of the relegation zone on New Year's Day, but four wins in six games and 13 points from
a possible 18 make Nigel Worthington's side the fourth strongest on current form in the Premiership.
- Delia Smith's Carrow Road based concern have posted just seven points on their travels this season.
They've picked up just one point in the last two but scored three goals in each of those games. They're
the only top flight side without an away maximum, and need a first Premiership victory since the 1-0 success,
also in London, at Crystal Palace on 17 December 1994 to survive. Since that victory, Norwich have drawn
nine and lost 29 top division encounters on the road.
- The Canaries last claimed maximum points on Fulham turf in the old Second Division - a 0-1 victory
on New Years Day 1986. That's their only victory in five visits.
- Banked 13 points from the last available 18 - placing them fourth in the Premiership's Current Form
table.
- Won seven Premiership matches. Only West Brom (five) and Southampton (six) have won fewer.
- Lost 18 times this season in the top division. Only Crystal Palace have been beaten more often (19).
- Conceded more goals in the highest League than any other club (71). That's one every 47 minutes on
average.
- Kept three clean sheets in six Premiership outings.
- Kept only six clean sheets in this League campaign - the goalless draws against Spurs (a), Villa (h)
and WBA (a), the 2-0 win over Manchester United (h), and the 1-0 home triumphs over Charlton and Birmingham.
- Opened the scoring in 10 matches at the highest League level, winning four, drawing four and losing
two. Only Southampton have taken the lead from the opening whistle on fewer occasions (nine).
- Failed to score in 13 top tier encounters, drawing three and losing 10. Only Blackburn have fired
more blanks in Premiership games (16).
- Conceded the opener on 24 occasions - more often than any other club in Premiership competition with
the exception of Fulham. Three of the 24 were won (v Southampton, Bolton and West Brom - all home), with
five drawn and 16 lost.
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| OPTA Stats from Premiership games |
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Fulham |
Norwich |
+/- |
| Games Played |
37 |
37 |
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| Goal Attempts |
| Goals |
46 |
42 |
+4 |
| Ave Goals per game |
1.24 |
1.14 |
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| Shots (excl blocked shots) |
347 |
339 |
+8 |
| Ave Shots per game |
9 |
9 |
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| % Shots on Target |
41% |
42% |
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| % Goals to Shots |
13% |
12% |
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| Passing |
| Short Passes |
8210 |
7892 |
+318 |
| Long Passes |
3756 |
3638 |
+118 |
| Total Passes |
11966 |
11530 |
+436 |
| Ave Passes per game |
323 |
312 |
+12 |
| Overall Pass Completion % |
68% |
71% |
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| Crossing |
| Total Crosses |
741 |
814 |
-73 |
| Ave Crosses per game |
20 |
22 |
-2 |
| Cross Completion % |
27% |
24% |
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| Defending |
| Clean Sheets |
7 |
6 |
+1 |
| Goals Conceded |
60 |
71 |
-11 |
| Ave goals conceded per game |
1.62 |
1.92 |
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| Tackles |
1189 |
1135 |
+54 |
| Ave Tackles per game |
32 |
31 |
+1 |
| Tackles Won % |
75% |
71% |
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| Blocks, Clearances & Interceptions |
1719 |
1825 |
-106 |
| Avg Blocks, Clearances & Interceptions |
46 |
49 |
-3 |
| Discipline |
| Fouls |
536 |
559 |
-23 |
| Yellow Cards |
57 |
34 |
+23 |
| Fouls per Yellow Card |
9.4 |
16.4 |
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| Red Cards |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
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| Top Opta Teams (after 37 games) |
| Aspect |
Top Team |
Fulham |
Norwich |
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| Goals Scored |
Arsenal |
86 |
9th |
46 |
15th |
42 |
| Shots onTarget |
Arsenal |
227 |
14th |
143 |
13th |
143 |
| Shots Attempted |
Man Utd |
521 |
14th |
347 |
17th |
339 |
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| Passes Made |
Arsenal |
18406 |
15th |
11966 |
19th |
11530 |
| Crosses |
Man Utd |
1188 |
18th |
741 |
14th |
814 |
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| Goals Conceded |
Chelsea |
14 |
17th |
60 |
20th |
71 |
| Tackles Made |
Charlton |
1292 |
11th |
1189 |
13th |
1135 |
| Tackles Won |
Everton |
939 |
6th |
886 |
14th |
807 |
| Clean Sheets |
Chelsea |
25 |
16th |
7 |
18th |
6 |
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| Fouls Conceded |
Liverpool |
463 |
14th |
536 |
16th |
559 |
| Yellow Cards |
Norwich |
34 |
18th |
57 |
1st |
34 |
| Fouls per yellow |
Norwich |
16.4 |
16th |
9.4 |
1st |
16.4 |
| Red Cards |
Chelsea |
0 |
20th |
7 |
8th |
2 |
| HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS |
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Fulham |
Draw |
Norwich |
| League |
12 |
9 |
10 |
| Premier |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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| HEAD TO HEAD at Fulham |
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Fulham |
Draw |
Norwich |
| League |
6 |
4 |
5 |
| Premier |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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NORWICH CITY' cont
- Only 14 of their 42 Premiership goals have been scored in the first half.
- Effectively gained 15 points from matches in which they were behind. Fought back from being in deficit
to win three and draw six.
- Holding the second highest aggregate in the Premiership this season. Their 37 games have yielded 113
goals (42 for, 71 against).
- Only club without an away victory in the highest League.
- Picked up a mere seven points on their Premiership travels - fewer than any other club.
- Of 20 League and Cup matches away from home, seven were drawn, 13 lost and none won.
- Gained one point from the last available 21 on the road.
- Scored seven goals and conceded 11 in the last three away from Carrow Road.
- Scored three in each of the last two on the road.
- Scored 13 goals on their Premiership travels. Only Birmingham (11) have netted fewer.
- Failed to score in 10 matches on their top tier travels - only Charlton can match that.
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