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Newcastle v Fulham - Match Stats

last updated Friday 20th December 2002, 2:24 PM



MATCH STATS

Premiership - Newcastle v Fulham

15.00 - 21/12/2002
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Newcastle (Magpies)

Stadium: St James' Park

Played 17 - 6th in Prem on 29 pts		 Manager: Sir Bobby Robson
(Dec '01)

Games: 171 - W 48%, D 22%, L 30%
  • 8 wins in last 14 League and Cup games Won 5 of last 8 Premiership matches
  • Drawn 1 of last 23 in all competitions
  • 1 draw in last 14 top flight encounters
  • Lost 5 of last 10 confrontations
  • 3 defeats in last 9 top division duels
  • Failed to score in 1 of last 16 contests
  • Failed to find the net in 1 of last 12 League clashes
  • 1 clean sheet in last 10
  • Managed 1 clean sheet in last 6 top tier League outings
  • NOT LOST IN 3 PREMIERSHIP MATCHES [2 wins, 1 draw] SCORED ONE GOAL IN EACH OF LAST 3 - 2 Prem, 1 CL
  • SCORED IN EACH OF LAST 8 GAMES - 5 Prem
    WON LAST 6 HOME PREMIERSHIP MATCHES
  • CLEAN SHEETS: 8 Premiership: 5
  • FAILED TO SCORE: 7 Premiership: 4
  • RED CARDS: 2 Premiership: 1
  • EVER PRESENTS: 0
  • Won last six home Premiership matches:-
  • Last home Premiership defeat was 0-2 by Leeds on 11 September, 2002.
  • One of three clubs to have drawn fewest Premiership matches (2). The others are Everton and Leeds.
  • One of three clubs still to draw at home at the highest League level. The others are Arsenal and Leeds.
  • One of three clubs to have conceded fewest home top League goals (6). The others are Chelsea and Man United.
  • Recorded the longest winning sequence in home top League games (6).
  • Only club to have conceded five goals in two Premiership matches this season. Firstly in the 5-2 away loss to Blackburn on 19 October, then in the 5-3 away defeat to Man U on 23 November.
  • Lost this season's highest scoring Premiership game, 5-3 at Man U on 23 November.
  • Conceded the quickest goal in the Premiership so far this season. That was James Beattie's strike officially timed at 71 seconds for Southampton at St James Park, which the home side won 2-1 on 16 November.
  • Conceded more goals in the first five minutes of Premiership matches than any other club (3).
  • Won more top division matches than any other club when having been behind (4).
  • Newcastle United will be hoping to give some festive cheer to their fans by clinching a pre-Christmas win over Fulham that will lift them to fourth - their highest significant placing in this season's Premiership table.
  • Sir Bobby Robson, who began his managerial career with Fulham, has guided the Magpies to the longest home winning sequence of any Premiership club this season. They have claimed maximum points from their last six at St James' Park and are planning to make Fulham the eighth side in this League campaign to be defeated on home soil.
  • Tynesiders striker Craig Bellamy received a further two match ban from Uefa midweek for his sending off against Inter Milan in the recent Champions League match. Newcastle have two high profile games over the holiday period. Following Boxing Day's match at Bolton, they entertain Tottenham on Sunday, 29 December and then Liverpool on New Year's Day evening.
  • The scheduled referee for this contest is Alan Wiley, who was in charge of Newcastle's 5-2 loss at Blackburn on 19 October when he sent off United's Nikos Dabizas after only four minutes.

    2002/2003 PERFORMANCE
    P W D L GF GA
    All competitions 28 14 2 12 43 42
    All competitions - home 14 10 0 4 27 15
    Premiership 17 9 2 6 27 24
    Premiership - home 9 7 0 1 16 6


    Best Scenario at the end of day - Up 2 to 4th
  • If Newcastle win.

    Worst Scenario at the end of day - Down 2 to 8th
  • If Newcastle lose, and,
  • Southampton win away to Leeds, and,
  • Middlesbrough win away to Arsenal.
    CAREER MILESTONES
  • If involved at kick off, Craig BELLAMY will be making his 50th start for Newcastle.
    TOP SCORERS

  • Shearer - 12(10 Lge 2 Euro), Bellamy 6(4 lge, 2 Euro),
  • Also: Ameobi 4(3 lge, 1 Euro), LuaLua - 3(2 Lge 1 Euro), Solano - 3(2 Lge 1 Euro).

  • Last Seasons Top Scorers:
    Shearer - 27, Bellamy - 14, Solano - 12 Robert - 10
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Fulham FC - (The Cottagers)

Stadium: The Cottage on Loftus Road

Played 18 - 14th in Prem on 22 points
Manager: Jean Tigana (Jul 2000)

Games 136 W46%, D28%, L26%
  • 5 wins in last 13 League and Cup games Won 2 of last 4 Premiership matches
  • Drawn 2 of last 15 in all competitions
  • 1 draw in last 9 top flight encounters
  • Lost 8 of last 15 confrontations
  • 6 defeats in last 9 top division duels
  • Failed to score in 4 of last 12 contests
  • Failed to find the net in 2 of the last 5 League clashes
  • 3 clean sheets in last 12
  • Managed 2 clean sheets in last 5 top tier League outings
  • NOT WON IN 2 - 1 Prem, 1 Uefa [1 draw, 1 defeat]
  • NOT SCORED IN 2 - 1 Prem, 1 Uefa [260 mins / 4 hrs 20 mins]
  • LOST LAST 3 AWAY - 1 Prem, 1 Uefa, 1 WC
  • GONE 5 AWAY WITHOUT A WIN - 3 Prem, 1 Uefa, 1 WC [1 draw, 4 losses]
  • NOT WON IN 5 AWAY PREMIERSHIP MATCHES [1 draw, 4 defeats]
  •   Fulham have not won in five away Premiership games and make the long journey to St James' Park with only one win under their belts from their top division travels. Indeed the Cottagers have to go back to mid September and the trip to the Magpies' North East rivals Sunderland for their last maximum away from their London base. Fulham lead by 16 wins to 13 in the head-to-head tally of League wins, and the Magpies are still seeking a first Premiership victory over them.
  • The Cottagers hold the weakest disciplinary record in the top League tier with four red and 31 yellow cards from 18 matches.

    Fulham have a high noon derby clash at West Ham on Boxing Day, host Manchester City two days later and West Brom on New Year's Day.
  • CLEAN SHEETS: 12 Premiership: 5
  • FAILED TO SCORE: 9 Premiership: 7
  • RED CARDS: 4 Premiership: 4
  • EVER PRESENTS: 0
  • Last away win was 0-3 against Dynamo Zagreb in the Uefa Cup Second Round First Leg on 31 October.
  • Last away Premiership win was 0-3 at Sunderland on 14 September.
  • One of three clubs to have suffered the longest losing sequence in the top flight (4). The others are Leeds and Liverpool.
  • One of the two clubs whose players have been shown most red cards in Premiership matches this season (4). The other is Everton.
  • Hold the weakest disciplinary record in the top League (4 reds, 31 yellows).
  • Been caught off side 37 times in Premiership matches this season. No other clubs have been caught offside on so few occasions.
  • Conceded four penalties in Premiership matches this season. Only Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton, Everton and Tottenham have conceded that many.

    2002/2003 PERFORMANCE
    P W D L GF GA
    All competitions 34 14 10 10 46 36
    All competitions - away 16 4 5 7 21 22
    Premiership 18 6 4 8 22 23
    Premiership - away 8 1 2 5 9 14
    Best Scenario at the end of day - Up 4 to 10th
  • If Fulham win, and,
  • Charlton draw away to Birmingham.
    Worst Scenario at the end of day - Down 2 to 16th
  • If Fulham lose, and,
  • Aston Villa at least drawaway to Chelsea, and,
  • Leeds win at home to Southampton.
    CAREER MILESTONES
  • If involved from kick off, Luis BOA MORTE will be making his 50th League start for Fulham. If he plays, Sean DAVIS will be making his 150th appearance for the Cottagers.
  • If on the field at the opening whistle, Steve FINNAN will be making his 300th club career start.
    TOP SCORERS
  • Marlet - 9(4 Lge 5 Euro), Junichi Inamoto 6(2 lge, 4 Euro),
  • Also: Sylvain Legwinski 5(3 lge, 2 Euro), Malbranque - 5(2 Lge 3 Euro), Boa Morte - 4(1 Lge 3 Euro), Sava 4(4 lge), Davis/Hayles 3, Clark/Saha/Stolcers - 2

  • Last Seasons Top Scorers:
    Hayles - 12, Malbranque - 10, Marlet/Saha - 9
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Head to Head

  • Fulham are out to retain their unbeaten Premiership record against Newcastle after winning the first ever meeting 3-1 at Craven Cottage and drawing 1-1 in this corresponding fixture in April. Last season's St James' Park game was a disappointing affair, Kieron Dyer calmly took the only chance of the first half to put the Magpies ahead. Sean Davies fired in a stinging shot from the edge of the area, deflected in by Louis Saha to earn Fulham a deserved point.
  • Fulham's only League win in 10 visits over 42 years was 1-4 in the old Second Division on 16 October, 1982.
  • The Cottagers' last top flight win at St James' Park was 0-1 on 29 September, 1951.
  • Newcastle have won three of their last six home League meetings with the Londoners.
  • Newcastle's biggest win in this corresponding fixture was 7-2 on 24 August, 1960 in the old League - Division One. Fulham's biggest win in a League match at Newcastle was 1-4 on 16 October, 1982 in the former Second Division.
  • No player has ever been sent off in this corresponding fixture.
  • The last player to bag a hat trick in League fixtures between these clubs was Allan Clarke. He scored three of Fulham's goals in the 5-1 home top flight win on 4 February, 1967.

    HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
    All Newcastle Draws Fulham
    Total meetings 47 18 11 18
    Premiership 2 0 1 1
    League+ 40 13 11 16
     
    FULHAM AT NEWCASTLE
      All Newcastle Draws Fulham
    Total meetings 25 14 6 5
    League 20 9 6 5
    Premiership 1 0 1 0

  • Match report - Newcastle v Fulham - Premiership 08 Apr 2002
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Disciplinary

Matchday Referee Alan Wiley (Burntwood)
 Not only is Alan Wiley a referee, but the 41-year-old also earns his living as a policeman - which should endear him to the Premier League crowds.

Referee Alan WileyMaking his Premiership debut in the 2000/01 season, Wiley kept a low profile and avoided any controversial decisions. His standing improved during the 2001/02 campaign though, and Wiley took charge of 23 matches, handing out an average of 2.96 yellow cards per game.

Wiley's first taste of power came in 1981 during a match in the Walsall Minor League, but his ascension to top ranking official came via the assistant's route. He became a league linesman in 1991, moving on to the Premiership's list in 1994, before finally becoming a top referee in 1995.

(Ed. Mr. Wiley in fact reffed this fixture last year booking just one Newcastle player he last reffed Fulham during the Bolton game at the start of this season however he will be better remembered for the Fulham 0 Liverpool 2 game at the end of last season. During the game Fulham thought they should have been awarded a penalty two minutes after the interval when Luis Boa Morte went down under a challenge from Xavier. But instead of pointing to the spot, referee Alan Wiley booked the Portuguese for diving. At the time it seemed a poor decision as Xavier had been leaning on Boa Morte with his left arm. With the aid of t.v. footage it was clear that a penalty should have been given but Wiley chose to stand by his decision rather than at least withdrawing the caution.)

2001/ 2002
stats 		Mr. Wiley's score sheet Average Premiership Referee score sheet
Total Match Avg Total Match
Avg
Games 23 16
Fouls 705 30.65 472 29.81
Penalties 3 0.13 3 0.19
Yellows 68 2.96 49 3.07
Reds 2 0.09 3 0.19
Fouls per Yellow 10   10  


Newcastle naughty boys- Alan Shearer is on 4 yellows, Griffin and Speed have 5 while Bernard and Ameobi are on 3. Dabizas and Bellamy have one red each.
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