MATCH SQUAD NEWS Barclaycard Premiership - chelsea v Fulham - 19.45 06/03/02 chelsea Fulham Top Guns Fulham Player Stats

Fulham Fulham manager Jean Tigana had concerns over Sean Davis after he picked up a thigh injury against Liverpool, but the 22-year-old will be fit for the chelsea clash on Wednesday. Davis had heavy bruising to his thigh, but he has recovered sufficiently to take his place in the squad. Lee Clark has been ruled out of Fulham's West London derby with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night. The 29-year-old limped off with a calf strain towards the end of Saturday's Premiership defeat against Liverpool at Craven Cottage. Clark was sidelined for over two months with an Achilles problem, but the club have confirmed that he has not suffered a recurrence of that injury. "Lee Clark is not available for the Chelsea match, but this is a different injury to before and we hope he will return soon," a club spokesman stated. Aside from Clark, Tigana has no other injury concerns. Although the Cottagers will be missing midfielder Sylvain Legwinski who is definitely out as he has amassed five yellow cards and will serve a one-match suspension. Fulham (from): Edwin van der Sar(G), Maik Taylor(G), Steve Finnan(D), Andy Melville(D), Alain Goma(D), Rufus Brevett(D), Abdeslam Ouaddou(D), Jon Harley(D), Sylvain Legwinski(M), Sean Davis(M/D), Zat Knight(M/D), John Collins(M), Bjarne Goldbaek(M), Steed Malbranque(A/M), Luis Boa Morte(M/A), Andrejs Stolcers(A/M) Bazza Hayles(A), Steve Marlet(A), Louis Saha(A). chelsea Fulham Top Guns Fulham player stats Page Top

chelsea The Blues' defence is understrength due to the absence of John Terry through injury although chelsea will be pleased to see fit again captain Marcel Desailly re-joining the squad. Emmanuel Petit will continue to partner William Gallas in the centre of defence while Graeme Le Saux can expect to remain on left side of midfield. Mario Stanic is suspended and therefore drops out. Danish winger Jesper Gronkjaer could be in contention for a place in Chelsea's starting line up after playing for more than an hour in the reserve team win over Southampton on Monday. Goalkeeper Mark Bosnich also played in that game and could feature on the bench. chelsea (from): Carlo Cudicini(G), Ed de Goey(G), Mario Melchiot(D), William Gallas(D), Emmanuel Petit(M), Graeme Le Saux(D), Marcel Desailly(D), Celestine Babayaro(M/A), Frank Lampard(M), Jody Morris(M), Samuele Dalla Bona(M), Jesper Gronkjaer(M/A), Slavisa Jokanovic(M), Eidur Gudjohnsen(A) , Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A), Mikael Forssell(A), Gianfranco Zola(A). chelsea Fulham Top Guns Fulham player stats Page Top

Top Guns Fulham go to visit local rivals chelsea with a team and style of play far better than the Fulham Broadway team apart from one small difference, goals. Which ever other aspect of the teams you examine Fulham are the better. In terms of passing and tackling the Cottagers are, according to opta stats, second only to Man Utd. Aspects where Fulham are not in the top three they are still better than the cash strapped blues. Players such as Edwin van der Sar, Steve Finnan, John Collins, Sylvain Legwinski are Steed Malbranque all in the Premiership top 10 of their catagory. Unfortunately in relationship to goals the blues, specifically Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen, are well in front of Jean Tigana's squad. Other than the goal scoring department chelsea's best are Lampard, top passer but still below Fulham's top 4 passers, Petit, top crosser but again below Fulham's top 3, William Gallas top tackler but yes you've guessed worse than Fulham's top 4. If Fulham's attackers were to hit form then it would not just be chelsea's share price that would be heading south. League stats chelsea Fulham Goal Scorers Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A)(18+6) Eidur Gudjohnsen(A)(11+7) Mikael Forssell(A)(2+5) Frank Lampard(M)(7+4) Bazza Hayles(A) (7+4) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(6+2) Louis Saha(A)(5+1) Steve Marlet(A)(4+2) Sylvain Legwinski(M)(3+2) Shots on Target Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A)(48) Eidur Gudjohnsen(A)(27) Frank Lampard(M)(16) Gianfranco Zola(A)(14) Louis Saha(A) (23) Steve Marlet(A) (20) Bazza Hayles(A) (18) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(16) Sylvain Legwinski(M)(15) Passes completed Frank Lampard(M)(826) John Terry(D)(820) Mario Melchiot(D)(762) Emmanuel Petit(M)(692) Steve Finnan(D) (1254) Rufus Brevett(D)(1104) John Collins(M) (1096) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(888) Crosses completed Emmanuel Petit(M)(17) Boudewijn Zenden(M/A)(16) Mario Stanic(M)(6) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(58) Steve Finnan(D) (21) Rufus Brevett(D)(19) Tackles completed William Gallas(D)(59) Frank Lampard(M)(57) Mario Stanic(M)(56) Mario Melchiot(D)(52) John Collins(M) (93) Sylvain Legwinski(M)(73) Steve Finnan(D) (67) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(63) Fouls won Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A)(42) Mario Melchiot(D)(41) Graeme Le Saux(D)(38) Frank Lampard(M)(37) Louis Saha(A) (76) Bazza Hayles(A) (63) Steed Malbranque(M/A)(55) Luis Boa Morte(M/A) (49) Fouls conceded Mario Stanic(M)(41) John Terry(D)(40) Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A)(34) Barry Hayles(A) (74) Sylvain Legwinski(M)(46) Luis Boa Morte(M/A) (38) Yellow Cards (all comp's) Mario Stanic(M)(10) John Terry(D)(7) Sam Dalla Bona(M)(6) Mario Melchiot(D)(6) Graeme Le Saux(D)(6) Barry Hayles(A) (7) Rufus Brevett(D)(7) Luis Boa Morte(M/A) (6) Sylvain Legwinski(M)(6) Sean Davis(M/D) (5) Red Cards Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink(A)(2) Slavisa Jokanovic(M)(1) Frank Lampard(M)(1) Mario Melchiot(D)(1) Luis Boa Morte(M/A) (1) stats from opta.co.uk chelsea Fulham Top Guns Fulham player stats Page Top

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