FULHAM
Last season: 16th 39 points
- Fulham will equal their best start to a Premier League season if they beat Boro.
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Gained a first win of the season midweek by defeating Bolton 2-1 at home, after losing 2-1 at Arsenal in their opening match.
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MIDDLESBROUGH
Last season: 7th 56 points
- Middlesbrough have lost their first two matches of a Premier League season for the third time in their history. They last suffered such a fate in 2003, but two years earlier they failed to pick up a point from the first four fixtures.
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Gareth Southgate's 50th match in charge of Middlesbrough.
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Lost one of their first five Premier League matches last season.
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Not won by more than a single goal in 52 Premier League matches, since defeating West Brom 6-1 at home on 11 February 2006.
- David HEALY has scored two of Fulham's three goals so far. One was the quickest in this Premier League season so far, timed at 52 seconds (against Arsenal).
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If on the field from the outset:- Brian McBRIDE will be making his 100th start in a Fulham shirt.
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LAST CORRESPONDING FIXTURE
Craven Cottage on 18 Dec 2006
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Helguson 12 pen,
McBride 35 |
Viduka 74
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Niemi, Rosenior, Christanval, Knight, Queudrue, Routledge, Brown, Volz, Radzinski (Bocanegra, 70 ), McBride, Helguson
Subs not used: Lastuvka, Runstrom, Zakuani, Niclas Jensen. |
Schwarzer, Parnaby (Wheater, 88), Davies, Taylor, Arca (Cattermole, 46 ), Riggott, Morrison (Johnson, 73 ), Downing, Boateng, Yakubu, Viduka
Subs not used Jones, Christie. |
Yellow card:
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Yellow card:
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Red card:
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Red card:
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Attendance:
17000 |
Referee:
M L Dean (Wirral) |
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- One of three clubs to have suffered successive defeats so far in this Premier League campaign; the others are Bolton and Tottenham.
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Lost 1-2, home to Blackburn and 1-0, away to Wigan.
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One of five clubs without a Premier League point so far. Aston Villa and West Ham have played just one match.
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Won only one of the first seven Premier League matches last season.
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Won one of their last eight away league games; 0-1 at Wigan on 5 May.
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Victory would take their all-time tally of Premier League wins away from home to 50.
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The north-east derby, home to Newcastle, follows this on Sunday, 26 August.
- Stewart DOWNING has scored Middlesbrough's only goal so far.
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Last season, only YAKUBU and Mark VIDUKA scored more than two Premier League goals for Middlesbrough.
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If he plays:-
Robert HUTH will be participating on his 23rd birthday.
Andrew TAYLOR will be making his 50th Premier League appearance for the Teessiders.
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| HEAD TO HEAD at FULHAM |
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FULHAM |
Draw |
BORO |
| League |
14 |
3 |
9 |
| Premier |
5 |
0 |
1 |
| HEAD TO HEAD RESULTS |
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FULHAM |
Draw |
BORO |
| League |
21 |
7 |
24 |
| Premier |
5 |
2 |
5 |
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