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Leicester
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Position in League: 18th
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Manager: Peter Taylor (Jun 2000)
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Stadium: Filbert St
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Nicknames:The Foxes
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- Taken only 7 points from their last 45 available
- Won only 2 of their last 15 Premiership games
- Lost 12 of their last 15 Premiership games, including a club record
8 straight league defeats
- Not been involved in a draw since their 0-0 with Arsenal, 20th January
(24 since in all comps)
- Not kept a clean sheet in the Premiership so far this season -
last v Liverpool, 3rd March - 13 Premiership games since
- Won only 1 of their last 8 games at Filbert Street, v Spurs, 5th May
(3 since)
- Lost 6 of their last 8 at Filbert Street in all comps
- Lost 13 of their last 14 league games away from home
- Only 1 win in their last 14 Premiership games away from home, at Derby,
15th September
- Failed to score in 9 of their last 14 league games away from home
- Dean Sturridge has 3 goals in his last 3 Premiership apps.
This Season's Results:
Bolton (H)
L 0-5
Arsenal (A)
L 0-4
Ipswich (H)
D 1-1 (Sturridge)
Blackpool (A)
W 1-0 (Akinbiyi) LC 2nd Round
Derby (A)
W 3-2 (Sturridge 2, Izzet pen)
Middlesbrough (H) L 1-2 (Jones)
Next 3 Fixtures:
29th Sept: Charlton Ath (A)
9th Oct: Leeds United (H) LC 3rd Round
13th Oct: Chelsea (A)
Top Scorer: Sturridge - 3 lge
Also: Akinbiyi/Izzet/Jones - 1 (1 LC/1 lge/1 lge) (Izzet 1 pen)
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FULHAM
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Position in League: 15th
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Manager: Jean Tigana
July 2000
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Stadium: Craven Cottage.
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Nickname: The Cottagers
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- Not won in 4 games in all comps
- Won only 2 of their last 11 games in all comps, the last v Sunderland,
22nd August (4 since)
- However, lost only 3 of their last 19 in all comps, the last v Arsenal,
15th September
- Drawn 3 of their last 4 games in all comps
- Won only 3 of their last 9 home league games, the last v Sunderland,
22nd August (2 since)
- Drawn 4 of their last 7 home league games
- Lost only 2 of their last 18 league games at Craven Cottage, and only
1 of their last 11
- 8 games since their last clean sheet away from home in all comps,
v Crystal Palace, 17th March
- Not won away from home in 5 games in all comps, their last at Huddersfield,
14th April, the game that secured their promotion
- Drawn 3 of their last 5 away from home in all comps, including their
last 2
- Lost only 2 of their last 10 away from home in all comps, the last
at Man Utd, 19th August.
This Season's Results:
Man Utd (A) L2-3 (Saha
2)
Sunderland (H) W2-0 (Hayles, Saha)
Derby (H)
D0-0
Charlton (A) D1-1 (Boa
Morte)
Rochdale (A) D2-2 (Boa Morte,
Brevett) AET
Won 6-5 on pens LC 2nd Round
Arsenal (H) L1-3
(Malbranque)
Next 3 Fixtures:
30th Sept: Chelsea (H)
9th Oct: Derby (H)
LC 3rd Round
14th Oct: Aston Villa (A)
Top Scorers: Saha - 3 lge
Also: Boa Morte - 2 (1 lge, 1 LC), Brevett/Hayles/Malbranque -
1 (1 LC/1 lge/1 lge)
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Head to Head:
- This is the first league meeting since
April '83
- Have not met in the top division since
January '68
- Leicester have won 3 of the last 5 meetings
here, the last in December '82 - 1 since in all comps
- Leicester have not beaten Fulham at
Filbert Street in the top division since December '65 (2 top div meetings
since)
- Fulham have won only 2 of the last 9
meetings here, the last in September '67 - 5 since in all comps
- Only 2 draws in the last 17 meetings
here, both in the last 3 meetings and both of them ending 3-3
- There has never been a 0-0 draw in the
39 meetings at Filbert Street in all comps
- No player has ever been sent off in
this fixture
- No player has scored a hat trick in
this fixture since Gordon Davies hit 3 in a 3-3 draw at Filbert Street
in September '79
Last Corresponding Fixture: Leicester 3 (Marshall
2, Walsh) Fulham 3 (Peschisolido, Horsfield, Coleman) - LC QF, 12th
January 2000 (AET - Leicester won 3-0 on pens)
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Disciplinary:
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Matchday Referee: Eddie
Wolstenholme
Eddie Wolstenholme laid down the law in his first Premiership encounter
by dismissing one player and booking a further three. He may well add to
this tally on Saturday, as the hosts have already amassed 14 yellow cards
this season.
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Ref's score sheet
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| Fouls |
37
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| Penalties |
0
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| Yellow
Cards |
3
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| Red
Cards |
1
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Disc points |
52.00
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