On Sunday Fulham make a short journey across
London to play Charlton for our first London derby in the the Premiership.
The Super Whites must win or at worst draw if a mid-table or higher position
is to be achieved at the end of the season
Charlton gained promotion to the Premiership at the end of the 1999/2000
season and in the Premiership last season finished 9th after winning 14
drawing 10 and losing 14 games. Of the 14 defeats only three were at home!
This
season they have played twice losing at home and winning
away.
Charlton are not slow in coming forward having created as many goal attempts
as Fulham, an average of 10.5 attempts per game. However following our dismal
game against Defensive Derby Charlton's shots on target rate stands at 48%
while Fulham's is 36%. Charlton facing a number of injuries will not be
able to field their preferred first eleven and therefore may be more defensive
than they would normally be at home.
Historically
in 21 away fixtures against Charlton Fulham have won 5, drawn 7 and lost
9 so although the game is a must win it will not be easy.
The Fulhamweb prediction
is a victory of at least 3-1 to Fulham and a crowd of 20500
Saturday
Interesting results on Saturday were Chelsea and Arsenal drawing 1-1, Derby
and West Ham drawing 1-1 with Leicester and Middlesboro continuingtheir
disastrous start. Bolton remain top of the Premiership, clear from Man Utd
and Leeds by 2 points. Fulham dropped to 11th but if we win tomorrow we
will bounce up to 5th.
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Weekend Games
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Chelsea (1) 1 Arsenal (1) 1
Thierry Henry clipped in a Robert Pires cross after 17 minutes to
give Arsenal the lead in the London derby at Chelsea.
But when Gianfranco Zola was pulled down Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink stepped
up to make it 1-1. But then he blotted his copy book by being sent
off for a foul on Martin Keown.
Chelsea: de Goey, Desailly, Gallas, Terry, Le Saux, Lampard,
Petit, Zenden (Melchiot 90), Gronkjaer (Stanic 83), Hasselbaink, Zola.
Subs Not Used: Jokanovic, Gudjohnsen, Bosnich.
Sent Off: Hasselbaink (71).
Booked: Gronkjaer. Goals: Hasselbaink 31 pen.
Arsenal: Seaman, Cole, Keown, Adams (Campbell 77), Grimandi,
Lauren, van Bronckhorst, Pires, Henry, Wiltord (Ljungberg 86), Bergkamp
(Kanu 69).
Subs Not Used: Inamoto, Wright.
Booked: Pires, Cole, van Bronckhorst, Keown, Grimandi. Goals: Henry
17.
Att: 40,855 Ref: M Riley (Leeds)
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Derby (0) 0 West Ham (0) 0
Shaka Hislop made a string of great saves to earn West Ham
a 0-0 draw at Derby
Derby: Oakes, Boertien, Riggott, Higginbotham, Mawene, Burley,
Powell, Johnson, Kinkladze, Ravanelli, Burton (Morris 80).
Subs Not Used: Grant, Daino, Murray, Valakari.
Booked: Ravanelli, Burley, Riggott, Johnson, Burton.
West Ham: Hislop, Winterburn, Song, Dailly, Schemmel, Sinclair,
Carrick, Hutchison, Cole (Moncur 85), Kanoute (Todorov 54), Di Canio
(Defoe 80).
Subs Not Used: Forrest, Soma.
Booked: Hutchison, Dailly.
Att: 27,802 Ref: C Wilkes (Gloucester).
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Leeds (0) 0 Bolton (0) 0
Sam Allardyce's Bolton new boys - billed as no-hopers - stay
on top of the Premiership after a 0-0 draw with Leeds at Elland
Road. The Trotters strung five men across the middle and left Michael
Ricketts as a lone striker and restricted United to one chance. It
fell to the unmarked Mark Viduka from a Harry Kewell cross but the
Australian headed wide.
Leeds: Martyn, Kelly, Ferdinand, Matteo, Harte, Wilcox (Bakke
59), Dacourt, Batty, Kewell, Viduka, Keane.
Subs Not Used: Woodgate, Robinson, McPhail, Maybury.
Booked: Dacourt.
Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Charlton, Bergsson, Farrelly, Whitlow,
Frandsen, Nolan, Pedersen, Barness, Hansen (Richardson 82), Ricketts
(Holdsworth 84).
Subs Not Used: Banks, Marshall, Nishizawa.
Booked: Whitlow.
Att: 40,153 Ref: S Bennett (Kent).
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Leicester (0) 1 Ipswich (1) 1
Leicester earned their first point of the season when Dean
Sturridge gave them a last-gasp equaliser at home to Ipswich.
Marcus Stewart put the Ipswich in front but then Town had Matteo Sereni,
their goalkeeper, sent off after a clash with Robbie Savage, only
for Muzzy Izzet to blast the penalty over the top. City's Lee Marshall
was also shown the red card for a foul and time was running out when
Sturridge netted at the second attempt to make it 1-1.
Leicester: Walker, Sinclair (Stewart 45), Marshall, Elliott,
Impey, Davidson, Savage, Lewis, Izzet, Akinbiyi (Sturridge 63), Scowcroft.
Subs Not Used: Flowers, Delaney, Jones.
Sent Off: Marshall (82).
Booked: Akinbiyi, Savage, Izzet. Goals: Sturridge 90.
Ipswich: Sereni, Makin, Hreidarsson, Bramble, McGreal, George
(Branagan 61), Holland, Magilton, Wright, Reuser, Stewart (Armstrong
89).
Subs Not Used: Clapham, Venus, Counago.
Sent Off: Sereni (58). Booked: Makin, Reuser, Magilton. Goals: Stewart
13.
Att: 18,774 Ref: B Knight (Orpington).
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Liverpool (0) 1 Aston Villa (1) 3
Liverpool suffered a shock 3-1 home defeat by Aston Villa
and into the bargain had England hero Steven Gerrard sent off for
a knee-high tackle. Dion Dublin headed in a Paul Merson cross but
Gerrard nodded in the equaliser form six yards to level. Lee Hendrie
but Villa in front and, with the Reds down to 10 men, Darius Vassell
added a third four minutes from time.
Liverpool: Dudek, Henchoz (Murphy 76), Hyypia, Riise (Vignal
60), Carragher, McAllister, Barmby (Owen 60), Hamann, Gerrard, Heskey,
Fowler.
Subs Not Used: Biscan, Arphexad.
Sent Off: Gerrard (74).
Booked: Barmby, Carragher, Vignal. Goals: Gerrard 46.
Aston Villa: Schmeichel, Delaney, Wright, Mellberg, Alpay,
Boateng, Hendrie (Staunton 89), Merson (Hadji 70), Kachloul, Vassell,
Dublin.
Subs Not Used: Enckelman, Ginola, Balaban.
Booked: Mellberg, Alpay. Goals: Dublin 31, Hendrie 55, Vassell 86.
Att: 44,102 Ref: A D'Urso (Billericay).
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Man Utd (2) 4 Everton (0) 1
Juan Sebastian Veron looked worth every penny of his £28.1million
fee as he starred in Manchester United's 4-1 win over Everton
who started the day in second spot. The former Lazio midfielder rounded
off a brilliant move to claim the first, an unmarked Andy Cole lashed
in the second and Quinton Fortune waltzed through for a third. The
Toffees pulled one back through Kevin Campbell but David Beckham,
coming on as a substitute, rounded off a good afternoon for the Red
Devils.
Man Utd: Barthez, Gary Neville (Silvestre 58), Brown, Blanc,
Phil Neville, Chadwick (Beckham 77), Veron, Keane, Fortune, Cole,
Yorke (van Nistelrooy 78).
Subs Not Used: Carroll, Giggs.
Goals: Veron 22, Cole 40, Fortune 46, Beckham 90.
Everton: Gerrard, Unsworth, Stubbs (Tal 75), Weir (Xavier 65),
Watson, Alexandersson (Moore 65), Gemmill, Pembridge, Pistone, Campbell,
Ferguson.
Subs Not Used: Simonsen, Chadwick.
Booked: Weir. Goals: Campbell 68.
Att: 67,534 Ref: D Gallagher (Banbury).
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Saturday 08 Sept 2001 |
Middlesbrough (1) 1 Newcastle (1) 4
Middlesbrough scored their first goal of the new campaign when
Colin Cooper put them ahead in the Tyne-Tees derby but, after goalkeeper
Mark Schwarzer was sent off for a professional foul the roof fell
in as Newcastle won 4-1. Alan Shearer scored from the spot
and Nikos Dabizas and Laurent Robert netted before Shearer grabbed
his second as he got his first goals since last November. In between
Boro's Jonathan Greening had a penalty saved by Shay Given.
Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Vickers, Fleming, Southgate, Cooper,
Johnston (Job 77), Mustoe, Ince, Greening, Deane, Windass (Crossley
32).
Subs Not Used: Gavin, Wilson, Nemeth.
Sent Off: Schwarzer (31).
Booked: Ince. Goals: Cooper 4.
Newcastle: Given, Barton (O'Brien 77), Dabizas, Hughes, Elliott,
Solano, Acuna, Lee, Robert, Shearer (Ameobi 81), Bellamy (Lua-Lua
81).
Subs Not Used: Bassedas, Harper.
Booked: Lee, Bellamy, Given. Goals: Shearer 34 pen, Dabizas 59, Robert
62, Shearer 76.
Att: 30,004 Ref: G Poll (Tring).
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Sunday 08 Sept 2001 |
Sunderland (0) 1 Blackburn (0) 0
Sunderland's game with Blackburn was heading to a 0-0
draw until Niall Quinn popped up nine minutes from the end to make
it 1-0. The big Irishman was then the hero at the other end when he
headed off the line with Thomas Sorensen beaten.
Sunderland: Sorensen, Haas, Gray, Craddock, McCartney, Rae
(Kilbane 76), Schwarz, McCann, Arca, Phillips, Laslandes (Quinn 62).
Subs Not Used: Ingham, Williams, Bellion.
Booked: McCartney, Arca. Goals: Quinn 81.
Blackburn: Friedel, Berg, Bjornebye, Taylor, Duff, Flitcroft,
Mahon (Hughes 60), Gillespie (McAteer 72), Jansen, Neil, Bent (Tugay
60).
Subs Not Used: Hignett, Miller.
Booked: Gillespie, Hughes, Berg.
Att: 45,103 Ref: M Dean (The Wirral).
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Sunday 09 Sept 2001 |
Charlton (13) v Fulham (7)
Charlton are without Richard Rufus, who underwent surgery on knee
ligament damage sustained during his first appearance of the season
at Ipswich and will be out for six months.
Steve Brown or Andy Todd, who has asked for a transfer from The Valley,
will replace him.
Fulham's new £11.5million striker Steve Marlet is not expected to
make his debut.
Marlet, who moved from Lyon last week, has been handed the number
nine shirt but is unlikely to play after sustaining an injury while
with the French team in Chile at the weekend.
Luis Boa Morte is available for the first time in the campaign after
sitting out the first three Premiership matches due to a suspension
held over from last season.
Last season: No corresponding fixture
Last five league matches: Charlton W L L L W, Fulham D L L W D
Top scorers: Jonatan Johansson and Kevin Lisbie (Charlton) both 1
Louis Saha (Fulham) 3
Ref: J Winter (Stockton-on-Tees)
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Sunday 09 Sept 2001 |
Tottenham (16) v Southampton (18)
Glenn Hoddle must inspect a parade of his walking wounded before he
can even name a squad.
Gustavo Poyet starts a three-match suspension and eight players are
on the treatment table as well as long-term absentees Stephen Carr,
Chris Armstrong, Willem Korsten, Anthony Gardner and Ben Thatcher.
Southampton manager Stuart Gray will be without Norwegian defender
Claus Lundekvam as his side try and win their first points of the
season. Tahar El Khalej is expected to deputise for Lundekvam who
serves a one-match ban after being sent off at Leeds last month.
Midfielder Chris Marsden has an ankle injury while Matt Le Tissier
is battling to recover from a calf injury and captain Jason Dodd is
still ruled out by a long-term knee problem.
Last season: Tottenham 0 Southampton 0, Southampton 2 Tottenham 0
Last five league matches: Tottenham L W D D L, Southampton L W W L
L
Top scorers: Darren Anderton and Christian Ziege (Tottenham) both
1
Southampton - no scorers
Ref: A Wiley (Burntwood)
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