Match thread Vs Fulham

Its got to be 3 points in the bag ! I just cant get use to this ! I expect 3 points every game

Looking at the stats this has home banker written all over it. But, lol . . . . . . . .


At Tottenham Hotspur
(36)
Results Total %

Tottenham Hotspur 22 wins(61.11%)

Fulham 2 wins(5.56%)

Draws 12 (33.33%)
Goals Total Av.pg

Tottenham Hotspur 66 (1.83pg)

Fulham 28 (0.78pg)

Record Scores

Highest Aggregate 7 Fulham 3 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur 1966/1967

Highest Tottenham Hotspur score: 5 Tottenham Hotspur 5 - 1 Fulham 2007/2008

Highest Fulham score: 4 Fulham 4 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1964/1965




Match-by-match
Season Date Home Score Away Competition
2010/2011 Sat 16 Oct Fulham 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2009/2010 Wed 24 Mar Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Fulham F.A. Cup
2009/2010 Sat 06 Mar Fulham 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup
2009/2010 Tue 26 Jan Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Fulham Premier League
2009/2010 Sat 26 Dec Fulham 0 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2008/2009 Fri 26 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Fulham Premier League
2008/2009 Sat 15 Nov Fulham 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2007/2008 Wed 26 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 5 - 1 Fulham Premier League
2007/2008 Sat 01 Sep Fulham 3 - 3 Tottenham Hotspur Premier League
2006/2007 Sun 18 Feb Fulham 0 - 4 Tottenham Hotspur F.A. Cup
2006/2007 Sat 20 Jan Fulham 1 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2006/2007 Sun 17 Sep Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 0 Fulham Premiership
2005/2006 Tue 31 Jan Fulham 1 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2005/2006 Mon 26 Sep Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Fulham Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 26 Feb Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Fulham Premiership
2004/2005 Sat 30 Oct Fulham 2 - 0 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 31 Jan Fulham 2 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2003/2004 Sat 30 Aug Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 3 Fulham Premiership
2002/2003 Mon 24 Feb Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 1 Fulham Premiership
2002/2003 Wed 11 Sep Fulham 3 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2001/2002 Sun 24 Mar Fulham 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur Premiership
2001/2002 Sat 15 Dec Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Fulham Premiership
2001/2002 Thu 29 Nov Fulham 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur League Cup
1999/2000 Wed 01 Dec Fulham 3 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur League Cup

Hope Harry treats the game seriously and does'nt field a weakened team. Old lemon lips tried that against Wigan , and dropped points.

hopefully my pav and 4 0 wil come true lol

morrisey once sung a song called there is a light that never goes out well if we smash fulham then i think mark hughes light wil be out and he will be gone lol

Probable starters .

Barclays Premier League
Venue: White Hart Lane Date: Saturday, 1 January Kick-off: 1500 GMT
Coverage: Watch highlights on Match of the Day; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC London; text commentary on BBC Sport website and mobiles


TEAM NEWS
Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul begins a three-match suspension as a result of his red card for clashing heads with Newcastle's Cheik Tiote.

William Gallas makes a timely return from a hamstring strain, but Robbie Keane is a doubt with a similar injury.

Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer will play his last game before flying out to the Asian Cup to represent Australia.

Forward Mousa Dembele is nearing a return after a seven-week absence with an ankle injury.



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Tottenham

Suspended: Defoe (two matches), Kaboul (three matches)

Doubtful: Keane (hamstring)

Injured: Cudicini (shoulder), Huddlestone (ankle), King (groin), O'Hara (back)

Fulham

Doubtful: Dembele (ankle)

Injured: Briggs & Senderos (both calf), Stoor (groin), Zamora (leg)


MATCH PREVIEW
Having won with 10 men for the second successive match following Younes Kaboul's red card for butting a Newcastle opponent, Tottenham now have a head-to-head in their favour.

They have only lost once in 63 years at home to Fulham and ended the west London side's unbeaten start in the league in October.

Tottenham's recent form has fuelled talk of a title challenge, and anything must feel possible at White Hart Lane these days. Conversely, Fulham begin the year in the bottom three and there were question marks over the future of manager Mark Hughes following the home defeat by West Ham on Boxing Day.

Fulham's subsequent victory at Stoke - their first away win since the opening day of last season - was as deserved as it was unexpected, with Chris Baird scoring his first goals since March 2007. Hughes described the performance as immense; for once, Fulham looked good in khaki.

They displayed a resilience in that game that has been a trademark of Tottenham's performances over the festive period. With their mix of perspiration and inspiration, it is little wonder that Spurs' title odds have shrunk to 20-1.


MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head

• Tottenham's only home defeat by Fulham in 26 league and cup meetings since 1948 was a 3-0 Premier League reverse in August 2003 (W18, D7, L1).

• Fulham are winless in six subsequent league visits to White Hart Lane, scoring only once in that sequence.

• Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has won his last four league matches against Fulham counterpart Mark Hughes. In total, they have six wins each from 13 Premier League meetings.

Tottenham

• Spurs have won their last three New Year's Day fixtures at White Hart Lane since losing 2-1 to Coventry in 1994.

• They are unbeaten in their last eight league matches (W5, D3). If they avoid defeat on Saturday it will be their longest streak without defeat since a nine-match run ended in March 1999.

• Tottenham are the first top-flight club since Southampton in 1998 to have won two successive league games despite having a player sent off in both.

• Harry Redknapp's side have gained 16 points from losing positions this season - by far the best record in the division.

Fulham

• Fulham won their first Premier League away game in 27 attempts at Stoke on 28 December.

• They are vying for back-to-back league wins for the first time in 11 months.

• The Cottagers have failed to win any of their last 33 away matches in London since beating Tottenham in August 2003.

• Mark Hughes's side have dropped 13 points from winning positions, more than any other club in the division.

• Fulham's Simon Davies, Stephen Kelly and Danny Murphy are all former Tottenham players.


LEADING GOALSCORERS


Tottenham

Van der Vaart: 10 goals (8 league); Bale: 10 goals (6 league)



Fulham

Dempsey: 6 goals (5 league)


MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Michael Jones

Assistant referees: Will Smallwood & Glenn Turner

Fourth official: Mike Russell


LAST LEAGUE MATCH LINE-UPS
Tottenham (W2-0 v Newcastle, h): Gomes; Hutton, Dawson, Kaboul, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios (Jenas 46), Modric, Bale, Pavlyuchenko (Bassong 66), Van der Vaart (Crouch 72). Subs not used: Pletikosa, Keane, Kranjcar, Corluka.

Fulham (W2-0 v Stoke, a): Schwarzer; Pantsil, Hangeland, Hughes, Baird, Davies, Murphy, Etuhu, Duff, Dempsey, A Johnson. Subs not used: Stockdale, Salcido, Gera, Kamara, Dikgacoi, Greening, Halliche.

I lol'd at the predeictions for this game jim 5-1 lol wtf this was our 3rd game in a week funny though

Gareth Bale's 11th goal of the season gave Tottenham victory over struggling Fulham to lift the North Londoners into the Champions League places.

Bale rose to head Rafael van der Vaart's free-kick past Mark Schwarzer at the end of a drab first half.

Spurs were indebted to Michael Dawson for a goal-line clearance following an Andy Johnson shot to preserve the lead.

It was the closest Fulham came to a goal and defeat leaves them in the bottom three. Spurs, though, march on.

Those connected to Tottenham are likely to play it down, but their now eight-game unbeaten run is sure to do little to quash suggestions they are well-armed for a title push this year.

If the sign of a championship-challenging side is that they win when not playing well, then, on the evidence of this, Harry Redknapp's side will be in the mix at the top of the table come May.

The home side were far from their best at White Hart Lane, particularly in a first half that saw a dearth of goal-bound efforts and a strong containing effort from Fulham.

However, the win was Spurs' - lifting them into the top four at Chelsea's expense - and, for the first time in three victorious matches, they managed to finish with all 11 men on the pitch.

Fulham have a right to feel somewhat aggrieved that they take nothing away from an encounter in which they showed the same resilience and commitment that earned them their first away win in 27 attempts at Stoke last Tuesday.

But for all their threatening potential the Cottagers demonstrated on the counter-attack, they lacked a killer punch in the final third and it cost them as their winless run at London clubs is extended to 34 matches and they remain in 18th place in the table.

Bale's goal was the only highlight of a first half in which Tottenham's Luka Modric was lively and central midfield partner Van der Vaart flattered to deceive, while lone Fulham front-man Johnson moved well but was denied shooting opportunities.

The first meaningful effort was not until the 20th minute, which Fulham's Clint Dempsey pulled wide from the edge of the penalty area, and the first home effort came 10 minutes later - Benoit Assou-Ekotto drawing a save from Mark Schwarzer with a 35-yard drive.

But with three minutes until half time, Bale broke the deadlock, cleverly directing a 12-yard header from Van der Vaart's central free-kick past the wrong-footed Schwarzer.

The goal is the Welsh winger's 11th of what has been a superb season thus far. He has now scored half his career goals in the first half of this campaign alone.

Spurs began the second 45 minutes in cruise control, facilitated by their lead, but a single-goal advantage is always fragile and Fulham almost exploited that during a five-minute spell midway through the half.

After some concerted pressure, Andy Johnson found space in the penalty area to fire goalwards from an angle eight yards out, which Heurelho Gomez could only palm across goal, but before the onrushing Clint Dempsey could capitalise Michael Dawson scrambled the ball to safety.

Bale could have made it a far more comfortable last quarter of an hour for the home side but for once he misjudged matters, blazing over from 12 yards following a cut-back from substitute Vedran Corluka.

Similarly, with five minutes to go, Aaron Lennon ran from his own half and jinked his way into a shooting opportunity in the Fulham box, but he fired his effort over when perhaps a pass to well-placed substitute Jermaine Jenas would have been a better option.

As it was, they were left hanging on as Fulham pressed for a late equaliser but they were able to resist the Cottagers best efforts.

Saturday, 1 January 2011

Barclays Premier League

Home Team Score Away Team Time
Tottenham 1-0 Fulham FT
(HT 1-0)
Bale 42



TOTTENHAM FULHAM Possession
Tottenham 58% Fulham 42%

Attempts on target
Tottenham 9 Fulham 4

Attempts off target
Tottenham 5 Fulham 8

Corners

Tottenham 5 Fulham 2

Fouls
Tottenham 11 Fulham 9

Full Time 90:00+3:23

Att: 35,603

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp on his side's 1-0 win over Fulham that means they have collected three wins out of three over the festive period: "It was a tough game and credit to Fulham, they played very well and put us under pressure. You could see an equaliser coming. But there are no easy games. We looked like one of two were running on empty. We played with 10 men Sunday and Tuesday but nine points from the week is fantastic."

1 or 2 looked on empty. well harry you have the best bloody sqaud in the league so use them. no wonder we get the most injuires.

so glad we hang on for the 3points but i thought we would of put fulham small sqaud to the swored today.

Yeah lought ! had to laugh at that one because harry covered the fact that you cant please everyone all of the time.

He said words to the effect that had he changed the team and not got a result (some) fans would say " why didnt he play his usual team " so he kept the same team (although kernackered) we won and everyone was happy ! except you of course !

just luck vdv didnt get injurd again. bale needs a rest so does modric or they willbe crooked soon . you telling me jenas crouch corluka sandro couldnt see of fulham

Surely they would rather play than train anyway

Loughtonlegend wrote:1 or 2 looked on empty. well harry you have the best bloody sqaud in the league so use them. no wonder we get the most injuires.

so glad we hang on for the 3points but i thought we would of put fulham small sqaud to the swored today.

The teams above us Lought all have had to cope with sat midweek sat games, its whos got the strongest squad and how you manage games, my guess is we just do less physical conditioning now and concentrate on set plays an finishing in training.