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Fulham 0-1 Manchester City - December 28, 2002 / Premier League 2002/2003

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Premier League 2002/2003 - Round 21

Craven Cottage - London - England

December 28, 2002

17 937

Fulham

0 - 1

Manchester City

84'

Nicolas Anelka

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36' - Substitution Eyal Berkovicis substituted by Jihai Sun

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64' - Substitution Martin Djetouis substituted by Sylvain Legwinski64

69' - Substitution Darren Huckerbyis substituted by Shaun Wright-Phillips

77' - Substitution Steed Malbranqueis substituted by Elvis Hammond77

84' - Goal Nicolas Anelka

87' - Substitution Ali Benarbiais substituted by Gerard Wiekens

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Fulham

0 - 1

Manchester City

Fulham Manchester City

Team line-ups

Fulham

Taylor

Maik Taylor

Northern Ireland

B.date04/09/1971

Age31 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Djetou64

Martin Djetou

France

B.date15/12/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age22 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

Goma

Alain Goma

France

B.date05/10/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Brevett

Rufus Brevett

England

B.date24/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Finnan

Steve Finnan

Republic of Ireland

B.date24/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

Davis

Sean Davis

England

B.date20/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Goldbaek

Bjarne Goldbaek

Denmark

B.date06/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight central midfielder

Malbranque77

Steed Malbranque

France

B.date06/01/1980

Age22 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

Marlet

Steve Marlet

France

B.date10/01/1974

Age28 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

Sava

Facundo Sava

Argentina

B.date07/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Maik Taylor		31	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Martin Djetou	64	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Zat Knight		22	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alain Goma		30	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rufus Brevett		33	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Finnan		26	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Davis		23	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bjarne Goldbaek		34	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steed Malbranque	77	22	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Steve Marlet		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Facundo Sava		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Manchester City

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age39 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Howey

Steve Howey

England

B.date26/10/1971

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Dunne

Richard Dunne

Republic of Ireland

B.date21/09/1979

Age23 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Horlock

Kevin Horlock

Northern Ireland

B.date01/11/1972

Age30 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Jensen

Niclas Jensen

Denmark

B.date17/08/1974

Age28 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

Foé

Marc-Vivien Foé

Cameroon

B.date01/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

Huckerby69

Darren Huckerby

England

B.date23/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Midfielder

Benarbia87

Ali Benarbia

Algeria

B.date08/10/1968

Age34 years

H1m71

positionCentre Midfield

Berkovic36

Eyal Berkovic

Israel

B.date02/04/1972

Age30 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Anelka84

Nicolas Anelka

France

B.date14/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		39	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Howey		31	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Richard Dunne		23	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kevin Horlock		30	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Niclas Jensen		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marc-Vivien Foé		27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Huckerby	69	26	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ali Benarbia	87	34	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Eyal Berkovic	36	30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	84	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Sylvain Legwinski	64	29	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Elvis Hammond	77	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jihai Sun	36	25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gerard Wiekens	87	29	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Shaun Wright-Phillips	69	21	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Martin Djetou

Andy Melville

OUT

Zat Knight

Sylvain Legwinski

OUT

Bjarne Goldbaek

Pierre Womé

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Niclas Jensen

Danny Tiatto

OUT

Darren Huckerby

Shaun Wright-Phillips

OUT

Ali Benarbia

Shaun Goater

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Jean Tigana

138

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Tigana vs Manchester City

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Tigana vs Keegan

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Kevin Keegan

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Keegan vs Fulham

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Keegan vs Tigana

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 28, 2002

Referee

Paul Durkin

6 victories	2 draws	4 losses	Fulham12 matches	General total	Manchester City14 matches	6 victories	4 draws	4 losses
1 victory	2 draws	1 loss	Fulham4 matches	Season total	Manchester City4 matches	2 victories	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 04, 2004					Latest figure on February 08, 2004

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Key figures

Fulham keeps its 4 consecutive losses vs Manchester City in Premier League running (since 22/04/1967). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 24/11/1962 (3 matches)

Manchester City keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss away from home running (since 09/12/2002).

Fulham keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a win running (since 12/12/2002).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFulham 3-1 Bury06/11/2002

VFulham 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb14/11/2002

VFulham 3-2 Liverpool23/11/2002

VFulham 1-0 Leeds United07/12/2002

DFulham 0-0 Hertha Berlin12/12/2002

LFulham 0-1 Birmingham City15/12/2002

Overall

LWigan 2-1 Fulham04/12/2002

VFulham 1-0 Leeds United07/12/2002

DFulham 0-0 Hertha Berlin12/12/2002

LFulham 0-1 Birmingham City15/12/2002

LNewcastle United 2-0 Fulham21/12/2002

DWest Ham 1-1 Fulham26/12/2002

Current form

Away

VBirmingham City 0-2 Manchester City26/10/2002

VWest Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester City02/11/2002

LWigan 1-0 Manchester City05/11/2002

LMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester City23/11/2002

VSunderland 0-3 Manchester City09/12/2002

DCharlton 2-2 Manchester City14/12/2002

Overall

LMiddlesbrough 3-1 Manchester City23/11/2002

VManchester City 2-0 Bolton Wanderers30/11/2002

VSunderland 0-3 Manchester City09/12/2002

DCharlton 2-2 Manchester City14/12/2002

LManchester City 2-3 Tottenham23/12/2002

VManchester City 3-1 Aston Villa26/12/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	2	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	2	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	3	6
Conceding streak	1	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

20	Number of games (Competition total)	20
10	Number of games (Home / Away)	10
6	Victories (Competition total)	8
5	Victories (Home / Away)	3
5	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
9	Losses (Competition total)	9
3	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

23	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	11
26	Goals conceded (Competition total)	29
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	14
1.15	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.1
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.45
0.9	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.4

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	13
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	6
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
8	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	7
4	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	9
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-3 (1 times)

Bookings

35	Yellow cards (Competition total)	27
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
5	Red cards (Competition total)	3
2	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Facundo Sava	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	8 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Sylvain Legwinski	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Nicolas Anelka
Steed Malbranque	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Steed Malbranque	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Facundo Sava	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 4 matches	Marc-Vivien Foé

Historical head to head

Home

19 matches

10 v

4 d

5 l

44 gf

33 ga

Away

18 matches

3 v

3 d

12 l

22 gf

47 ga

Total

37 matches

13 v

7 d

17 l

66 gf

80 ga

Historical head to head

Home

18 matches

12 v

3 d

3 l

47 gf

22 ga

Away

19 matches

5 v

4 d

10 l

33 gf

44 ga

Total

37 matches

17 v

7 d

13 l

80 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 17, 1984
Home	5 - 1	March 17, 1984

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	January 16, 2000
Away	5 - 2	January 15, 1927

Latest head to head

January 16, 2000 - First Division 1999/2000

Manchester City

4 - 0

Fulham

August 14, 1999 - First Division 1999/2000

Fulham

0 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

January 16, 1999 - Second Division 1998/1999

Manchester City

3 - 0

Fulham

August 14, 1998 - Second Division 1998/1999

Fulham

3 - 0

Manchester City logo Manchester City

December 22, 1984 - Division 2 1984/1985

Fulham

3 - 2

Manchester City logo Manchester City

Best historical scorers against Manchester City

Allan Clarke	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Maurice Cook	3 goals	1960 - 1963
Steve Earle	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Graham Leggat	2 goals	1960 - 1962
Pat O'Connell	2 goals	1961 - 1963
Alan Mullery	1 goal	1961 - 1961

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Fulham

Neil Young	4 goals	1966 - 1968
Mike Summerbee	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Gerry Baker	3 goals	1960 - 1961
Colin Bell	3 goals	1967 - 1968
Joe Hayes	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Francis Lee	2 goals	1967 - 1968

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Manchester City

Johnny Haynes	9 matches	1960 - 1968
George Cohen	8 matches	1960 - 1967
Stanley Brown	7 matches	1962 - 1968
Tony Macedo	7 matches	1961 - 1967
Ernest J Langley	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Edward Lowe	6 matches	1960 - 1963

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 24/12/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Fulham

Bobby Kennedy	6 matches	1961 - 1968
David Wagstaffe	6 matches	1960 - 1963
Neil Young	5 matches	1962 - 1968
Mike Summerbee	5 matches	1966 - 1968
Harry Dowd	5 matches	1962 - 1967
Tony Book	5 matches	1966 - 1968