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Fulham 0-1 Chelsea - December 20, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 17

Craven Cottage - London - England

December 20, 2003

18 244

0 - 1

Chelsea

62'

Hernán Crespo

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8' - Substitution Damien Duffis substituted by Joe Cole

37' - Substitution Sean Davisis substituted by Martin Djetou37

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62' - Goal Hernán Crespo

69' - Substitution Jon Harleyis substituted by Barry Hayles69

84' - Substitution Joe Coleis substituted by Geremi

89' - Substitution Hernán Crespois substituted by William Gallas

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Fulham

0 - 1

Chelsea

Fulham Chelsea

Team line-ups

Fulham

1 Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age33 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Melville

Andy Melville

Wales

B.date29/11/1968

Age35 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

6 Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age23 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

3 Harley69

Jon Harley

England

B.date26/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

2 Volz

Moritz Volz

Germany

B.date21/01/1983

Age20 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

5 Legwinski

Sylvain Legwinski

France

B.date06/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

23 Davis37

Sean Davis

England

B.date20/09/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

11 Boa Morte

Luis Boa Morte

Portugal

B.date04/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

10 Clark

Lee Clark

England

B.date27/10/1972

Age31 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

14 Malbranque

Steed Malbranque

France

B.date06/01/1980

Age23 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

8 Saha

Louis Saha

France

B.date08/08/1978

Age25 years

H1m81

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Edwin Van der Sar		33	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Andy Melville		35	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Zat Knight		23	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jon Harley	69	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Moritz Volz		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Sylvain Legwinski		30	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Sean Davis	37	24	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Luis Boa Morte		26	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lee Clark		31	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Steed Malbranque		23	118	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	F	Louis Saha		25	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Chelsea

23 Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Italy

B.date06/09/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

26 Terry

John Terry

England

B.date07/12/1980

Age23 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

6 Desailly

Marcel Desailly

France

B.date07/09/1968

Age35 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2 Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age19 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

18 Bridge

Wayne Bridge

England

B.date05/08/1980

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

4 Makélélé

Claude Makélélé

France

B.date18/02/1973

Age30 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Duff8

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

8 Lampard

Frank Lampard

England

B.date20/06/1978

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentre Midfield

30 Grönkjaer

Jesper Grönkjaer

Denmark

B.date12/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

21 Crespo6289

Hernán Crespo

Argentina

B.date05/07/1975

Age28 years

H1m84

positionStriker

7 Mutu

Adrian Mutu

Romania

B.date08/01/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Carlo Cudicini		30	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	John Terry		23	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Marcel Desailly		35	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Glen Johnson		19	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Wayne Bridge		23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Claude Makélélé		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff	8	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Frank Lampard		25	128	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	M	Jesper Grönkjaer		26	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Hernán Crespo	6289	28	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Adrian Mutu		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	D		Martin Djetou	37	29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F		Barry Hayles	69	31	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
14	D	Geremi	84	24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	William Gallas	89	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Cole	884	22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Bridge

William Gallas

OUT

Hernán Crespo

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink

OUT

Jesper Grönkjaer

Joe Cole

OUT

Carlo Cudicini

Neil Sullivan

OUT

Marcel Desailly

Geremi

OUT

Frank Lampard

Mario Melchiot

OUT

Adrian Mutu

Celestine Babayaro

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Coleman

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Coleman vs Chelsea

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Coleman vs Ranieri

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Claudio Ranieri

168

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Ranieri vs Fulham

3 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Ranieri vs Coleman

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2003

Referee

Mike Riley

6 victories	7 draws	8 losses	Fulham21 matches	General total	Chelsea41 matches	26 victories	11 draws	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	1 loss	Fulham3 matches	Season total	Chelsea2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 24, 2009					Latest figure on March 15, 2009

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Key figures

Fulham keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 02/11/2003).

Fulham keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a win vs Chelsea in Premier League running (since 12/09/1964). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 26/10/1963 (4 matches)

Chelsea keeps its 9 matches with at least one goal scored in Premier League running (since 18/10/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/01/2003-26/04/2003 time period (15 matches).

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFulham 2-0 Leicester04/10/2003

LFulham 2-3 Newcastle United15/10/2003

DFulham 0-0 Wolverhampton18/10/2003

LFulham 1-2 Liverpool02/11/2003

VFulham 2-0 Portsmouth24/11/2003

VFulham 2-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/2003

Overall

LFulham 1-2 Liverpool02/11/2003

LCharlton 3-1 Fulham08/11/2003

VFulham 2-0 Portsmouth24/11/2003

DArsenal 0-0 Fulham30/11/2003

VFulham 2-1 Bolton Wanderers06/12/2003

LLeeds United 3-2 Fulham14/12/2003

Current form

Away

VLazio 0-4 Chelsea04/11/2003

VSouthampton 0-1 Chelsea22/11/2003

VReading 0-1 Chelsea03/12/2003

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea06/12/2003

VBesiktas 0-2 Chelsea09/12/2003

LAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea17/12/2003

Overall

VChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

VReading 0-1 Chelsea03/12/2003

DLeeds United 1-1 Chelsea06/12/2003

VBesiktas 0-2 Chelsea09/12/2003

LChelsea 1-2 Bolton Wanderers13/12/2003

LAston Villa 2-1 Chelsea17/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	2	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	2
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	8	6
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	16
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
7	Victories (Competition total)	11
4	Victories (Home / Away)	5
4	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	2
2	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

28	Goals scored (Competition total)	30
14	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
22	Goals conceded (Competition total)	12
10	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	5
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.88
1.75	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.38	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.75
1.25	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.63

Betting aid

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

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	15
2	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Louis Saha	10 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Hernán Crespo
Louis Saha	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Hernán Crespo
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Frank Lampard
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Geremi
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Geremi
Louis Saha	10 goals during the last 16 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Hernán Crespo

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

6 v

6 d

15 l

35 gf

47 ga

Away

28 matches

2 v

12 d

14 l

18 gf

41 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

56 matches

8 v

18 d

30 l

53 gf

89 ga

Historical head to head

Home

28 matches

14 v

12 d

2 l

41 gf

18 ga

Away

27 matches

15 v

6 d

6 l

47 gf

35 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

56 matches

30 v

18 d

8 l

89 gf

53 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	February 14, 1951
Home	3 - 0	February 14, 1951

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	April 07, 1984
Away	3 - 0	August 28, 1965

Latest head to head

April 26, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Chelsea

1 - 1

Fulham

September 23, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Fulham

0 - 0

Chelsea

April 14, 2002 - FA Cup 2001/2002

Fulham

0 - 1

Chelsea

March 06, 2002 - Premier League 2001/2002

Chelsea

3 - 2

Fulham

September 30, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Fulham

1 - 1

Chelsea

Best historical scorers against Chelsea

Graham Leggat	4 goals	1960 - 1966
Louis Saha	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Pat O'Connell	2 goals	1960 - 1964
Joe Gilroy	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Tosh Chamberlain	1 goal	1962 - 1962
Barry Hayles	1 goal	2001 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Fulham

Jimmy Greaves	4 goals	1959 - 1961
Robert Tambling	4 goals	1962 - 1966
Barry Bridges	3 goals	1961 - 1965
Tommy Baldwin	2 goals	1967 - 1967
Charlie Livesey	2 goals	1959 - 1960
Ron Tindall	2 goals	1960 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Chelsea

George Cohen	13 matches	1960 - 1967
Johnny Haynes	12 matches	1960 - 1967
Tony Macedo	9 matches	1960 - 1967
Stanley Brown	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Bobby Robson	8 matches	1963 - 1967
Ernest J Langley	7 matches	1960 - 1965

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/09/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Fulham

Peter Bonetti	14 matches	1960 - 1967
Robert Tambling	10 matches	1961 - 1967
Marvin Hinton	10 matches	1963 - 1967
John Hollins	9 matches	1964 - 1967
Ron Harris	9 matches	1963 - 1967
Terry Venables	9 matches	1960 - 1966