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Fulham 3-0 Middlesbrough - December 20, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 18

Craven Cottage - London - England

December 20, 2008

Fulham

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Jimmy Bullard

41'

(penalty) Danny Murphy

54'

Clint Dempsey

59'

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30' - Substitution Zoltán Gerais substituted by Bobby Zamora30

41' - Goal Jimmy Bullard41

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46' - Substitution Julio Arcais substituted by Mido

54' - Goal Danny Murphy54

59' - Goal Clint Dempsey59

79' - Substitution Danny Murphyis substituted by Dickson Etuhu79

80' - Substitution Adam Johnsonis substituted by Marvin Emnes

85' - Substitution Jimmy Bullardis substituted by Leon Andreasen85

85' - Substitution Robert Huthis substituted by Andrew Taylor

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Fulham

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Fulham Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Fulham

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Johnson

Andy Johnson

England

B.date10/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m70

positionStriker

Dempsey59

Clint Dempsey

United States

B.date09/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Forward

Gera30

Zoltán Gera

Hungary

B.date22/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

Davies

Simon Davies

Wales

B.date23/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Murphy5479

Danny Murphy

England

B.date18/03/1977

Age31 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Bullard4185

Jimmy Bullard

England

B.date23/10/1978

Age30 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Konchesky

Paul Konchesky

England

B.date15/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Hangeland

Brede Hangeland

Norway

B.date20/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m99

positionLeft central defender

Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Paintsil

John Paintsil

Ghana

B.date15/06/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age36 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		36	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brede Hangeland		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Aaron Hughes		29	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Paintsil		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul Konchesky		27	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Bullard	4185	30	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Danny Murphy	5479	31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Simon Davies		29	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zoltán Gera	30	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Johnson		27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Clint Dempsey	59	25	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Tuncay

Sanli Tuncay

Turkey

B.date16/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Aliadière

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Johnson80

Adam Johnson

England

B.date14/07/1987

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Arca46

Julio Arca

Argentina

B.date31/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Shawky

Mohamed Shawky

Egypt

B.date05/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pogatetz

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Huth85

Robert Huth

Germany

B.date18/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Riggott

Chris Riggott

England

B.date01/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

McMahon

Tony McMahon

England

B.date24/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Turnbull

Ross Turnbull

England

B.date04/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ross Turnbull		23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robert Huth	85	24	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Chris Riggott		28	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz		25	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tony McMahon		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Shawky		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Julio Arca	46	27	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Johnson	80	21	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Sanli Tuncay		26	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		24	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière		25	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Dickson Etuhu	79	26	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Leon Andreasen	85	25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Bobby Zamora	30	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Andrew Taylor	85	22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mido	46	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marvin Emnes	80	20	7	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

Mohamed Shawky

Didier Digard

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roy Hodgson

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Hodgson vs Middlesbrough

1 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2008

Hodgson vs Southgate

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

112

Success rate in this team:

29 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

29 %

Southgate vs Fulham

3 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 20, 2008

Southgate vs Hodgson

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 20, 2008

Referee

Keith Stroud

9 victories	5 draws	5 losses	Fulham19 matches	General total	Middlesbrough26 matches	8 victories	6 draws	12 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Fulham2 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 10, 2022					Latest figure on May 04, 2024

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Key figures

End of streak for Fulham after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 22/11/2008).

Aaron Hughes played his game number 50 in his professional career with Fulham

No Middlesbrough manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Gareth Southgate has done less than 1.11 goals scored per game in Premier League.

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFulham 1-2 West Ham27/09/2008

DFulham 0-0 Sunderland18/10/2008

VFulham 2-0 Wigan29/10/2008

VFulham 2-1 Newcastle United09/11/2008

VFulham 2-1 Tottenham15/11/2008

DFulham 1-1 Manchester City06/12/2008

Overall

VFulham 2-1 Newcastle United09/11/2008

VFulham 2-1 Tottenham15/11/2008

DLiverpool 0-0 Fulham22/11/2008

DAston Villa 0-0 Fulham29/11/2008

DFulham 1-1 Manchester City06/12/2008

DStoke City 0-0 Fulham13/12/2008

Current form

Away

LManchester United 3-1 Middlesbrough23/09/2008

VWigan 0-1 Middlesbrough04/10/2008

DBlackburn 1-1 Middlesbrough25/10/2008

VAston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough09/11/2008

DEverton 1-1 Middlesbrough16/11/2008

LHull City 2-1 Middlesbrough06/12/2008

Overall

VAston Villa 1-2 Middlesbrough09/11/2008

DEverton 1-1 Middlesbrough16/11/2008

LMiddlesbrough 1-3 Bolton Wanderers22/11/2008

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Newcastle United29/11/2008

LHull City 2-1 Middlesbrough06/12/2008

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Arsenal13/12/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	5	6
Winless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	6	2
Conceding streak	4	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

112	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	105
12	FBDB index ranking (National)	11

Results

16	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
6	Draws (Competition total)	5
2	Draws (Home / Away)	2
5	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

13	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	8
12	Goals conceded (Competition total)	24
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
0.81	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.41
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.38

Betting aid

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

Bookings

17	Yellow cards (Competition total)	23
13	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Andy Johnson	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Mido
Andy Johnson	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Sanli Tuncay
Danny Murphy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Danny Murphy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Jimmy Bullard	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Sanli Tuncay
Jimmy Bullard	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Andy Johnson	4 goals during the last 8 matches	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 2 matches	Sanli Tuncay

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

14 v

3 d

10 l

41 gf

38 ga

Away

27 matches

7 v

4 d

16 l

32 gf

53 ga

Total

54 matches

21 v

7 d

26 l

73 gf

91 ga

Historical head to head

Home

27 matches

16 v

4 d

7 l

53 gf

32 ga

Away

27 matches

10 v

3 d

14 l

38 gf

41 ga

Total

54 matches

26 v

7 d

21 l

91 gf

73 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	January 19, 1952
Home	6 - 0	January 19, 1952

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	November 20, 1926
Away	4 - 0	March 19, 1974

Latest head to head

February 09, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

1 - 0

Fulham

August 18, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Fulham

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

May 13, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

3 - 1

Fulham

December 18, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Fulham

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

May 07, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Fulham

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Steve Marlet	3 goals	2002 - 2003
Brian McBride	3 goals	2005 - 2007
Heidar Helguson	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Louis Saha	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Sean Davis	2 goals	2002 - 2003
Collins John	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Fulham

Szilard Nemeth	4 goals	2002 - 2004
Mark Viduka	4 goals	2004 - 2007
Massimo Maccarone	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Yakubu Ayegbeni	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Colin Cooper	1 goal	2002 - 2002
Lee Cattermole	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Steed Malbranque	9 matches	2002 - 2006
Alain Goma	8 matches	2002 - 2005
Zat Knight	8 matches	2002 - 2007
Sylvain Legwinski	8 matches	2002 - 2005
Brian McBride	8 matches	2004 - 2008
Moritz Volz	7 matches	2003 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/01/2002. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Fulham

George Boateng	10 matches	2002 - 2008
Mark Schwarzer	9 matches	2002 - 2008
Gareth Southgate	9 matches	2002 - 2005
Szilard Nemeth	8 matches	2002 - 2005
Stewart Downing	6 matches	2004 - 2008
Franck Queudrue	6 matches	2002 - 2005