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Saturday August 18, 2007 Finished Craven Cottage

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Fulham

  • McBride 16’

Middlesbrough

  • Mido 55’
  • Cattermole 88’
  1. Boro win controversial clash

    Boro win controversial clash

    A comical debut goal from Mido and a late Lee Cattermole winner helped Middlesbrough pick up their first points of the season with a 2-1 victory over Fulham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Middlesbrough
    • 90' AND FINALLY THERE IS THE FINAL WHISTLE - what a match - but we will be hearing lots more about this one. Boro take all three points though.
    • 90+3 The game is still going on - but Fulham are furious and rightly so.
    • 90' FULHAM HAVE A GOAL DISALLOWED - AND WRONGLY SO!!!!! David Healy puts in a Diop header - Schwarzer "saves" the effort but it went clearly over the line!!! The referee has disallowed it though. Fulham will be furious.
    • 88' BORO HAVE GONE IN FRONT - CATTERMOLE - the youngster scores but it was fantastic play by Aliadiere to set it up as he produced a great run down the right before slipping in a fantastic pass which Cattermole calmly placed in.
    • 83' It is Riggott's turn to miss a great chance at the other end as he heads Downing's corner over.
    • 81' CLINT DEMPSEY HAS JUST MISSED A SITTER - a low ball came all the way across the Boro box and fell nicely to Dempsey from just six yards out but the American placed it wide when it looked easier to score.
    • 75' Still all up for grabs here Lee Dong-Gook is on the pitch now for Boro he has replaced Mido who had a decent debut.
    • 72' David Wheater with an fantastic overhead kick but Tony Warner matches the effort with a superb save to keep the score 1-1.
    • 66' Strange scenes at the Cottage. Mido went down injured - Fulham kicked the ball out of play and then Lawrie Sanchez called all his players over for a team meeting on the touchline. Middlesbrough then wanted to throw the ball back in play but couldn't because there were no Fulham players on the pitch!
    • 61' Aliadiere, who has just been booked, now has a goal disallowed - he managed to get round Warner in the goal, but Konchesky was chasing back and Aliadiere pushed him out of the way to fire into the net.
    • 59' Kamara has the ball in the net but it won't count - Dempsey fouled Andrew Davies in the build-up.
    • 55' MIDO HAS LEVELLED FOR BORO!!!! A second howller in three days from Tony Warner - Mido put in a rather tame low shot that was going straight at the Fulham keeper but he somehow managed to let it slip in.
    • 49' Zat Knight gets his head on a Davies corner but it goes over the bar.
    • 46 Aliadiere is on for Tuncay at half-time, meanwhile in injury news - McBride has a dislocated left knee while Bouazza disloacted his left shoulder.
    • 46' We are back underway - about five minutes behind all the other games.
    • 45 And finally there sounds the half-time whistle.
    • 45' And Boro almost nick a goal as Mido does well to check back at the touchline and put in a low cross from Downing but Chris Baird does superb to challenge as the English winger tried to shoot.
    • 45 Boateng goes into the book for a heavy tackle.
    • 45' There will be three added minutes at the end of this half.
    • 40' Fulham come so close to going 2-0 up - Healy reacts so well to get on the end of Dempsey's knock down and puts in a quick shot but it is too straight and Schwarzer does well to push it away.
    • 38' The game is going through a bit of a lull at the moment but that will worry Gareth Southgate most - he needs his side to step up and show something.
    • 34' More bad news for Fulham as Hameur Bouazza is forced off - he has hurt his wrist it seems and looks in a lot of pain - Clint Dempsey is the man who comes on.
    • 30' Stewart Downing is known for his great left foot but it is his right boot that has let us down here - he found himself in a great position cutting inside but he is effort went well wide when he really should have hit the target.
    • 28' Cattermole has just fired a weak shot over the bar - but Boro again are looking weak going forward today.
    • 25' Kamara with a great chance to make it two but he can't put his header on target after a super cross from Bouazza. Should have been two.
    • 22' Mido gets a shot on target but it is straight at Warner as Boro continue to struggle.
    • 20' Bad news after the good news for Fulham fans. McBride's feet went from under him after putting into the net. He has gone off in a stretcher and Kamara has come on.
    • 16' FULHAM HAVE GONE IN FRONT - it is McBride!!!! A nicely worked move see Smertin played in on the right touchline, he then checks it back and McBride is there to fire in from close range.
    • 13' Really good spell of pressure being enjoyed by Boro - Cattermole has just fed in a great ball behind the defence to Tuncay - he then tries to check the ball back but it is cleared.
    • 11' Boro starting to get back into this game at bit more now with Mido looking lively up front.
    • 6' We have a change of referee Lee Mason has had to go off with a groin strain, Andy D'Urso comes in.
    • 5' Middlesbrough do all the early defending so far - the ball has been bouncing around the area somewhat and Boro don't look complete at ease back there.
    • 2' Good start from Fulham with Bouazza looking lively down the left - he has put in a great cross from the left - Schwarzer does well to punch out with Smertin firing the loose ball over from outside the box.
    • 1' A little late starting but we are underway here now at Craven Cottage.
    • - Fulham name the same team that won against Bolton in midweek - while Boro have Mido in their side for the first time he will partner fellow new signing Tuncay up front.
    • - Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Fulham v Middlesbrough - Fulham looking for a second win in a row, Boro under big pressure as they look for their first points of the season.

  • Team Stats

    Fulham Stats Middlesbrough
    55% Possession 44%
    17 Shots 10
    5 Shots on target 4
    0 Saves 0
    8 Corners 7
    12 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 8
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    10 Tackles 16
    174 Accurate passes 131
    54 Bad passes 23

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17 3 0
      6 Zatyiah Knight 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 14 4 3
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 19 0
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 2 1
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 4 1
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 25 3 0
      25 Simon Davies 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
      10 Steven Davis 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 21 4 2
      9 David Healy 0 4 2 1 2 2 0 12 3 1
      20 Brian McBride 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1
      13 Ricardo Batista 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 15 4 0
      2 Moritz Volz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Clint Dempsey 0 3 2 3 2 0 0 8 4 0
      14 Papa Bouba Diop 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
    • Middlesbrough
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Mark Schwarzer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      31 David Wheater 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 2
      33 Andrew Taylor 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 6 1
      24 Andrew Davies 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 10 1 6
      5 Chris Riggott 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 3
      3 Julio Arca 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 4 0
      7 George Boateng 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15 1 1
      27 Lee Cattermole 1 2 1 3 3 0 0 6 1 1
      19 Stewart Downing 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 10 4 2
      9 Ahmed Hossam Mido 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 11 2 0
      17 Tuncay Sanli 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 0
      22 Bradley Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Dong Gook Lee 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0
      11 Jeremie Aliadiere 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 4 0 0
      38 Sebastian Hines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Adam Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' BORO HAVE GONE IN FRONT - CATTERMOLE - the youngster scores but it was fantastic play by Aliadiere to set it up as he produced a great run down the right before slipping in a fantastic pass which Cattermole calmly placed in.
    • 81' CLINT DEMPSEY HAS JUST MISSED A SITTER - a low ball came all the way across the Boro box and fell nicely to Dempsey from just six yards out but the American placed it wide when it looked easier to score.
    • 55' MIDO HAS LEVELLED FOR BORO!!!! A second howller in three days from Tony Warner - Mido put in a rather tame low shot that was going straight at the Fulham keeper but he somehow managed to let it slip in.
    • 45' And Boro almost nick a goal as Mido does well to check back at the touchline and put in a low cross from Downing but Chris Baird does superb to challenge as the English winger tried to shoot.
    • 40' Fulham come so close to going 2-0 up - Healy reacts so well to get on the end of Dempsey's knock down and puts in a quick shot but it is too straight and Schwarzer does well to push it away.
    • 16' FULHAM HAVE GONE IN FRONT - it is McBride!!!! A nicely worked move see Smertin played in on the right touchline, he then checks it back and McBride is there to fire in from close range.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Fulham

    Manager: Lawrie Sanchez

    On the Field

    • Warner
    • Baird
    • Knight
    • Bocanegra
    • Konchesky
    • Davies
    • Davis
    • Smertin
    • Bouazza
    • Healy
    • McBride

    Subs

    • Volz
    • Kamara
    • Bouba Diop
    • Dempsey
    • Batista

    Injured

    • Niemi
    • Bullard
    • Hughes
    • Elliott

    Suspended

    None

  • Middlesbrough

    Manager: Gareth Southgate

    On the Field

    • Schwarzer
    • Wheater
    • Riggott
    • Taylor
    • Cattermole
    • Arca
    • Boateng
    • Downing
    • Mido
    • Tuncay

    Subs

    • Aliadière
    • Dong Gook
    • Jones
    • Johnson
    • Hines

    Injured

    • Woodgate
    • Young
    • Pogatetz
    • Huth
    • Bates

    Suspended

    • Rochemback