Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012
Result
Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United: match report
Fulham beat Newcastle United 5-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Danny Guthrie opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Fulham's goals came from Danny Murphy (52', penalty), Clint Dempsey (59'), Clint Dempsey (65'), Bobby Zamora (68', penalty) and Clint Dempsey (89'). Newcastle United scored through Danny Guthrie (43') and Hatem Ben Arfa (85').
Discipline: Fulham received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 14th on 23 points from 21 and Newcastle United 6th on 36 points from 21. Fulham went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.
Fulham lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Fulham wins, 1 draw and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Newcastle United's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 43'Goal · Danny Guthrie
- 45+1'Yellow card · Davide Santon
- 52'Penalty goal · Danny Murphy
- 59'Goal · Clint Dempsey
- 62'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 63'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 65'Goal · Clint Dempsey
- 68'Yellow card · Tim Krul
- 68'Penalty goal · Bobby Zamora
- 85'Goal · Hatem Ben Arfa
- 89'Goal · Clint Dempsey
Head-to-head
Team news
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Fulham line-up (4-4-1-1)
David Adam Stockdale, Damien Duff, Stephen Kelly, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Brede Hangeland, Philippe Senderos, Steve Sidwell, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Bobby Zamora, Bryan Ruiz
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Leon Best, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa