Chelsea 0-0 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League)

Wed 28 Nov 2012 19:45	Chelsea	(0) 0-0 (0)	Fulham	Stamford Bridge, Walham Green, London Attendance: 41,707 Referee: Anthony Taylor
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CHELSEA (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Petr Čech (c) DR 28 César Azpilicueta DC 2 Branislav Ivanović 68' DC 4 David Luiz 73' DL 3 Ashley Cole DM 6 Oriol Romeu 70' DM 7 Ramires AMR 17 Eden Hazard 82' AMC 11 Oscar AML 34 Ryan Bertrand 63' ST 9 Fernando Torres Substitutes: GK 22 Ross Turnbull DF 19 Paolo Ferreira DF 24 Gary Cahill MF 18 Juan Mata 63' MF 12 John Obi Mikel MF 13 Victor Moses MF 21 Marko Marin 82' Manager: Rafael Benítez

FULHAM (4-4-1-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 4 Philippe Senderos DL 3 John Arne Riise MR 16 Damien Duff MC 7 Steve Sidwell MC 19 Mahamadou Diarra 64' ML 20 Hugo Rodallega 83' SS 14 Giorgos Karagounis 73' ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov (c) Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 2 Stephen Kelly MF 6 Chris Baird 64' MF 8 Pajtim Kasami MF 21 Kerim Frei 73' MF 24 Ashkan Dejagah FW 10 Mladen Petrić 83' Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Jake Collin Scott Ledger Fourth official: Andre Marriner Previous Meeting: Fulham 1-1 Chelsea (2011-12 Premier League) (9 Apr 2012) Following Meeting: Fulham 0-3 Chelsea (2012-13 Premier League) (17 Apr 2013) Trivia Kerim Frei makes his first appearance of the season after being recalled from his loan spell at Cardiff City U18 player Muamer Tankovic was due to fill Frei's spot on the bench until the last minute when the latters' papers (from his recall from Cardiff) had been successfully administrated Statistics Chelsea Fulham Possession 60% 40% Shots on target 3 4 Shots off target 4 2 Shots blocked 10 3 Corner kicks 10 2 Fouls committed 10 12 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 3 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 582 405 Passing success 84% 81% Tackles 14 26 Tackles success 79% 92% Total crosses 40 8 Lost balls 170 135 Recoveries 54 53 Images Steve Sidwell was a menace for Chelsea throughout and was arguably his best performance for Fulham to date Dimitar Berbatov also looked good in what was a dire match at Stamford Bridge Giorgos Karagounis was playing in an unfamiliar role as a support striker behind Berbatov 2012-13 season Pre-season: HB Køge (n) • Lokomotive Leipzig (a) • Kaiserslautern (n) Wycombe (a) • Nice (a) • MK Dons (a) • Charlton (h) Premier League: Norwich (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (a) • West Brom (h) • Wigan (a) • Man City (h) • Southampton (a) Aston Villa (h) • Reading (a) • Everton (h) • Arsenal (a) • Sunderland (h) • Stoke (a) • Chelsea (a) • Tottenham (h) Newcastle (h) • QPR (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Swansea (h) • West Brom (a) • Wigan (h) • Man City (a) West Ham (h) • Man Utd (h) • Norwich (a) • Stoke (h) • Sunderland (a) • Tottenham (a) • QPR (h) • Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (a) • Chelsea (h) • Arsenal (h) • Everton (a) • Reading (h) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Blackpool (h) • Replay: Blackpool (a) | 4th round: Man Utd (a) League Cup: 2nd round: Sheff Wed (a)