Fulham 0-0 Southampton (2020-21 Premier League)

Sat 26 Dec 2020 15:00	Fulham	(0) 0-0 (0)	Southampton	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren England
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FULHAM (3-4-2-1) GK 1 Alphonse Areola DRC 34 Ola Aina DC 5 Joachim Andersen (c) DLC 16 Tosin Adarabioyo WBR 14 Bobby Decordova-Reid 38' 83' MC 29 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 75' MC 21 Harrison Reed WBL 33 Antonee Robinson AMRC 15 Ruben Loftus-Cheek AMLC 19 Ademola Lookman 90' ST 17 Ivan Cavaleiro Substitutes: GK 12 Marek Rodák DF 3 Michael Hector DF 4 Denis Odoi DF 13 Tim Ream DF 23 Joe Bryan MF 10 Tom Cairney FW 7 Neeskens Kebano 90' FW 9 Aleksandar Mitrović 83' FW 47 Aboubakar Kamara Manager: Stuart Gray & Matt Wells

SOUTHAMPTON (4-4-2) GK 1 Alex McCarthy DR 2 Kyle Walker-Peters DC 35 Jan Bednarek DC 5 Jack Stephens DL 3 Ryan Bertrand MR 17 Stuart Armstrong 90+3' MC 8 James Ward-Prowse (c) MC 27 Ibrahima Diallo ML 32 Theo Walcott ST 7 Shane Long 90+2' ST 10 Ché Adams Substitutes: GK 44 Fraser Forster DF 18 Yan Valery DF 22 Mohammed Salisu DF 29 Jake Vokins MF 12 Moussa Djenepo 90+3' MF 20 Will Smallbone FW 14 Michael Obafemi FW 23 Nathan Tella FW 40 Dan N'Lundulu 90+2' Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

Assistant referees: Mark Scholes Sian Massey-Ellis Fourth official: Simon Hooper VAR: Jon Moss Assistant VAR: Tim Wood Previous Meeting: Fulham 0-1 Southampton (2019-20 EFL Cup 2nd Round) (27 Aug 2019) Following Meeting: Southampton 3-1 Fulham (2020-21 Premier League) (15 May 2021) Trivia Manager Scott Parker had to self-isolate due to a member of his household testing positive for Covid-19, so assistant Stuart Gray and coach Matt Wells took charge Mario Lemina was ineligible for selection as he was unable to play against his parent club whilst on loan at Fulham After a 9 year wait for a League 0-0 draw at Craven Cottage, remarkably this match made it two on the bounce Statistics Fulham Southampton Possession 47% 53% Total shots 10 3 Shots on target 1 2 Shots off target 4 1 Shots blocked 5 0 Corner kicks 6 3 Fouls conceded 15 12 Offsides 1 4 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 331 396 Passing success 72% 72% Tackles 24 34 Tackles success 73% 74% Clearances 22 19 Images James Ward-Prowse had the best chance of the first half with a fantastic free-kick that was tipped onto the bar by Alphonse Areola Shane Long had a goal ruled out for offside in the second half Theo Walcott followed suit as VAR ruled out another goal for the visitors after a slight offside in the build-up 2020-21 season Pre-season: MK Dons (h) • Southampton (h) Premier League: Arsenal (h) • Leeds (a) • Aston Villa (h) • Wolves (a) • Sheff Utd (a) • Crystal Palace (h) • West Brom (h) • West Ham (a) • Everton (h) • Leicester (a) • Man City (a) • Liverpool (h) • Brighton (h) • Newcastle (a) • Southampton (h) • Tottenham (a) • Chelsea (h) • Man Utd (h) • Brighton (a) • West Brom (a) • Leicester (h) • West Ham (h) • Everton (a) • Burnley (a) • Sheff Utd (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Tottenham (h) • Liverpool (a) • Man City (h) • Leeds (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Wolves (h) • Arsenal (a) • Chelsea (a) • Burnley (h) • Southampton (a) • Man Utd (a) • Newcastle (h) FA Cup: 3rd round: QPR (a) • 4th round: Burnley (h) EFL Cup: 2nd round: Ipswich (a) • 3rd round: Sheff Wed (h) • 4th round: Brentford (a)