Fulham 0-1 Arsenal (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 20 Apr 2013 15:00	Fulham	(0) 0-1 (1)	Arsenal	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 25,700 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Sidwell 12'	Report	Mertesacker  43' Giroud 90'

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FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 25 Stanislav Manolev DC 4 Philippe Senderos DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 15 Kieran Richardson DM 7 Steve Sidwell 12' DM 33 Eyong Enoh AMR 28 Urby Emanuelson 87' AMC 11 Bryan Ruiz AML 31 Alex Kačaniklić 85' ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge MF 3 John Arne Riise DF 18 Aaron Hughes MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis MF 21 Kerim Frei 87' FW 10 Mladen Petrić 85' FW 20 Hugo Rodallega Manager: Martin Jol

ARSENAL (4-2-3-1) GK 1 Wojciech Szczęsny DR 3 Bacary Sagna DC 4 Per Mertesacker DC 6 Laurent Koscielny DL 17 Nacho Monreal DM 8 Mikel Arteta (c) 52' DM 16 Aaron Ramsey 76' AMR 14 Theo Walcott 71' AMC 7 Tomáš Rosický 71' AML 19 Santi Cazorla 90+3' ST 12 Olivier Giroud 90' Substitutes: GK 24 Vito Mannone DF 5 Thomas Vermaelen 90+3' DF 28 Kieran Gibbs MF 10 Jack Wilshere 71' MF 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain FW 9 Lukas Podolski 71' FW 27 Gervinho Manager: Arsène Wenger

Assistant referees: Mark Scholes Sian Massey Fourth official: Jon Moss Previous Meeting: Arsenal 3-3 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (10 Nov 2012) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-3 Arsenal (2013-14 Premier League) (24 Aug 2013) Trivia Steve Sidwell gets red carded only 13 minutes after his return from a three-match ban following a straight red card in his previous game against QPR Alex Kačaniklić plays his first match since being recalled from his loan at Burnley Statistics Fulham Arsenal Possession 29% 71% Shots on target 3 3 Shots off target 2 4 Shots blocked 2 4 Corner kicks 7 3 Fouls committed 12 9 Offsides 8 3 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 1 1 Total passes 285 768 Passing success 77% 90% Tackles 17 14 Tackles success 94% 86% Total crosses 21 21 Crosses success 14% 10% Interceptions 35 17 Images Only 13 minutes after his return from a three-match ban, Steve Sidwell lets his team and fans down once again after a dangerous challenge and was given his marching orders 0-1: From a free kick, Bryan Ruiz gets caught out and a nod down towards the right-hand far post gets easily headed in by Mertesacker Olivier Giroud gets a straight red after a dangerous tackle in the 90th minute, but it was all too late for Fulham to make amends 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)