Fulham 2-0 Aston Villa (2013-14 Premier League)

Sun 8 Dec 2013 13:30	Fulham	(0) 2-0 (0)	Aston Villa	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 22,288 Referee: Mike Dean
	Sidwell  21' Berbatov  30' (pen)	Report

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FULHAM (4-3-3) GK 1 Maarten Stekelenburg DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 4 Philippe Senderos DC 18 Aaron Hughes DL 3 John Arne Riise MRC 7 Steve Sidwell MC 28 Scott Parker (c) MLC 14 Giorgos Karagounis 73' FR 24 Ashkan Dejagah FC 9 Dimitar Berbatov FL 11 Alex Kačaniklić 77' Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale DF 15 Kieran Richardson DF 22 Elsad Zverotić MF 8 Pajtim Kasami 73' MF 10 Bryan Ruiz MF 16 Damien Duff 77' MF 37 Lasse Vigen Christensen Manager: René Meulensteen

ASTON VILLA (4-3-3) GK 1 Brad Guzan DR 7 Leandro Bacuna DC 17 Chris Herd 67' 81' DC 6 Cieran Clark DL 2 Nathan Baker MRC 8 Karim El Ahmadi 46' MC 15 Ashley Westwood MLC 16 Fabian Delph 19' FR 10 Andreas Weimann 81' FC 20 Christian Benteke FL 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor (c) Substitutes: GK 13 Jed Steer DF 34 Matt Lowton 81' MF 12 Marc Albrighton 81' MF 18 Yacouba Sylla MF 21 Jordan Bowery MF 24 Aleksandar Tonev 46' FW 9 Nicklas Helenius Manager: Paul Lambert

Assistant referees: Ron Ganfield Ian Hussin Fourth official: Mike Jones Previous Meeting: Aston Villa 1-1 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (13 Apr 2013) Following Meeting: Aston Villa 1-2 Fulham (2013-14 Premier League) (5 Apr 2014) Trivia Lasse Vigen Christensen makes match day squad for the first time Statistics Fulham Aston Villa Possession 53% 47% Shots on target 9 2 Shots off target 7 4 Shots blocked 5 4 Corner kicks 4 7 Fouls conceded 12 13 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 428 372 Passing success 77% 76% Tackles 17 18 Tackles success 100% 67% Total crosses 21 24 Crosses success 29% 13% Interceptions 9 17 Images A minutes applause was held before kick-off after the recent passing of Nelson Mandela 1-0: After continuing pressing from the Fulham players, Steve Sidwell scores a wonderfully executed finish from a tight angle. Dejagah had played him in after an exchange with Berbatov, and Sidwell slid in and lifted the ball over Guzan 2-0: Dimitar Berbatov scores only his second league goal of the season with a characteristically nonchalant penalty. Berbatov himself played a fantastic one touch ball through to Alex Kačaniklić, who was adjudged to have been fouled in the area by Mike Dean, though replays suggested it may have been slightly harsh on Aston Villa 2013-14 season Pre-season: Cartaginés (n) • Alajuelense (n) • Saprissa (n) • Werder Bremen (a) • Real Betis (h) • AEL Limassol (h) • Parma (h) Premier League: Sunderland (a) • Arsenal (h) • Newcastle (a) • West Brom (h) • Chelsea (a) • Cardiff (h) • Stoke (h) • Crystal Palace (a) • Southampton (a) • Man Utd (h) • Liverpool (a) • Swansea (h) • West Ham (a) • Tottenham (h) • Aston Villa (h) • Everton (a) • Man City (h) • Norwich (a) • Hull (a) • West Ham (h) • Sunderland (h) • Arsenal (a) • Swansea (a) • Southampton (h) • Man Utd (a) • Liverpool (h) • West Brom (a) • Chelsea (h) • Cardiff (a) • Newcastle (h) • Man City (a) • Everton (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Norwich (h) • Tottenham (a) • Hull (h) • Stoke (a) • Crystal Palace (h) FA Cup: 3rd round: Norwich (a) • Replay: Norwich (h) • 4th round: Sheff Utd (a) • Replay: Sheff Utd (h) League Cup: 2nd round: Burton (a) • 3rd round: Everton (h) • 4th round: Leicester (a)