Fulham 2-1 Newcastle United (2012-13 Premier League)

Mon 10 Dec 2012 20:00	Fulham	(1) 2-1 (0)	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 25,270 Referee: Lee Mason
	Sidwell  19' Rodallega  63'	Report	Ben Arfa  54'

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FULHAM (4-4-2) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise MR 16 Damien Duff MC 6 Chris Baird MC 7 Steve Sidwell ML 31 Alex Kačaniklić 62' ST 9 Dimitar Berbatov ST 10 Hugo Rodallega 86' Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 4 Philippe Senderos MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis MF 15 Kieran Richardson MF 19 Mahamadou Diarra MF 24 Ashkan Dejagah 62' FW 20 Mladen Petrić 86' Manager: Martin Jol

NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3) GK 1 Tim Krul DR 5 Danny Simpson DC 6 Mike Williamson DC 2 Fabricio Coloccini (c) DL 3 Davide Santon MRC 8 Vurnon Anita 86' MC 24 Cheick Tioté 86' MLC 18 Jonás Gutiérrez FR 9 Papiss Cissé ST 19 Demba Ba FL 10 Hatem Ben Arfa 70' Substitutes: GK 37 Steve Harper DF 14 James Perch DF 31 Shane Ferguson DF 34 James Tavernier MF 20 Gaël Bigirimana 86' MF 22 Sylvain Marveaux 86' FW 23 Shola Ameobi 70' Manager: Alan Pardew

Assistant referees: Dave Bryan Simon Long Fourth official: Anthony Taylor Previous Meeting: Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United (2011-12 Premier League) (21 Jan 2012) Following Meeting: Newcastle United 1-0 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (7 Apr 2013) Trivia Statistics Fulham Newcastle United Possession 46% 54% Shots on target 7 8 Shots off target 9 7 Shots blocked 0 5 Corner kicks 5 4 Fouls committed 14 11 Offsides 0 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 403 474 Passing success 74% 80% Tackles 25 19 Tackles success 72% 74% Total crosses 21 39 Lost balls 186 184 Recoveries 74 68 Images 1-0: Steve Sidwell scored his 4th goal of the season via a fortunate deflection that looped over Tim Krul and in off the bar 1-1: Newcastle made it level after a fantastic strike from outside the penalty area from Hatem Ben Arfa, leaving Schwarzer helpless 2-1: Former Newcastle man Damien Duff swung in a magnificent free-kick from the right which Hugo Rodallega got on the end of and powered a great header in to make it 2-1 and a long-awaited victory for Fulham; their first in 11 matches 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)