Newcastle United 1-0 Fulham (2013-14 Premier League)

Sat 31 Aug 2013 15:00	Newcastle United	(0) 1-0 (0)	Fulham	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear Attendance: 46,402 Referee: Chris Foy
	Ben Arfa  86'	Report

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NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-4-2) GK 1 Tim Krul DR 26 Mathieu Debuchy DC 13 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa DC 2 Fabricio Coloccini (c) DL 14 Davide Santon MR 10 Hatem Ben Arfa 87' MC 7 Moussa Sissoko MC 8 Vurnon Anita 65' ML 22 Sylvain Marveaux 74' ST 23 Shola Ameobi 65' ST 9 Papiss Cissé Substitutes: GK 21 Rob Elliot DF 36 Paul Dummett MF 4 Yohan Cabaye 65' 82' MF 15 Dan Gosling FW 11 Yoan Gouffran 65' FW 14 Loïc Rémy 74' FW 28 Sammy Ameobi Manager: Alan Pardew

FULHAM (4-2-3-1) GK 13 David Stockdale DR 27 Sascha Riether 73' DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise 76' DM 7 Steve Sidwell 89' DM 28 Scott Parker 45' AMR 10 Bryan Ruiz AMC 9 Dimitar Berbatov AML 11 Alex Kačaniklić ST 39 Darren Bent 82' Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 17 Matthew Briggs 73' MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis MF 16 Damien Duff MF 19 Adel Taarabt 82' MF 23 Derek Boateng FW 20 Hugo Rodallega 89' Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Andy Garratt Richard West Fourth official: Neil Swarbrick Previous Meeting: Newcastle United 1-0 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (7 Apr 2013) Following Meeting: Fulham 1-0 Newcastle United (2013-14 Premier League) (15 Mar 2014) Trivia Matthew Briggs makes his last first team appearance for Fulham Statistics Newcastle United Fulham Possession 54% 46% Shots on target 9 2 Shots off target 9 1 Shots blocked 6 0 Corner kicks 13 2 Fouls conceded 13 10 Offsides 0 3 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 471 428 Passing success 83% 79% Tackles 20 13 Tackles success 83% 57% Interceptions 16 7 Images 1-0: A Hatem Ben Arfa wonder strike was the only thing that could separate the two sides after he cut in from the right and unleashed a sensational left-footed shot into the far corner 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)