Newcastle United 2-1 Fulham (2011-12 Premier League)

Sun 21 Aug 2011 14:00	Newcastle United	(2) 2-1 (0)	Fulham	St James' Park, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear Attendance: 42,685 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Best  48'  66'	Report	Dempsey  88'

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NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-4-1-1) GK 26 Tim Krul DR 5 Danny Simpson 87' DC 27 Steven Taylor DC 2 Fabricio Coloccini (c) DL 16 Ryan Taylor MR 25 Gabriel Obertan MC 24 Cheick Tioté MC 4 Yohann Cabaye ML 18 Jonás Gutiérrez SS 11 Peter Løvenkrands 62' ST 20 Leon Best 78' Substitutes: GK 33 Ole Söderberg DF 31 Shane Ferguson MF 17 Alan Smith 85' 90+5' MF 22 Sylvain Marveaux MF 29 Haris Vučkić 78' 85' FW 19 Demba Ba 62' FW 28 Sammy Ameobi Manager: Alan Pardew

FULHAM (4-4-1-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 6 Chris Baird DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland DL 28 Matthew Briggs MR 16 Damien Duff MC 4 Steve Sidwell 64' MC 13 Danny Murphy (c) ML 10 Pajtim Kasami 73' SS 30 Mousa Dembélé ST 23 Clint Dempsey Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 2 Stephen Kelly DF 14 Philippe Senderos MF 15 Marcel Gecov MF 20 Dickson Etuhu MF 21 Kerim Frei FW 8 Andy Johnson 73' Manager: Martin Jol

Assistant referees: Darren Bond Andy Newbold Fourth official: Martin Atkinson Previous Meeting: Fulham 1-0 Newcastle United (2010-11 Premier League) (2 Feb 2011) Following Meeting: Fulham 5-2 Newcastle United (2011-12 Premier League) (21 Jan 2012) Trivia Statistics Newcastle United Fulham Possession 46% 54% Shots on target 6 6 Shots off target 3 7 Shots blocked 3 5 Corner kicks 6 6 Fouls conceded 19 9 Offsides 4 3 Yellow cards 2 1 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 393 451 Passing success 78% 79% Tackles 35 18 Tackles success 76% 69% Interceptions 19 16 Clearances 36 28 Images 1-0: Leon Best opens the scoring 2-0: Best doubles his tally 2-1:Clint Dempsey scores a late goal but it proved too late to return home with any points 2011-12 season Premier League: Aston Villa (h) • Wolves (a) • Newcastle (a) • Blackburn (h) • Man City (h) • West Brom (a) • QPR (h) • Stoke (a) • Everton (h) • Wigan (a) • Tottenham (h) • Sunderland (a) • Arsenal (a) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) • Bolton (h) • Man Utd (h) • Chelsea (a) • Norwich (a) • Arsenal (h) • Blackburn (a) • Newcastle (h) • West Brom (h) • Man City (a) • Stoke (h) • QPR (a) • Wolves (h) • Aston Villa (a) • Swansea (h) • Man Utd (a) • Norwich (h) • Bolton (a) • Chelsea (h) • Wigan (h) • Everton (a) • Liverpool (a) • Sunderland (h) • Tottenham (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Charlton (h) | 4th round: Everton (a) League Cup: 3rd round: Chelsea (a) Europa League: 1st Qualifying round: NSÍ Runavík (h) • NSÍ Runavík (a) | 2nd Qualifying round: Crusaders (a) • Crusaders (h) 3rd Qualifying round: RNK Split (a) • RNK Split (h) | Play-off round: Dnipro (h) • Dnipro (a) Group stage: Twente (h) • Odense BK (a) • Wisła Kraków (a) • Wisła Kraków (h) • Twente (a) • Odense BK (h)