Newcastle United v Fulham, 22 December 2018

Score0-0
RefereeMartin Atkinson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt James' Park
Attendance51,237

View Newcastle United v Fulham head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Newcastle United avoided losing four consecutive meetings for the first time since 1982 when Toon legend Malcolm MacDonald was the Fulham manager. The previous seven Premier League meetings had ended in a home victory, and four out of five of them had ended in a 1-0 scoreline. Premier League Head to Head Played: 25 Newcastle United won: 9 Drawn: 4 Fulham won: 12 Newcastle United scored: 29 Fulham scored: 33

0 Newcastle United

Manager: Rafael Benítez

0 Fulham

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka
Defender Paul Dummett
Defender Jamaal Lascelles
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender Fabian Schär
Midfielder Christian Atsu
Midfielder Matt Ritchie
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Mo Diamé
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Salomón Rondón

Starting lineup:

Sergio Rico Goalkeeper
Alfie Mawson Defender
Denis Odoi Defender
Tim Ream Defender
Joe Bryan Defender/Midfielder
Calum Chambers Defender/Midfielder
Cyrus Christie Defender/Midfielder
Tom Cairney Midfielder
Jean Michaël Seri Midfielder
Aleksandar Mitrović Forward
André Schürrle Forward

Substitutions:

Kenedy for Christian Atsu 72
DeAndre Yedlin for Javi Manquillo 84

Substitutions:

Aboubakar Kamara for André Schürrle 76
Floyd Ayité for Tom Cairney 82

Cards:

Kenedy 89 Y

Cards:

Aboubakar Kamara 84 Y
Jean Michaël Seri 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender DeAndre Yedlin
Defender/Midfielder Isaac Hayden
Defender/Midfielder Kenedy
Forward Joselu
Forward Yoshinori Mutō

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Maxime Le Marchand
Midfielder Stefan Johansen
Midfielder Kevin McDonald
Forward Floyd Ayité
Forward Aboubakar Kamara
Forward Luciano Vietto

Comments:

League position: 15th This was Newcastle United’s 900th game in the Premier League (won 338, lost 332, scored 1,221 and conceded 1,209). The Magpies had now won only one of their last ten games in the Premier League against newly-promoted opposition (lost six). They had now failed to score in four of their ten home games so far in this Premier League season (won two, lost seven).

Comments:

League position: 20th Fulham had now won one of their last 15 games in the Premier League (lost ten). The Whites kept their first clean sheet in their last 22 games in the Premier League since winning 1-0 against Norwich City in April 2014. They conceded at least two goals in 18 of those games. In their 18th game, Fulham kept their first clean sheet in this Premier League season. Only four teams had a longer such run from the start of a Premier League season (Blackburn Rovers, 27 in 2011-12, Norwich City, 21 in 2011-12, Bolton Wanderers, 20 in 2009-10 and Leicester City, 18 in 1994-95). They avoided losing 13 of their opening 18 games of a league season for the first time in their history. Fulham had now lost eight of their ten away games so far in this Premier League season (drawn two). This was their first goalless draw since their visit to Leeds United in the League Championship on 15 August 2017.

0 Newcastle United

Manager: Rafael Benítez

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Martin Dúbravka
Defender Paul Dummett
Defender Jamaal Lascelles
Defender Javi Manquillo
Defender Fabian Schär
Midfielder Christian Atsu
Midfielder Matt Ritchie
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Mo Diamé
Midfielder/Forward Ayoze Pérez
Forward Salomón Rondón

Substitutions:

Kenedy for Christian Atsu 72
DeAndre Yedlin for Javi Manquillo 84

Cards:

Kenedy 89 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Freddie Woodman
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender DeAndre Yedlin
Defender/Midfielder Isaac Hayden
Defender/Midfielder Kenedy
Forward Joselu
Forward Yoshinori Mutō

Comments:

League position: 15th This was Newcastle United’s 900th game in the Premier League (won 338, lost 332, scored 1,221 and conceded 1,209). The Magpies had now won only one of their last ten games in the Premier League against newly-promoted opposition (lost six). They had now failed to score in four of their ten home games so far in this Premier League season (won two, lost seven).

0 Fulham

Manager: Claudio Ranieri

Starting lineup:

Sergio Rico Goalkeeper
Alfie Mawson Defender
Denis Odoi Defender
Tim Ream Defender
Joe Bryan Defender/Midfielder
Calum Chambers Defender/Midfielder
Cyrus Christie Defender/Midfielder
Tom Cairney Midfielder
Jean Michaël Seri Midfielder
Aleksandar Mitrović Forward
André Schürrle Forward

Substitutions:

Aboubakar Kamara for André Schürrle 76
Floyd Ayité for Tom Cairney 82

Cards:

Aboubakar Kamara 84 Y
Jean Michaël Seri 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli
Defender Maxime Le Marchand
Midfielder Stefan Johansen
Midfielder Kevin McDonald
Forward Floyd Ayité
Forward Aboubakar Kamara
Forward Luciano Vietto

Comments:

League position: 20th Fulham had now won one of their last 15 games in the Premier League (lost ten). The Whites kept their first clean sheet in their last 22 games in the Premier League since winning 1-0 against Norwich City in April 2014. They conceded at least two goals in 18 of those games. In their 18th game, Fulham kept their first clean sheet in this Premier League season. Only four teams had a longer such run from the start of a Premier League season (Blackburn Rovers, 27 in 2011-12, Norwich City, 21 in 2011-12, Bolton Wanderers, 20 in 2009-10 and Leicester City, 18 in 1994-95). They avoided losing 13 of their opening 18 games of a league season for the first time in their history. Fulham had now lost eight of their ten away games so far in this Premier League season (drawn two). This was their first goalless draw since their visit to Leeds United in the League Championship on 15 August 2017.