Newcastle v Fulham – Match preview.
Posted on November 12th, 2010 | 45 Comments |
I would like to say that Newcastle will be looking for some more home comforts, but that hasn’t been the case this season and we appear to be, oddly for Newcastle, an away side.
That away form can’t go on forever though and Newcastle need to start picking up points at home, starting against Fulham, who haven’t won an away fixture in the Premier League for 24 matches now. That is an alarming stat, as whenever one of those kind of stats pops up it nearly always means that Newcastle will duly oblige and end that disappointing run for the opposition.
Joey ‘the one punch machine gun’ Barton starts his three-match ban and will miss the match. Shola Ameobi will face a late fitness test on a hamstring injury that he picked up against Blackburn, although given his past injury history I would be tempted to leave him out altogether, whilst James Perch and Leon Best are rated as doubtful for the match. Steve Harper, Dan Gosling and Hatem Ben Arfa are all still out with long-term injuries.
As I wrote earlier, there will have to be some chagnes in store. So on the basis of what I wrote in that article, I woiuld like to see a team of;
Newcastle – Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique, Wayne Routledge, Checi Tiote, Kevin Nolan, Jonas Gutierrez, Nile Ranger, Andy Carroll.
Fulham are missing a fair few first-team players for the match tomorrow. Philippe Senderos, Carlos Salcido, Bobby Zamora and Chris Baird will all miss the match tomorrow through various injuries. Aaron Hughes will be returning to Tyneside and will surely get a warm reception. The same can’t be said for Damien Duff though who returns to Newcastle for the first time since he left for Fulham back in August 2009.
Their last match was a spirited 1-0 defeat away to Chelsea where they played with a team of;
Fulham – Mark Schwarzer, Stephen Kelly, Brade Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, Matt Briggs, Simon Davies, Danny Murphy, Dickson Etuhu, Damien Duff, Clint Dempsey, Moussa Dembele.
Fulham have the upper hand over Newcastle with regard to the head-to-head record. Of the 61 meetings between the two sides, The Cottagers (tee hee hee) have won 25 matches compared to Newcastle’s 24 with the other 12 meeting resulting in draws.
Mark Hughes, current Fulham boss, has only won four out his last 23 Premier League matches – A run which stretches back to his Manchester City days.
Yet again it will be a tough game, and Fulham are another side that will no doubt cause us problems. Newcastle need to get this home form sorted, and I expect that they will endeavour to do that tomorrow.
My prediction: Newcastle 2-1 Fulham.
Howay the lads!
Date – Saturday, 13th November, 2010.
Kick-off – 3:00pm.
Venue – St James’ Park, Newcastle.
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Toonsy – people seem to forget that Guthrie played most of last season (not Joey B) – he did really well for us. I believe he has the capacity to fill in well for Barton – but maybe conciosu of his defending duties