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Stasera grande match col Tottenham:

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Tottenham Jose Mourinho has intimated Harry Winks will again start, while Gareth Bale could make his first league appearance in almost four weeks.

Mourinho is also weighing up whether to recall Erik Lamela following injury, but Giovani Lo Celso remains sidelined.

Fulham head coach Scott Parker reported no fresh injuries after their FA Cup win at the weekend.

Top scorer Bobby Decordova-Reid made a telling contribution from the bench at QPR and is pushing for a recall.

Parker says short notice rearrangement of Spurs game is 'scandalous'
'Patience wearing thin' with football after continued breaches of rules and protocols
LAWRO'S PREDICTION

Aston Villa's Covid-19 cases meant Tottenham's fixture was switched on Monday lunchtime so they host Fulham instead of going to Villa Park but I don't think that will make too much difference to Jose Mourinho's side.

They were meant to play the Cottagers at the end of December before that game was postponed, so they will have done their homework already.

Hardly any of the Spurs team who started their win against Marine in the FA Cup on Sunday will start this one. Fulham played their FA Cup tie against QPR on Saturday, so they should be fresh enough too.

Prediction: 2-0

Lawro's full predictions v Shame drummer Charlie Forbes

Harry Kane and Son Heung-min have scored 22 of Spurs' 29 league goals this term
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Tottenham have won 10 of the past 11 Premier League meetings.
Fulham's most recent victory against Spurs was 1-0 away in March 2013, when Dimitar Berbatov scored against his former club.
Fulham have not scored more than once in any of their past 13 league trips to Tottenham.
Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham have won just two of their past seven league matches, drawing three times and losing twice.
They have recorded eight victories in their past nine fixtures in all competitions at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, keeping seven clean sheets.
Spurs have won their last 10 home league matches played on a Wednesday by an aggregate score of 24-3.
Tottenham are unbeaten in their past seven London league derbies, winning three and drawing four.
Son Heung-min and Harry Kane have combined for 13 Premier League goals this season - no pair have ever combined for more in a single campaign.
Kane has scored five goals in three appearances against Fulham.
Fulham

This will be Fulham's first Premier League match since their goalless draw with Southampton on Boxing Day.
They are unbeaten in five matches in all competitions, including their extra-time FA Cup win over QPR at the weekend.
Fulham have drawn four successive league games. It's their longest unbeaten top-flight run since a five-match streak between February and April 2013.
The Cottagers have lost their 13 most recent Premier League London derbies - an all-time record losing streak in the top flight.
Fulham are winless in their last 14 top-flight away matches played on a Wednesday, dating back to 2002.
Scott Parker made 50 Premier League appearances for Tottenham between 2011-13.
Parker made four league appearances for Chelsea under Jose Mourinho during the 2004-05 campaign.

Charlie Austin però é QPR through and through, o almeno credo.

Ecco l'elenco dell partite riprogrammate.

www.bbc.com/sport/football/55617486

Il Fulham ha sofferto un po’ nei tempi regolamentari, pur giocando una partita vivace, e poi si è rifatto nei supplementari con due bellissimi goal di De Cordova Reid e Kebano, quest’ultimo con un missile all’incrocio, il primo al termine di una bella azione manovrata.
Dopo due settimane di sosta per il covid una vittoria in un bel derby di coppa è la notizia migliore per i Cottagers.

Oggi con i saints è un importante banco di prova per testare i miglioramenti fatti registrare nelle ultime settimane.

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Fulham head coach Scott Parker is self-isolating so his assistants Stuart Gray and Matt Wells will take charge.

On-loan midfielder Mario Lemina is also absent as he is ineligible against his parent club, while Terence Kongolo and Kenny Tete are doubts.

Defender Joachim Andersen is available after Fulham successfully appealed against last week's sending off.

Southampton will monitor injury doubts Danny Ings, Stuart Armstrong, Nathan Redmond and Jannik Vestergaard.

Midfielder Oriol Romeu is suspended so summer signing Ibrahima Diallo could make his first Premier League start.

Fulham boss Scott Parker to miss game after Covid-19 self-isolation
Heading in football might not exist in 10-15 years
LAWRO'S PREDICTION

Southampton could be without a few key players - Oriol Romeu is definitely missing through suspension and Danny Ings, Jannik Vestergaard and Nathan Redmond are all injury doubts. Collectively, their absence would make a big difference.

I'm going to go with Fulham here, even with manager Scott Parker missing from the dugout. After a poor start to the season they have been improving in recent weeks, with three successive draws.

The Cottagers have become much more difficult to beat, now they need to turn those draws into wins.

Prediction: 2-1

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Fulham have conceded penalties in three of their past four league games
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Fulham have lost just one of the seven Premier League meetings with Southampton at Craven Cottage, winning four and drawing twice.
Southampton have won three of the past four league encounters, keeping a clean sheet in each victory.
Saints have claimed just three victories in 30 away league games against Fulham, drawing 11 matches and losing 16.
Fulham

Fulham are on a run of three successive league draws, as many as in their previous 34 top-flight games.
Their solitary home win in the past seven matches came against fellow promoted side West Bromwich Albion.
They are unbeaten when taking the lead this season, winning two and drawing three of five matches.
Fulham's last Premier League victory on Boxing Day was a 2-1 win at Norwich in 2013, with current boss Scott Parker scoring their winner.
The Cottagers have conceded a league-high seven goals in the opening 15 minutes of games.
They have had five penalties awarded against them in the top flight this season, a joint high.
Aleksandar Mitrovic is without a goal in 10 Premier League appearances. It's his longest goalless run in English league football.
Southampton

Southampton have won just two of their past six league fixtures, also drawing and losing twice.
They can equal a club record by avoiding defeat in a seventh consecutive top-flight away fixture.
Ralph Hasenhuttl's side have claimed 29 Premier League away points in 2020, a record only Manchester United can better.
Southampton failed to score for just the second time in 14 league games last weekend.
Saints have won their past nine league matches against newly-promoted opposition.
Southampton have won six of their past eight Boxing Day fixtures, drawing and losing once.
Their last eight Premier League goals have all been scored by different players.

Il rosso di Andersen è stato annullato, si è riconosciuto l’errore del VAR. Interessanti considerazioni sull’abuso di questo strumento.

https://hammyend.com/index.php/2020/12/time-to-micem-up/

"La nostra difesa che gioca con una parsimonia crescente" è meraviglioso caro Inglese Ciociaro!

Un buon pari del Fulham, penalizzato da un’ingiusta espulsione, a Newcastle, dopo avere dominato il primo tempo.

Con il Newcastle privo di 5 giocatori per coronavirus poteva essere l’occasione per cercare un colpaccio sull’onda degli ultimi due risultati positivi, ma pare che Parker farà un pò di rotazione.

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TEAM NEWS

Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce says he is still without up to five players because of coronavirus.

Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almiron and Emil Krath are all pushing for recalls after being among the substitutes at Leeds.

Fulham boss Scott Parker has suggested he may rotate his squad given the busy festive fixture programme.

Bobby Decordova-Reid has a minor thigh muscle injury and could miss out, with ex-Newcastle forward Aleksandar Mitrovic an option to replace him.

Players 'overwhelmingly support' continuing to take a knee
Premier League approves permanent concussion substitutes
LAWRO'S PREDICTION

Fulham have picked up a couple of decent draws in the past few days, against Liverpool and then Brighton, but they were hanging on in both games.

Newcastle fell apart at the end against Leeds in midweek but they are at home this time and they will expect to win this game - their recent record at St James' Park against teams below them in the table is pretty good.

Prediction: 2-0

Lawro's full predictions v singer Becky Hill

Callum Wilson has contributed to 10 of Newcastle's 16 league goals
MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

Newcastle have lost just one of the past five Premier League meetings, winning three times and drawing once.
However, the Magpies have registered only one win in the most recent five encounters in all competitions, with Fulham completing the Championship double over them in 2016-17.
Fulham failed to score in four of their last five Premier League fixtures between the sides.
The clubs played out a goalless draw when they last met at St James' Park in December 2018.
Newcastle United

Newcastle can reach 20 points after 13 Premier League fixtures for the first time since 2013-14.
Steve Bruce's side are attempting to win a fourth home game out of six.
The Magpies are without a clean sheet at St James' Park in 10 attempts.
They have won their final pre-Christmas league match in each of the past five seasons.
Newcastle face a newly-promoted side for the third consecutive fixture.
The Magpies have opened the scoring in their past three matches.
Callum Wilson has either scored or assisted 10 goals in his 11 league appearances for Newcastle.
Fulham

Fulham have lost only one of four league games and have recorded back-to-back draws.
They have been beaten in 22 of their past 27 Premier League away games, winning twice and drawing three times.
The Cottagers have won just four of their last 25 top-flight matches played in December.
Fulham could keep back-to-back Premier League clean sheets for the first time since April 2019.
They have registered just two clean sheets in their past 43 top-flight away games, albeit one of those was at Newcastle in December 2018.
Fulham are the only side yet to concede a goal from outside the penalty area this season.
The Cottagers are one short of 300 top-flight away defeats.

Domani sera al SJP si vedrà se i miglioramenti messi in mostra nelle ultime partite sono confermati...

Dici? Non lo so, sono molto incerto.....
Sono sempre stato un estimatore di carine, ma quest'anno lo vedo un pò in difficoltà.....
A me pare forse che vada meglio così....
E' vero che Loftus Cheek va a corrente alternata, però ha un talento notevole, se solo fosse più costante.....

0-0 e si sperava nella vittoria, ma comunque non male, la squadra è più solida e la continuità è importante. Ora sono tre i risultati positivi nelle ultime 4 partite.

Ecco il film di queta grande impresa dei cottagers, un'impresa di altri tempi.

Erano tre partite impossibili, e si chiudono con 4 punti!
Non bisogna montarsi la testa perché il Pool aveva molte riserve ma comunque ha un a rosa cher è "leggermente" più ampia di quella del Fulham.
Gaudeamus igitur.

Domenica.
Oggi mi vien da dire si salvi chi può.
Ma domani è un altro giorno.