Fulham / Stoke

Dopo la (per il Fulham) noiosa pausa di FA Cup torna la Premier al Craven Cottage per la gara con lo Stoke, l'anticalcio (1-0 nil / for the football team cantano spesso i tifosi avversari quella volta che la loro squadra riesce ad eludere il catenaccio dei potters). Dopo la sconfitta dell'andata Martin Jol ha accusato lo Stoke di essere una squadra di rugby, e tutti i torti non ha. D'altra parte, i due allenatori hanno in comune la data di nascita (16 gennaio), non certo la filosofia footballistica.

Nel Fulham torna Riether e i cottagers dovranno puntare alla vittoria, perchè, anche se non sono mai stati realmente in pericolo hanno pur sempre colto 3 sole vittorie nelle ultime 18 gare.
La chiave sarà Berbatov. Il Fulham non è riuscito a segnare in 3 delle ultime 4 gare casalinghe mentre ha vinto tutte e le ultime 6 volte che il bulgaro ha marcato.

Come sempre la BBC presenta un pò di interessanti statistiche.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head
This is the 70th league meeting between the clubs. Fulham lead by 28 wins to 26, with 15 draws.
Stoke's only win in their last seven visits to Fulham came in May 2010 when Matthew Etherington scored the game's only goal.
Fulham
Fulham have only earned nine points from their last 10 matches (W2, D3, L5).
They have won just three of their last 18 league games.
The west London side kept their first clean sheet in 12 league games in their last fixture, a goalless draw against Norwich.
Martin Jol's side have surrendered 18 points from winning positions - only Reading (20) and Southampton (24) have fared worse.
Dimitar Berbatov is set to become the first Bulgarian to make 200 Premier League appearances. He has scored 83 goals in the division.
Stoke
Stoke ended a six-game winless run with victory over Reading last time out.
The Potters have gone eight league games without a clean sheet, conceding 18 goals. They kept nine clean sheets in their opening 18 league games.
Their only victory in the last 22 Premier League away matches was at West Brom in December.
They have scored the highest percentage of goals from set pieces in the top flight this season (58%), and the highest proportion from corners (27%).
Robert Huth's tally of 13 Premier League goals for Stoke since August 2009 has only been bettered by one defender (Leighton Baines, with 15) during that time.