Fulham Swansea, all whites: cottagers vs. swans

Senza Hangeland, Duff e Richter, con l'unica - ma gustosa - novitą del giovane attaccante francese Moussa Dembelč (chi era costui? ) il Fulham si appresa ad affrontare lo Swansea al Cottage.

I pił ottimisti attendono di capire se si vedono gli esiti del lavoro di Meulensteen, gli altri ridono.
L'ultimo successo dei Cottagers risale al 4-1 di Selhurst Park, e io c'ero , ma poi sono venute 4-sconfitte-4 di seguito che hanno contribuire a dare l'impressione ci una difesa non proprio imperforabilissima.

Bisogna invertire la tendenza in casa, una sola vittoria e 4 punti su 15 sono decisamente troppo pochi. La riscossa deve partire con lo Swansea che nonostante un ottimo manager e una squadra dal gioco molto brillante, non vince da un mese č solo due punti sopra in classifica. Quattro partite in casa nelle prossime sei possono essere un buon trampolino di (ri)lancio.

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Head-to-head
Fulham ended a run of three successive Premier League defeats by Swansea with a 3-0 away triumph on the final day of last season.
Fulham's last league home win in this fixture was in the fourth tier in February 1997.

Fulham
Martin Jol's side have suffered three straight league defeats, conceding nine goals and scoring just once.
Fulham have only earned four points at home this season, the joint worst record in the division along with Crystal Palace and West Ham.
Only Aston Villa (9) have lost more Premier League home matches in 2013 than Fulham (8).
They have conceded the opening goal in eight of their 11 league matches this season, more than any other side.
Dimitar Berbatov has scored one Premier League goal in 855 minutes this season. In 2012-13, he averaged a goal every 190 minutes (15 in 2,847 minutes).

Swansea
Twelve points from 11 games represents Swansea's worst start to a top-flight season. They are winless in three games.
However, they are only one point worse off than at the same stage last year.
They have only scored three first-half goals - only Cardiff (2) and Norwich (1) have fared worse.
The Swans have an average ball possession of 58.5% in the Premier League this season, second only to Manchester City (59.5%) according to football statisticians Infostrada.