I Cottagers nella Championship 2014-15

La scinfitta di martedì col Charlton non illuda nessuno.
Il Derby di Mac Laren era alla prima sconfitta stagionale, è reduce da un'ottima stagione, ed è una delle favorite per la promozione.
In pratica bisogna accendere un cero per questo sgangherato Fulham.

BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: iPro Stadium Date: Saturday 23 August Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Coverage: Watch highlights on The Football League Show; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport website

TEAM NEWS

Derby manager Steve McLaren has no new injury concerns ahead of the game.
Real Madrid loanee Omar Mascarell could make his first start after impressive substitute performances in midfield.
Ross McCormack, last season's top scorer in the Championship, is set to start for Fulham and remains in search of his first goal for the club.
Moussa Dembele, Chris David, Hugo Rodallega and Emerson Hyndman could be recalled as Fulham look to end a run of three successive league defeats.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head
The last meeting between these sides was a 2-2 draw at the iPro Stadium in the Premier League in March 2008.
Fulham are unbeaten in the last eight meetings in all competitions, winning four. Derby's last win was 1-0 at home in the old Division Two in April 1984.
Fulham have won only one of their last eight visits to Derby in all competitions. Their only win there since 1954 was 1-0 in the Premier League in January 2002.

Derby County
Derby lost 3-2 at Charlton on Tuesday - their first defeat of the season in all competitions.

Fulham
Fulham have lost all three of their games this season in all competitions.
Fulham have not won any of their last seven games either side of the summer, losing five. Their last win was 1-0 against Norwich at home in the Premier League on 12 April.

Magath è stato accusato di essere, come metodi, un troglodita, e penso proprio siavero. Adesso poi ha avuto anche il coraggio di incolpare Al Fayed per la retrocessione dello scorso anno quando lui ha vinto solo tre gare da quando è subentrato.

Oggi intanto il fulham è chiamato a una prova molto difficile contro il Cardiff, anche perchè se i cottagers hanno perso 4 gare su 4, gli ex blue ora red birds ne hanno persa solo una su 6 in stagione.

BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: Craven Cottage Date: Saturday, 30 August Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Coverage: Watch highlights on The Football League Show; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport

TEAM NEWS

Fulham have doubts over skipper Scott Parker (ankle) and Mark Fotheringham (hip) for the visit of Cardiff.
Boss Felix Magath rotated his squad in midweek but could make minimal changes after a 1-0 victory at Brentford.
Cardiff striker Federico Macheda is set to make his league debut after his two goals in the Capital One Cup victory at Port Vale.
Aron Gunnarsson (ankle) is a doubt with former Fulham man Kagisho Dikgacoi on standby for his first league start.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-Head
• Cardiff won the last meeting 3-1 at the Cardiff City Stadium in the Premier League in March.
• Cardiff won both meetings in the Premier League last season - the only meetings between these sides in all competitions since 1998.
• Cardiff have won two of the last three meetings at Craven Cottage in all competitions, losing one.

Fulham
• Fulham won 1-0 at Brentford in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday - their first win of the season in all competitions.
• Fulham have lost all four of their league games this season, scoring two and conceding nine.

Cardiff
• Cardiff have lost only one of their six games this season in all competitions - they lost 1-0 at Wolves in the Championship last Saturday.

Non vedo più nessuno qui, triste ma mi pare di capire che le discussioni sul fulham proseguiranno altrove.
Intanto c'è il Reading.

BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
Venue: Madejski Stadium Date: Saturday 13 September Kick-off: 15:00 BST
Coverage: Watch highlights on The Football League Show; listen on BBC Radio 5 live and BBC local radio; text commentary on the BBC Sport.

TEAM NEWS

Glenn Murray is in line to make his Reading debut after his deadline day move on loan from Crystal Palace.
Midfielder Danny Guthrie could return after a calf problem while Hal Robson-Kanu, Stephen Kelly (both knee) and Pavel Pogrebnyak (calf) have also trained this week.
Fulham striker Matt Smith is available for a debut after joining from Leeds.
Adam Taggart is out with a back problem, while Bryan Ruiz is on international duty with Costa Rica.
But boss Felix Magath has an otherwise fully-fit squad as the Cottagers go in search of their first league win of the season at the sixth attempt.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head
Reading won the last meeting 4-2 at Craven Cottage in the Premier League in May last year - their only win in the last four meetings.
Reading have won only one of their last four meetings at home. Their only win there since 1993 was 1-0 in the Premier League in April 2007.

Reading
Reading have won their last two games in all competitions - against Scunthorpe in the Capital One Cup and Middlesbrough in the Championship.

Fulham
Fulham are unbeaten in their last two games in all competitions, after losing their first four games this season. Their only win was 1-0 at Brentford in the Capital One Cup on 26 August.