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  • Elliott (60)
  • Zamora (50)
  • Date:2009-12-12
  • Kick-off:15:00
  • Venue:Turf Moor
  • Attendance:18397
  • Referee:Jones, M

Live Commentary

90mins

FULL-TIME: BURNLEY 1 - 1 FULHAM: The game ends in a 1-1 draw, with neither side doing enough to win the game.

90mins

Elliott's corner is headed away by the impressive Hangeland and Fulham manage to clear their lines.

90mins

Burnley are having the better of the final few moments and they have won a corner in the last few seconds.

90mins

Three minutes of added time will be played. Can either side find a winner?

89mins

Fulham look to counter attack through Zamora, but the striker's touch is too heavy and he runs the ball out of play.

88mins

Burnley pass the ball around well, but nothing comes of the attack as Guerrero's touch lets him down at the crucial moment.

86mins

Fernando Guerrero replaces Eagles as Burnley look to make something happen in the final few minutes.

85mins

Free-kick for Burnley is over-hit by Eagles and it goes out for a Fulham goal-kick. Poor effort.

84mins

Mears does well to find Elliott on the right wing, but the goalscorer fails to produce one of his best crosses as Schwarzer collects the ball.

82mins

Dempsey has a chance to make something happen as Fulham push forward, but his clever pass is cut out by Carlisle before it can reach Zamora.

82mins

Nugent attempts to make the most of a poor Paintsil header, only for Hangeland to get their first and clear the danger. Excellent defending.

81mins

Demspey has scored five goals in his last seven Premier League games before today, but hasn't produced anything so far.

79mins

Duff's cross deep into the Burnley penalty area is punched away strongly by Jensen. The keeper has been on top form this afternoon.

77mins

Burnley also make a change as Kevin McDonald comes on for Bikey.

77mins

Zoltan Gera replaces Nevland for Fulham.

76mins

Bikey picks up the loose ball and moves forward at pace before firing a shot towards goal, only for Schwarzer to make a comfortable save.

75mins

Nevland gets himself on the end of a Duff flick on, but the Fulham striker can only shoot into the side netting under pressure from Alexander.

74mins

Duff has had a much quiter second-half, but he is still dangerous on the ball and Burnley will be aware of that.

72mins

Mears' looping cross is fumbled by Schwarzer initially, but the Fulham keeper eventually collects to end any danger.

71mins

Corner for Fulham is taken deep by Greening and is punched away well by Jensen. They haven't made enough of their set-pieces today.

70mins

As we move into the final 20 minutes, this game could still go either way. It needs a player to step up for their side and win them three points.

69mins

Baird wins the ball well off Carlisle, but his ball over the top of the Burnley defence leaves too much for Zamora to do.

67mins

Bikey's cross is too heavy for the man at the back post, but the ball falls to Elliott who fires a shot just wide of the post.

66mins

Elliott knocks the ball over the top for Nugent to run onto and the substitute gets their first before forcing a comfortable save from Schwarzer.

65mins

Burnley have the momentum now and are playing their part in an entertaining second-half at Turf Moor.

63mins

The resulting corner is headed away by Burnley and eventually collected by Jensen despite Fulham knocking the ball straight back into the box.

62mins

Duff looks to work his magic again and moves to the corner of the penalty area and he eventually finds Dempsey who watches on as his shot is deflected wide.

61mins

The goal has come at exactly the right time for Burnley. Their fans are now loud and they will fancy their chances of winning the game.

60mins

BURNLEY 1 - 1 FULHAM: The home side are back on level terms as ELLIOTT gets on the end of a Jordan cross to volley home.

58mins

Burnley have moved to 4-4-2 after the introduction of Nugent. Will it make a difference to their chances though?

57mins

Duff moves forward with pace for Fulham and gets the ball wide to Paintsil who can't quite direct his cross towards Zamora.

56mins

Owen Coyle makes his first change of the game as David Nugent comes on to replaced Blake.

56mins

Corner for the away side is whipped in by Duff onto the head of Dempsey who sees his effort blocked by Carlisle.

55mins

Fletcher flicks the ball on after a long ball forward, but is penalised for fouling his man. Nothing is going Burnley's way at the moment.

53mins

Zamora has now overtaken Dempsey as Fulham's leading scorer this season. The former Tottenham man has now scored 7 goals in all competitions.

52mins

Burnley weren't happy with the goal as they felt the free-kick which started the move was not taken from the correct position.

50mins

BURNLEY 0 - 1 FULHAM: The away side take the lead as ZAMORA runs through on goal before slotting the ball past Jensen.

50mins

Fletcher and Bikey exchange passes well before the latter squares the ball to Elliot who drags the ball just wide of the post.

49mins

Fulham haven't managed to win away from hime since the opening day of the season when they emerged victorious at Portsmouth.

47mins

Free-kick for the home side from 40-yards is whipped into the box by Blake, only for Hangeland to be in the right place at the right time to head away.

46mins

There have been no changes for either side at the break, although if the score remains the same, both managers may look to mix things up somewhat.

45mins

The second half is underway, with both sides looking to create a lot more than they did in the opening 45 minutes.

45mins

HALF-TIME: BURNLEY 0 - 0 FULHAM - A rather uneventful first half comes to a close with the score 0-0.

45mins

Duff whips in a dangerous free-kick for Fulham, but Graham Alexander is there to head the ball away.

43mins

Zamora pushes forward into some space, but just as it seems like he is going to get a shot away, Caldwell intercepts and clears the ball away.

41mins

Eagles shows good skill again to beat his man before his left-footed shot is deflected into the arms of Schwarzer.

39mins

Konchesky is the second Fulham player to be booked as he brings down Eagles. He will have to be careful now.

39mins

Eagles avoids the offside flag and moves forward with purpose before failing to test Schwarzer too much with his weak shot.

37mins

Burnley fans are finding their voice somewhat as they attempt to get their side going before the break.

36mins

Jonathan Greening is cautioned for a foul on a Burnley player.

35mins

Duff collects the ball from Zamora and whips in a dangerous cross which Carlisle deals with well.

34mins

Andre Bikey does well to win the ball for his side and set Eagles on his way, but the former Manchester United man's pass towards Elliot is poor and Fulham clear their lines.

32mins

Nevland tries to thread the ball through to Duff, only for Carlisle to get their first and knock the ball back to Jensen in the Burnley goal who clears.

30mins

Burnley will fancy their chances of three points today as the last 12 league meetings between these two sides have ended in a home win.

28mins

Stephen Jordan finds some space as Burnley push forward, but his cross is poor and easily blocked by Baird.

27mins

Burnley are getting into the game more and more without creating too much. At least they are passing the ball around now.

25mins

Blake is the man to take the corner again, but Brede Hangeland is there to clear the ball from any danger.

24mins

Eagles does superbly well as he takes on two Fulham defenders and his pace eventually wins a corner for his team.

23mins

Free-kick for the visitors is clipped into the box from Dempsey onto the head of Baird who watches on as his header goes into the arms of Jensen.

22mins

The home side break through Clarke Carlisle who knocks the ball to Eagles, only for the midfielder to shoot early and fire wide of the goal.

21mins

Blake does well with his back to goal to hold off pressure from Zamora and find Mears with a clever pass to set Burnley on their way.

20mins

Referring back to Fulham's last win at Burnley, it occured when Cottagers boss Roy Hodgson was 3-years-old.

18mins

Fulham push forward on the counter-attack through Clint Dempsey who tries his luck from distance, only for the ball to go comfortably over Jensen's goal.

17mins

Burnley produce their best move of the game and manage to win a corner as a result. This time, Blake's corner is better, but still fails to trouble the Fulham defence.

16mins

A second corner of the game is taken short by Blake who recieves the return pass from Tyrone Mears before his cross goes over the bar.

15mins

Fulham may have started well in this game, but they have a miserable record at Burnley. The last time they were victorious at Turf Moor was in 1951.

14mins

Chris Eagles gets on the ball for the first time today and bursts down the middle of the pitch before his deflected shot is saved well by Schwarzer.

13mins

Chris Baird collects the loose ball after Burnley cleared the initial cross, but the youngster can't direct his shot towards goal.

12mins

Burnley haven't really got started yet and they are being given the run around by Duff who has made an excellent start.

11mins

Duff is involved again as he knocks a ball into the penalty area which is crucially headed away by Steven Caldwell.

10mins

Duff makes a mazy run down the left wing and manages to get another shot away which Jensen does well to keep hold of.

8mins

Fulham clear their lines after a Burnley attack, but only as far as Blake who fires a shot from distance to force a good save from Mark Schwarzer.

7mins

Paul Konchesky finds some space and manages to get a cross into the box, only for Jensen to get their ahead of Bobby Zamora and collect the ball.

6mins

Robbie Blake whips in the resulting corner, but John Paintsil manages to head the ball away with ease.

5mins

Wade Elliot does well to beat his man and manages to win a corner for his side despite a poor cross.

4mins

Fulham have started this game very well indeed. They are passing the ball around with confidence and Burnley are chasing shadows.

3mins

Burnley give the ball away in midfield and it eventually falls to Erik Nevland who forces a good diving save from Jensen.

2mins

Early chance for Fulham sees Damien Duff get on the end of a long ball before chipping the ball over Brian Jensen, but wide of the goal.

1mins

Burnley will be looking to continue their superb home form this season. 16 of their 17 points this season have come at Turf Moor.

0mins

They are underway at Turf Moor as home bankers Burnley take on a Fulham side that has lost just one of their last nine games.

Match Preview

Burnley host Fulham at Turf Moor on Saturday as they look to continue their impressive home record in the Premier League.

Owen Coyle's men have dropped just five points on home soil and after wins against Manchester United, Everton, Sunderland, Birmingham City and Hull City, the Clarets sit comfortably in 13th position.

However, it is on their travels where the Lancashire-based outfit come unstuck and they have picked just one point up from a possible 24 and this must be reversed if they are to avoid a relegation dogfight.

They have won just once in their last seven fixtures and now is the time for Coyle to earn his money.

He needs to arrest their slump and it seems the honeymoon period is now over following their promotion from the Championship last season.

Fulham are looking in fine fettle and, with three wins and a draw from their last four games, the Londoners should be confident of upsetting the party up north.

With a trio of league games against Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea to come before the new year, Fulham will be striving for the three points ahead of these daunting tests.

Clint Dempsey and Bobby Zamora are impressing boss Roy Hodgson and they are expected to be granted advanced roles at the weekend.

The Cottagers remain in the Europa League by the skin of their teeth and only a win in Switzerland against Basel next Wednesday will see them progress to the next stage so it will be interesting to see if the shrewd Hodgson's team selection has a bearing on this fact.

Simon Davies remains on the sidelines for Fulham with an ankle injury and Andrew Johnson (groin), Diomansy Kamara and Dickson Etuhu (both knee) are likely to sit out.


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Match Report

Second-half goals from Fulham striker Bobby Zamora and Burnley midfielder Wade Elliott ensured that both sides earned their share of the spoils.

However, Cottagers manager Roy Hodgson will be the more disappointed boss as his team enjoyed the better of the exchanges and created more clear-cut chances.

The first of those was in the opening moments of the game when ex-Blackburn wide man Damien Duff raced clear of the Burnley defence, but tamely lobbed wide of goal when he only had goalkeeper Brian Jensen to beat.

Moments later it was the turn of striker Erik Nevland but this time Jensen produced a fine save to push the ball behind for a corner.

Duff, then created another opportunity this time striking his shot well from 20 yards only to see his effort parried by Jensen.

At the other end whilst the Fulham defence enjoyed few scares, goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer made fairly routine saves from Robbie Blake and Chris Eagles.

Burnley had a great opportunity to take the lead early in the second half but Elliott shot wide from a good position on the right-hand side of the penalty area.

This was to prove an expensive miss as shortly afterwards the visitors took the lead when Burnley were caught napping at a quickly taken free-kick which skipper Steven Caldwell failed to cut out, which enabled Zamora to take full advantage and plant the ball firmly beyond Jensen.

The lead was short lived however as Clarets left-back Stephen Jordan crossed into the box for Elliott to bring the scores level with a fine volley past Schwarzer.

But the visitors continued to look the more threatening of the two teams and almost stole the points towards the end only for Zamora to be denied by Jensen.

Zamora was again prominent in many of the good things which were undertaken by Fulham and has shown why his manager thinks that he could have an outside chance of a place in the England World Cup squad.

Turf Moor remains something of a bogey ground for Fulham who now have not won in 28 visits to the ground.

This was the first time in the season which Burnley have come from a goal down to earn a point and no doubt manager Owen Coyle will be pleased with that side of his team's efforts.

The concern will be that Burnley have not won since the end of October in a five-match winless streak and with Arsenal the visitors in midweek the likelihood remains that it will be a long hard winter for the Clarets.

Burnley

Fulham

Corners

74

Fouls

139

Goal attempts

1111

Shots off target

46

Offsides

11

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