- Cole (16), Stanislas (90)
- Murphy (47 pen), Gera (57)
- Date:2009-10-04
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Upton Park
- Attendance:32612
- Referee:Dowd, P
Live Commentary
90mins
West Ham 2 Fulham 2: Second half goals from Murphy and Gera looked to have given 10-man Fulham the three points, until super-sub Stanislas popped up with a 90th minute equaliser for the Hammers.
90mins
West Ham 2 Fulham 2: Substitute Stanislas sends the home fans wild with a 90th minute equaliser. It's a long range effort that flies in off of the back of Hughes.
89mins
Faubert crosses from the right but it's headed behind by Gera and that will be a corner to West Ham.
88mins
Long range effort from Stanislas and he wins his side a corner. Time is running out though for West Ham and they've really not threatened the Fulham goal in this second period.
87mins
Johnson goes down for Fulham, but the referee sees it as a dive and the substitute is shown the yellow card by referee Dowd.
85mins
Pantsil fails to clear for Fulham and concedes a corner.
84mins
Fulham substitution: Dempsey, who looked to have injured his shoulder just moments before, comes off to make way for Nevland.
83mins
Fulham substitution: Kamara comes off to be replaced by Eddie Johnson.
81mins
Aerial clash between Upson and Kamara, but the referee waves play on. Upson will surely be glad to see the back of Kamara after this afternoon's performance.
80mins
Good effort from Dempsey from the edge of the area, but Green turns it wide.
78mins
Counter attack from the visitors, but substitute Behrami gets back well and breaks up the attack.
77mins
Decent play from Cole. He works space for a shot but it's deflected away for a corner.
73mins
Long range effort from Tomkins, but it's wide of the near post.
71mins
The crowd just starting to show their frustration as the home side give the ball away easily again. It's been a poor second half performance from the Hammers.
70mins
High ball played forward towards Cole, but it's a clear push by the West Ham man on Pantsil and it's a cheap free-kick for Fulham.
68mins
West Ham substitution: Hines' afternoon is also over and he is going to be replaced by Stanislas.
68mins
West Ham substitution: Behrami comes on for the home side in place of Parker.
66mins
West Ham come forward with Diamanti. He cuts inside and shoots, but it's at the near post and it's an easy save for Schwarzer.
65mins
Low ball driven in to the Fulham area. Diamanti shoots early but it's a wide and that is the first sign of West Ham as an attacking threat since the half-time break.
64mins
Long ball over the top looks for Cole. Hughes gets back well and heads back. It looks for a second like it might beat his keeper but Schwarzer collects.
63mins
Foul by Upson on Kamara. The Fulham man is starting to prove a real handful for the Hammers in this secnd half.
62mins
Short spell of possession by West Ham, but ends with a poor ball in by Ilunga which is easily cleared.
59mins
Foul on Cole and it's a free-kick in a dangerous position on the edge of the area, just off to the left. Diamanti takes but it's into the wall and wasted.
57mins
Foul by Faubert and it's a yellow card for the West Ham man as he throws the ball away in dissent.
55mins
West Ham 1 Fulham 2: Konchesky takes the corner, Green doesn't get anything on it and Gera volleys home to give the 10-men the lead.
54mins
Konchesky takes the free-kick. It deflects off the wall, almost wrong-footing Green, but he does well to get across and turn the ball around for a corner.
54mins
Upson fouls Dempsey and it's a free-kick to Fulham 25 yards out.
52mins
Fulham try to break forward. Kamara gets beyond Jimenez who brings the Fulham man down and it's a yellow card for the West Ham man.
51mins
Upson gives the ball away. Gera plays the ball forward towards Kamara, but it's a poor ball and it's through to Green in the West Ham goal.
49mins
Another cross from Faubert, but it's over-hit this time and out for a goal-kick.
47mins
Long ball from Faubert played high in to the area. Diamanti turns well but he scuffs the shot and the chance is gone.
46mins
West Ham 1 Fulham 1: Murphy sends Robert Green the wrong way and the 10 men of Fulham are level.
46mins
Kamara fouled inside the area by Upson and Fulham have a penalty just seconds into the second half.
46mins
The visitors get this second half underway.
46mins
Fulham substitution: Chris Baird comes on for the vistors to replace Andy Johnson for the second half.
45mins
West Ham 1 Fulham 0: Cole gave West Ham the lead before Dikgacoi was sent off for the visitors and they'll be glad for the 15 minutes to re-group after coming under severe pressure late in the half.
45mins
Corner to West Ham right on half-time. It's driven near post by Diamanti but it's out for a goal-kick.
45mins
Parker gets the ball 25 yards. He bursts into the area and shoots right-footed but it's charged down by Hughes.
45mins
Fulham must be praying for the half-time whistle as Hines misses another chance for the hosts.
45mins
Half chance for Noble but he doesn't get hold of his shot well and the effort doesn't trouble Schwarzer.
45mins
There will be a minimum of 3 added minutes in this first half.
42mins
Good possession again from the home side. Fulham are looking to get to half-time without conceding a second goal.
38mins
The referee has gone to speak with his assistant over the incident and Phil Dowd has shown Dikgacoi the red card.
38mins
Altercation between Dikgacoi and Parker off the ball. It's hard to see what has gone on, but Parker finds himself in the referee's book.
36mins
Jimenez plays it over the top to Cole. He looks like he might be in on goal, but Hughes does well to cover round and it's away for a West Ham corner.
34mins
Fulham give the ball away. Jimenez drives forward and shoots but it's deflected of Dikgacoi, ball drops eventually to Parker. He shoots from 25 yards but Schwarzer gets down well to save to his right.
33mins
Shot from the edge of the area by Kamara but it's straight into the arms of Green.
32mins
Parker brings the ball forward, passes to Cole who gets his shot in under pressure, but it's just wide.
31mins
Cynical foul by Murphy, dragging back Diamanti after the West Ham man gets beyond him and the referee wants a word with the Fulham man. He's lucky to escape a booking there.
30mins
Good skill from Jimenez, but his pass can't quite pick out Cole and the danger is over.
29mins
Ilunga bursts forward and finds Hines. Good low cross by the West Ham man, across the six-yard box, but it's cut out and Fulham try to break forward themselves.
27mins
Ball forward to Cole. He chests it down for Noble but under pressure from Dikgacoi fires wide.
25mins
Long ball forward by Faubert, but it's well over-hit and safely through to Schwarzer.
24mins
Long ball forward by Diamanti. Hines gets up well but can't quite find Cole.
23mins
West Ham almost play themselves into trouble in the right back area and Tomkins is forced to clear for a throw-in.
22mins
Chance for Johnson to equalise. Quick free-kick from Murphy gets Johnson away but his effort from six yards is wide.
20mins
West Ham come forward again. Ilunga plays it forward towards Hines, but it's cut out well by Hughes.
19mins
Free header for Tomkins at the near post but he heads wide from 10 yards and he should really have done better.
18mins
Long ball forward again looking for Cole, but Pantsil does well to clear. The ball is put into the box again but this time it's cleared for a corner on the right.
16mins
West Ham 1 Fulham 0: Diamanti takes the resulting free-kick. It's a dangerous delivery which Cole gets on the end of to head home and give the Hammers the lead against the run of play.
14mins
Good play by Noble down the right, Hangeland brings him down and is shown the yellow card by Phil Dowd.
11mins
Foul on Diamanti and it's another fre-kick to West Ham. It's been a relatively non-eventful start to the game.
9mins
Good possession from the home side, eventually results in a free-kick in a dangerous area after Pantsil upends Ilunga.
5mins
Corner to Fulham. Murphy takes in-swinging but Green is up well to collect.
4mins
Mistake by Faubert, gifts the ball to Gera. He hits it low from distance but it's smothered well by Green,
3mins
Long ball forward towards Kamara, but Tomkins does well to clear the danger for the home side.
1mins
Referee Phil Dowd blows his whistle and gets this game underway.
0mins
Fulham have beaten West Ham only once in the past 12 Premier League meetings.
0mins
Fulham, too, have struggled to find the form that propelled them into Europe last season, sitting directly above West Ham in the table.
0mins
West Ham start this afternoon's game in the relegation zone after taking just two points from their opening six matches, their worst start since the 2002/03 season when they were relegated.
0mins
Matthew Upson returns to action for the Hammers having missed the last two games with a calf injury.
0mins
Duff and Davies both miss out on today's game through injury, but Hangelend returns for Fulham.
0mins
Fulham team line-up: Schwarzer, Pantsil, Hughes, Hangeland, Konchesky, Gera, Murphy, Dikgacoi, Dempsey, Johnson, Camara
0mins
West Ham team line-up: Green, Faubert, Tomkins, Upson, Ilunga, Noble, Parker, Jimenez, Diamanti, Cole, Hines
Match Preview
West Ham United and Fulham clash in another of the Premier League's London derbies on Sunday afternoon.
Gianfranco Zola's men worryingly find themselves in the relegation zone and are without a win at home so far this campaign.
He will be hoping with the Upton Park faithful cheering his side on, this could be the chance to turn the season around.
West Ham have not won since the opening game of the season and after losing three consecutive games to Wigan Athletic, Liverpool and Manchester City on Monday night, the Hammers are showing relegation form.
Fulham themselves are in trouble at the wrong end of the table and sit directly one place above them.
They lost out to Arsenal last week at Craven Cottage in a hard-fought clash and they need to get some points on the board and after three successive losses including defeats at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester City in the Carling Cup, the pressure is on.
With both club's underachieving, they will be eager to edge away from the drop zone whilst adding more pressure on their opponents so a highly anticipated clash is on the cards.
Roy Hodgson takes his men to the east side of London with a full squad to choose from.
Zola could be without inspirational defender Matthew Upson and Jack Collison (calf).
Long term absentees Dean Ashton (ankle) and Luis Boa Morte (knee) are continuing their rehabilitation and are a long way from first team reckoning once again.
Last term's fixture ended up a happy one for the Hammers as they cruised to a 3-1 victory.
David Di Michele slotted home early on and although former West Ham full-back Paul Konchesky rocketed in an equaliser from 30-yards, the hosts were not to be denied.
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Match Report
Junior Stanislas rescued Hammers with a stoppage-time equaliser that gave Gianfranco Zola's side their first home point of the campaign.
But the substitute's late, late leveller against ten-man Fulham was still not enough to lift Zola's stuttering 19th-placed side out of the bottom three.
At the interval, West Ham looked to be cruising to victory thanks to Carlton Cole's fourth goal of the season and the dismissal of Kagisho Dikgacoi but a stirring second-half fightback saw Fulham gain the upper-hand, thanks to Danny Murphy's penalty and Zoltan Gera's strike.
Following Monday evening's defeat at Manchester City, Zola had declared that this London derby was like a cup final for two teams already languishing in the drop-zone.
With his side looking for their first Premier League win since the opening day of the season, the Hammers boss made two changes as Zavon Hines and skipper Matthew Upson came in for Radoslav Kovac and substitute Manuel Da Costa.
West Ham, lining up in an attacking, adventurous 4-3-2-1 formation, certainly looked to have heeded their manager's message and, inside the opening minute, lone striker Cole volleyed inches over from 20 yards.
Fulham, who kicked off just one place higher in 18th-spot, had made half-a-dozen changes following Thursday evening's Europa League win over FC Basle as Gera, Dikgacoi, Brede Hangeland, Aaron Hughes, ex-Hammer John Pantsil, and Diomansy Kamara were each recalled to the side.
And with 15 minutes on the clock, Roy Hodgson must have been questioning his decision to bring back Hangeland.
After seeing the Norwegian booked for hauling down the overlapping Julien Faubert, the Fulham boss could only look on in horror as Alessandro Diamanti floated the consequent right-wing free-kick into the near post, where Cole soared above the six-foot, five-inch, Hangeland to head the Hammers into the lead.
Just a minute later, James Tomkins almost doubled the advantage, when he met Diamanti's corner with a downward header that bounced just inches wide of the base of Mark Schwarzer's right-hand post.
In reply, Andy Johnson slid a quick free-kick inches wide as the statuesque home defence looked on and then the toiling Kamara tested Robert Green with a 20-yard stinger.
But six minutes before the break, Fulham's impetus was stifled when Dikgacoi angrily locked horns with Scott Parker and, after the Hammers midfielder was handed a suspension-inducing fifth booking of the season, referee Phil Dowd then dismissed the shocked South African, who was making his first Premier League start.
Hines, Diamanti and Luis Jiminez each tried to demolish the Cottagers before the finish of a first half that West Ham simply did not want to end, but any thoughts they had of coasting through the second half were soon scuppered.
Indeed, within seconds of replacing Johnson with Chris Baird for the restart, the ten men found themselves level, when Upson was adjudged to have hauled down Kamara and man-of-the-match Murphy coolly sent Green the wrong way with the consequent spot-kick.
Things got even worse as the hour-mark approached, when ex-Hammer Paul Konchesky floated over a deep corner which the red-faced Green mis-punched and the gobsmacked Gera beat Herita Ilunga at the far post to send the Fulham fans among the East End crowd of 32,612 wild with delight.
By now it was hard to distinguish which side was one man short and Zola responded with a double substitution that saw Valon Behrami and Stanislas replace Parker and Hines for the final 20 minutes.
Stanislas and Faubert each tested Schwarzer, while Clint Dempsey forced Green into a full-length save before departing with a shoulder injury but the real pain was yet to come for Fulham.
In the second minute of stoppage time, Stanislas unleashed an 18-yarder that took a deadly deflection off Hughes on its way to wrong-footing Schwarzer and giving relieved West Ham a fortunate share of the points.
West Ham United Team
Fulham Team
West Ham United | Fulham |
Corners
| 8 | 4 |
Fouls
| 12 | 9 |
Goal attempts
| 20 | 11 |
Shots off target
| 10 | 4 |
Offsides
| 1 | 1 |



90mins
Almost a chance at the other end for Fulham to snatch it. Green comes off his line but Johnson beats him to the ball but takes too long and can't finish.