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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Craven Cottage
  • Attendance: 22882
  • Referee: Poll, G

Live Commentary

90mins

Pearce is furious with the officials as he feels he has been brought down in box but the full-time whistle blos as Wigan hack the ball clear.

90mins

McCulloch latches onto a loose ball and Niemi has to pull of a very late double save to keep Fulham in the match.

90mins

McBride seems to have been brought down in the box but the ball comes back out for Routledge and his shot is blocked and flies out for a late corner to Fulham.

90mins

Queudrue takes a free-kick which is headed out well only as far a Boa morte but the substitutes shot is defelcted back out with Fulham throwing everyone forward.

88mins

Boa Morte does well to find McBride and the American's shot is tipped wide excellently by Kirkland.

86mins

Boa Morte fouls the sub Johansson but the referee decides to keep his cards in his pocket.

83mins

FULHAM 0-1 WIGAN ATHLETIC (CAMARA): Queudrue makes a mistake, missing the ball and CAMARA breaks into the box, keeping his cool to slot the ball past Niemi. FULHAM 0 - 1 WIGAN.

82mins

Routledge slides the ball into the box which Radzinski leaves for Boa Morte but Boyce does well to get a toe on the ball and clear.

80mins

Third yellow of the afternoon as Scharner is adjuged to have hand-balled.

79mins

After coming on a couple moments ago Johansson's first shot of the afternoon keeps rising and goes well over the corss-bar.

78mins

Boa Morte twists and turns and unleashes a rasping shot which Kirkland does well to save.

77mins

Andreas Johansson is on as Landzaat trudges off, his last touch being the missed penalty.

76mins

De Zeeuw picks up the second of the afternoon as the game begins to pick up pace after the penalty miss.

75mins

Landzaat fires the ball over the bar and his shot really sums up the match so far with chances being wasted left, right and centre.

74mins

Knight receives the first yellow of the game for hand-ball inside the box.

74mins

Niemi spills the ball in the box and hits Knight in the arm.

72mins

Wigan's Landzaat may be showing the first signs of tiredness and frustration as his free-kick is wasted and sails high over the bar.

71mins

Knight has been playing really well in this match and puts in a foot on Camara but then takes too much time and Wigan win it back.

69mins

Luis Boa Morte makes his first appearance after injury to replace the now injured Micheal Brown.

68mins

Camara works the ball onto his left foot and cracks a shot off at goal which rises only just over the bar.

67mins

Matt Jackson comes on in place of Andy Webster who hasn't been able to work himself into a role in this match.

66mins

Kilbane controls the ball off a corner and has crashes his shot into Brown who is spun around by the power in the shot and is left injured on the ground.

65mins

The ball cannons off Rosenior for a corner to Wigan as both sides try to find the opening goal.

63mins

Fulham try to find Claus Jensen with a ball down the line but Boyce comes across to concede a corner.

62mins

Brown clatters into Knight and his team mate is floored by the midfielders attempted clearance.

61mins

Radzinski bends in a ball for a team-mate but Wigan find themselves with acres of spac eand time to hook the cross clear.

60mins

Kilbane swings in a lack-lustre corner which Pearce deal with well to smash into the Wigan half.

59mins

McCulloch tries to turn Knight but the defender holds his ground and denies the striker.

56mins

Kilbane curls in a cross with Camara connecting with his head but Niemi saves well yet again.Kilbane curls in a cross with Camara connecting with his head but Niemi saves well yet again.

54mins

Volz comes off the field to be replaced by Wayne Routledge as the German has struggled to get into this match.

53mins

Knight carries out his defensive duties well as the home sides early attacks break down.

51mins

Camara's header from Kilbane's corner looks to have crossed the line, incensing the visiting faithful but no goal is the decision.

50mins

Teale flies down the wing and loops in a cross which Brown stretches to clear for a corner.

49mins

Bocanegra whips in a sizzling cross and Kilbane is very lucky not to concede an own goal as he puts the ballout for the second corner of the half.

48mins

Lee McCulloch comes on to replace Heskey as the striker fails to put away his chances.

48mins

Fulham'scorner comes to nothing as Wigan stand strong.

47mins

Volz charges from the back for Fulham, playing in McBride who wins a corner early on for the home side.

46mins

Both teams have started the second half of this game as they did the first with Niemi getting a touch early on from his defenders.

45mins

Wigan restart the match aiming to continue where they left off pressuring for the opening goal.

45mins

HALF TIME: FULHAM 0-0 WIGAN ATHLETIC: The whistle blows for the break with Fulham the happiest after thwarting a number of attacks from the visiting side.

45mins

The resulting dead-ball smashes back off the wall to the feet of Teale who wastes his effort with a really poor shot.

45mins

Kilbane outs in a great ball which lands for Scharner and as Brown comes in to clock the shot the Fulham man concedes a free-kick.

43mins

Kilbane has a shot from distance with his left foot but the wingers driven effort drifts just over the bar.

42mins

The game has really slowed down in these late stages of the first have with the ball frequently being wasted and knocked out of play.

41mins

Claus Jensen has a poor free-kick easily dealt with by Kirkland.

40mins

Teale puts in a deep cross which is headed back across by Scharner but as before for Fulham, Wigan havent got a player running across to tap home.

39mins

Kilbane uses his feet well to find a cross into the area but Brown heads well out of the box.

37mins

Queudrue swings a ball into the box but Boyce jumps high to clear well as appeals for a penalty are waved away by Graham Poll as Heskey looks to push Knight.

36mins

McBride tries to spring the off-side trap but the linesman has already risen his flag on the attacker.

34mins

Emmerson Boyce this time attempts to find Heskey in the box but as the ex-England international hangs in the air he is penalised for a push on Knight.

32mins

Radzinski blocked shot squirms across the face of goal but not a single team-mate can get a touchas it creeps out of play.

31mins

Claus Jensen cuts in from the flank and shows great feet to get into the box and his chip looks to have Kirkland beat but the ball clips the top of the bar.

30mins

Camara sets up Heskey with another pin-point cross but the big forward's header is straight at Niemi.

29mins

Camara tries a very acrobatic scissor kick but doesn't manage to pull it off sending it wide and receiving ironic cheers from the home support.

28mins

Teale and Camara work together to play in Heskey with a cross and the striker uses his strength to hold off a defender and then shoots but the ball is cleared.

27mins

Heskey throws Carlos Bocanegra to the ground as Fulham try and break away but the referee has spotted an earlier insident.

26mins

Radzinski works well to tackle Teale and then Landzaat which makes the home crowd happy.

25mins

Queudrue whacks the ball out of play after a Knight set him away.

24mins

Volz is stopped in his tracks by Scharner as Fulham try and stem the tide.

22mins

Niemi comes out bravely to cut out a Teale ball for Heskey as Wigan begin to get on top in this match.

21mins

Emile Heskey breaks quickly from a poor Franck Queudrue free-kick and finds Camara in the box but Zat Knight does very well to put in a challenge on the striker.

19mins

Gary Teale floats in a great cross which is missed by Kilbane but Paul Scharner dives at the ball and is unlucky to see his header go just wide.

18mins

Camara turns onto his left foot and side steps Brown and the Pearce to let a shot off at goal which brings the first save of the match out of Niemi.

17mins

Ian Pearce does well to send the ball back to his goalkeeper.

16mins

McBride curls in a cross as Radzinski runs in but the latter can't get the touch he wants and the ball rolls out to safety.

15mins

Arjan De Zeeuw comes across to head out as Brian McBride charged down on the defender.

14mins

Andy Webster sends a long ball down the line for Kevin Kilbane but he puts too much into it and the ball rolls out of play.

13mins

Michael Brown tries to find Claus Jensen with a clever turn and pass but the chipped ball runs out for a goal kick to Wigan.

12mins

Liam Rosenior takes a corner into the box and Fulham do well to earn another as Volz turns and his shot deflects out of play.

11mins

Leighton Baines tries to send a ball down the line but Volz does well to intercept.

10mins

A couple of long balls played by both teams as Niemi and Chris Kirkland get a couple of early touches.

9mins

Denny Landzaat whips in a free-kick into the box but Antti Niemi comes out well to hold onto the cross.

7mins

Michael Brown sends in a good looking ball for Radzinski which is taken off the strikers head before he can get a touch.

6mins

Antti Niemi comes sliding out as Moritz Volz clears the ball for a corner off Henri Camara who had sprung past the Fulham defence.

5mins

Brian McBride has a shot from the edge of the area which is charged down by Arjan De Zeeuw for a corner.

4mins

Emile Heskey plays a clever back heel into the path of Henri Camara who has a shot which sails wide of the post.

3mins

Fulham earn a goal kick after the Wigan attack breaks up.

1mins

The game has startedat a slow pace, with Fulham looking to play a long ball up towards Tomasz Radzinski but the Canadian can't reach the pass.

0mins

Fulham get the game underway knocking the ball back towards their own goal.

0mins

The referee for today's game is Graham Poll, having shown 35 yellows so far this season and not a single red card all term.

0mins

Wigan travel to Craven Cottage looking to earn back to back victories in the league for the first time in 16 attempts but having won on Fulham soil only once ever it, could be a tall task.

0mins

Fulham head into their 100th home Premiership fixture looking to build on the point earned at unbeaten Aston Villa last weekend.

0mins

Wigan XI: Kirkland, Boyce, De Zeeuw, Webster, Baines, Teale, Scharner, Landzaat, Kilbane, Heskey, Camara

0mins

Fulham XI: Niemi, Rosenior, Knight, Pearce, Queudrue, Volz, Brown, Bocanegra, C, Jensen, McBride, Radzinski

Match Report

Wigan striker Henri Camara struck a deserved late winner to earn Paul Jewell's men their first away win of the season.

It was no more than Wigan deserved as they found Antti Niemi in top form and even missed a second-half penalty through Denny Landzaat.

But with time running out Senegal striker Camara latched on to a mistake by Franck Queudrue to fire past Niemi from 12 yards to seal the win.

As early as the third minute, Wigan's front two of Emile Heskey and Camara showed their intent for the afternoon.

Heskey neatly flicked Kevin Kilbane's pass into the path of Camara, who scooped his right-foot shot high over the bar from the edge of the area.

The Senegalese striker's pace then almost reaped rewards moments later when he made good strides down the left, only to be denied by the diving legs of Fulham keeper Niemi.

Fulham's opening chance came on 14 minutes when the lively Tomaz Radzinski sneaked in behind defender Emmerson Boyce, only to head Zat Knight's teasing cross well wide of the mark.

Camara looked to be the visitors' best hope of making a breakthrough and he again showed why Premiership defences have a hard time when he is playing.

After picking up a loose ball 30 yards out, the former Wolves frontman edged an opening just outside the area and tested Niemi with a curling left-footed shot.

Moments later, Niemi was left motionless by Paul Scharner's diving header from Gary Teale's cross, but the Austrian international's attempt sailed well wide of the right-hand post.

Despite Wigan's dominance it was the home side who should have opened the scoring on 30 minutes.

Instrumental midfielder Claus Jensen rode three Wigan challenges on the edge of the area only to see his curling right-foot shot go inches over the crossbar.

And seconds later, Fulham burst into life again when Radzinksi's testing cross was dummied at the near post by Brian McBride, but no-one was there for an easy tap-in six yards out.

In a first half that was constantly end to end. Scharner would have been disappointed not to have found the target with another header from a Teale cross six minutes before the break.

Unfortunately, Teale's cross was just behind him and his stretching header ghosted past the post instead.

Although it was Wigan who almost pressed the self destruct button after the interval when Kilbane almost put through his own net when he sliced Radzinski's cross inches over his own crossbar.

And in a bizarre trade of chances, Moritz Volz then almost did exactly the same when he headed Teale's cross just wide of his own post.

And from Kilbane's resulting corner Camara's free header at the back post was somehow clawed off the line by the right hand of Niemi, before bouncing on the line and being cleared to safety.

But the game took a major turn on 74 minutes when the visitors were awarded a penalty after Knight handled Camara's goalbound effort off the goal-line.

Knight was only yellow-carded and Fulham were not made to pay when Landzaat blasted the resulting spot kick against the crossbar.

But the home side's joy was short lived as eight minutes later, Knight's clearance was charged down by Kilbane and after Queudrue mis-controlled, Camara ran through on goal to fire past Niemi and win the game.

Fulham

Wigan Athletic

Corners

54

Fouls

1112

Goal attempts

416

Shots off target

38

Offsides

31

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