Popular Sports
All Sports
Show All

Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of a mid-table Premier League clash between Fulham and Swansea at Craven Cottage. Not all that much to play for but both are good footballing sides, kicking off at 3pm.

Premier League / Matchday 29
Craven Cottage / 17.03.2012
    Live
    Live Updates
    Reda Maher

    Updated 17/03/2012 at 17:05 GMT


    11'
    Taylor down the left cuts inside for Allen, now Sigurdsson but his long-range drive hits team-mate Routledge to go wide.
    10'
    Swansea playing it about fairly confidently; while Fulham are stronger physically with Diarra in the middle they lack the tempo-controlling Murphy's ability on the ball.
    9'
    Live comment icon
    The flag is up as the Fulham defence opens up - Routledge was clean through and he should have been allowed to finish as the touch was actually Ruiz's from his sliding tackle! Routlegde fired straight at Schwarzer, by the way.
    8'
    Dempsey turns when he probably should have offloaded and is closed out. Riise puts it long but too long and it's with Vorm.
    7'
    Schwarzer gathers a cross from high after a neat passing move from Swansea. Routledge with the final ball.
    6'
    Loose ball from Diarra, looking for Ruiz but well beyond him and out for a throw.
    5'
    Fulham clear the corner but, under pressure from Britton, Dembele can't keep it in and the visitors have a throw on the right wing.
    4'
    Live comment icon
    Sinclair, ex-Chelsea of course, is allowed to run into space down the left, Senderos lets him past far too easily and he can shoot but Hangeland blocks it! Corner.
    3'
    Live comment icon
    Graham heads the corner clear but it drops for Dembele, he gets past Sinclair, cuts inside and shoots but Graham blocks. Still Fulham as Pogrebnyak holds it up, wide to Dembele who fires in a low drive but Vorm holds on! Had he not clung on to that you had the Pog, Dempsey and Murphy running in!
    2'
    Live comment icon
    Fulham counter attack, Dempsey on the run, very direct from him and he fires a rising drive that Vorm tips over! Corner, super start at the Cottage.
    1'
    Early half chance for the Swans as, from a very tight angle, Graham fires wide.
    1'
    Live comment icon
    The first half is underway!
    14:55
    The teams are out. Predictions I have so far are: @Begley_Beggs: "Fulham all the way..Hopefully :D"; FULHAM 2-0 SWANSEA Pog + Dempsey from seanfilgate, and Swansea 2-0 Fulham from SIMON.
    14:50
    I've been asked to submit a prediction but this one is a toughie - Fulham overwhelming favourites due to home form, but they were tepid at Villa the other week and Swansea can sure play a bit. I'm going to plump for a 1-1 draw. Let me know what you think on the Twitter link below.
    14:45
    Live comment icon
    I'll be your commentator for this game, and you can get in touch with me on @Reda_Eurosport via Twitter. I will be avoiding the comments below as, alas, trolls and spammers ruin it for the rest of us.
    14:40
    MATCH ODDS: Fulham (10/11) Swansea (15/4) Draw (5/2)
    14:35
    Live comment icon
    FACT: Pavel Pogrebnyak has scored five goals from just five shots on target in the Premier League for Fulham; Clint Dempsey has scored 12 goals in his last 10 appearances at Craven Cottage in all competitions and nine in the last five.
    14:35
    Live comment icon
    FACT: Fulham have lost just one and won six of their last eight Premier League games at Craven Cottage; Swansea’s last six away league games have seen them alternate between wins and losses.
    14:35
    Live comment icon
    FACT: Fulham are the only team in the Premier League who have not earned a red card this season; Swansea have committed the fewest fouls in the top flight this season (233). Clean.
    14:35
    Live comment icon
    FACT: The last time Fulham met Swansea in the league at Craven Cottage, both sides were in the fourth tier of English football; Fulham won 2-1.
    14:30
    Live comment icon
    Brendan Rogers (Swansea): "I had a good chat with the chairman this week, and we are not going to shell out millions and millions like some clubs have done because that's not the way we work at Swansea. We want to do it our way, but the chairman understands that we have got to invest. If we are going to retain our status at this level in the long term, we have got to recruit well. We are not going to go crazy, but we will be looking to add three or four players who can make a difference."