English League Championship

FT Friday, March 6, 2015
AFC Bournemouth DLLDW 5
–
Fulham LDLWL 1
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BOU235
FUL011
Craven Cottage · 16,317 att.

Match Report

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Bournemouth back atop table with 5-1 destruction of Fulham

Bournemouth marched back to the top of the Sky Bet Championship with a 5-1 demolition of Fulham at Craven Cottage.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
0
2
Saves
4
56
Possession
44
22
SHOTS
19
9
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
13
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
9
Blocked Shots
6
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
28
Clearances
40

Head to Head

BOU leads series 1-0

Lineups

FUL

  1. 40Marcus BettinelliG
  2. 2Tim HooglandD
  3. 6Nikolay BodurovD
  4. 5Fernando AmorebietaD
  5. 4Shaun HutchinsonD
  6. 19Ryan TunnicliffeM
  7. 8Scott ParkerM
  8. 32Sean KavanaghM
  9. 10Bryan RuizM
  10. 20Hugo RodallegaF
  11. 44Ross McCormackF

Substitutes

  1. 1Gabor KiralyG
  2. 3Konstantinos StafylidisD
  3. 15Kay VoserD
  4. 33Daniel BurnD
  5. 12Seko FofanaM
  6. 9Matt SmithF
  7. 16Cauley WoodrowF

BOU

  1. 31Artur BorucG
  2. 2Simon FrancisD
  3. 5Tommy ElphickD
  4. 3Steve CookD
  5. 11Charlie DanielsD
  6. 30Matt RitchieM
  7. 6Andrew SurmanM
  8. 8Harry ArterM
  9. 7Marc PughM
  10. 10Brett PitmanF
  11. 13Callum WilsonF

Substitutes

  1. 1Lee CampG
  2. 15Adam SmithD
  3. 22Elliott WardD
  4. 16Shaun MacDonaldM
  5. 19Junior StanislasM
  6. 9Tokelo RantieF
  7. 18Yann KermorgantF

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal!! Brett Pitman hits a left footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 1 - 0
  2. 37' Goal!! Matt Ritchie hits a left footed shot low through the middle from the centre and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 2 - 0
  3. 46' Fulham makes a sub: Matt Smith enters for Hugo Rodallega. Reason: Tactical
  4. 61' Goal!! Brett Pitman hits a left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 3 - 0
  5. 66' Goal!! Matt Smith hits a left footed shot high through the middle from the centre penalty area and scores!! Fulham now trails 1 - 3
  6. 69' Fernando Amorebieta has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  7. 71' Goal!! Matt Ritchie hits a left footed shot to the lower right corner from the centre and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 4 - 1
  8. 72' Fulham makes a sub: Seko Fofana enters for Sean Kavanagh. Reason: Tactical
  9. 72' Fulham makes a sub: Konstantinos Stafylidis enters for Bryan Ruiz. Reason: Tactical
  10. 77' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Tokelo Rantie enters for Callum Wilson. Reason: Tactical
  11. 81' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Adam Smith enters for Marc Pugh. Reason: Tactical
  12. 84' Goal!! Steve Cook hits a right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right penalty area and scores!! AFC Bournemouth now leads 5 - 1
  13. 86' AFC Bournemouth makes a sub: Junior Stanislas enters for Matt Ritchie. Reason: Tactical
  14. 89' Seko Fofana is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  15. 90' End of the game

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