Stoke 0 - 0 Fulham
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Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Premier League
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| Stoke | 0-0 | Fulham | L |
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- 0:00 The ref blows the whistle to start the match.
Live text and data provided by The Press Association.
Barclays Premier League
Venue: Britannia Stadium Date: Tuesday, 5 January 2010 Kick-off: 1945 GMT
Coverage: BBC Sport website, BBC Radio 5 Live, local radio & full match commentary on 5 Live sports extra.
Stoke are confident the game will go ahead despite the threat of snow on Tuesday and are monitoring conditions.
Keeper Thomas Sorensen will be passed fit despite suffering a finger injury during the FA Cup win against York.
Abdoulaye Faye, who was not in the squad for that game, is set to return and Ryan Shawcross is available again after serving a one-match ban.
Fulham are waiting to discover whether Brede Hangeland (knee) will return after missing the Cup win at Swindon.
Stoke
Suspended: None Doubtful: None Injured: None
Fulham
Suspended: None Doubtful: Hangeland (knee)
Injured: Davies (ankle), Kamara, Ki-Hyeon & Pantsil (all knee)
Stoke are enduring a difficult spell, having lost their last three matches and failed to score in any of them. Tony Pulis' side currently have the weakest attack in the Premier League, with only 15 goals scored in 19 matches.
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The way he is going at the moment, Bobby Zamora's well on target for 20 goals
Fulham manager Roy Hodgson
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The fact that Matthew Etherington is their top scorer with four goals this season sums up their problems. The winger has managed more goals than strikers James Beattie, Ricardo Fuller, Tuncay Sanli and Mamady Sidibe.
Tuesday's match could see Sidibe make his 150th appearance for the Potters, who are without a league victory in six matches and badly need to get back to winning ways.
Fulham have had no such problems. Roy Hodgson's team are comfortably nestled in the top half of the table and, unlike Stoke, have a forward in decent scoring form.
Bobby Zamora's winner in Saturday's FA Cup victory against Swindon was his 11th goal of the season, and boss Hodgson is confident the player can reach 20 for the campaign.
But the Cottagers' away form will give Stoke plenty of encouragement. Fulham have struggled on the road in recent seasons and are without a victory in eight away league matches.
Head-to-head
• Stoke's last home win against Fulham was in March 1993.
• The Potters failed to score in both their Premier League matches against Fulham last season.
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606: DEBATE
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Stoke
• Stoke have failed to score in five of their last six league matches.
• They have only ever won one of 14 Premier League matches during the months of December and January - a 1-0 home win against Manchester City on 31 January last year.
Fulham
• Fulham have lost all three of their matches against Midlands clubs this season.
• They have not won a Premier League away match in January since a 2-1 victory at Birmingham City in 2005.
• Jonathan Greening's next start will be the 300th of his career.
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Stoke
Etherington: 4 goals (2 league); Beattie: 3 goals (3 league)
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Fulham
Zamora: 11 goals (6 league); Dempsey: 6 goals (5 league)
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Assistant referees: Dave Bryan & Robert Madley
Fourth official: Neil Swarbrick
Stoke (L0-1 v Birmingham, h): Sorensen; Higginbotham, Huth, Shawcross, Faye, Lawrence (Sidibe 82), Whitehead, Sanli, Delap, Etherington, Beattie (Fuller 70). Subs not used: Simonsen, Cort, Collins, Pugh, Faye.
Fulham (L1-2 v Chelsea, a): Schwarzer; Konchesky, Pantsil (Etuhu 66), Baird, Hughes, Smalling, Gera (Johnson 71), Murphy, Duff (Riise 85), Dempsey, Zamora. Subs not used: Zuberbuhler, Kallio, Greening, Nevland.
Fulham scorer: Nevland 29.
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