Fulham 5-0 Norwich City (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 18 Aug 2012 15:00	Fulham	(2) 5-0 (0)	Norwich City	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 25,062 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Duff  26' Petrić  41'  54' Kačaniklić  66' Sidwell  87' (pen)	Report

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FULHAM (4-4-1-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 5 Brede Hangeland (c) DL 3 John Arne Riise MR 16 Damien Duff 74' MC 19 Mahamadou Diarra MC 30 Mousa Dembélé ML 31 Alex Kačaniklić SS 11 Bryan Ruiz 81' ST 10 Mladen Petrić 68' Substitutes: GK 13 David Stockdale DF 2 Stephen Kelly DF 6 Chris Baird DF 32 Rafik Halliche MF 7 Steve Sidwell 81' MF 8 Pajtim Kasami 74' FW 20 Hugo Rodallega 68' Manager: Martin Jol

NORWICH CITY (4-4-1-1) GK 1 John Ruddy DR 2 Russell Martin DC 24 Ryan Bennett DC 6 Michael Turner DL 23 Marc Tierney MR 11 Andrew Surman 46' MC 8 Jonny Howson MC 4 Bradley Johnson ML 12 Anthony Pilkington SS 7 Robert Snodgrass 56' ST 9 Grant Holt (c) 77' Substitutes: GK 13 Declan Rudd DF 20 Leon Barnett MF 14 Wes Hoolahan 77' MF 17 Elliott Bennett 56' MF 26 Simon Lappin FW 16 Steve Morison 46' FW 19 James Vaughan Manager: Chris Hughton

Assistant referees: Charles Breakspear Mark Scholes Fourth official: Roger East Previous Meeting: Fulham 2-1 Norwich City (2011-12 Premier League) (31 Mar 2012) Following Meeting: Norwich City 0-0 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (9 Feb 2013) Trivia Last time Fulham scored 5 goals in their opening league fixture was in the 1958-59 season, 54 years ago Mladen Petrić, Sascha Riether & Hugo Rodallega make their Fulham debuts Alex Kačaniklić scores his first goal for Fulham Clint Dempsey reported to have refused to feature for Fulham, due his pending move elsewhere Statistics Fulham Norwich City Possession 60% 40% Shots on target 9 2 Shots off target 2 4 Shots blocked 4 3 Corner kicks 6 3 Fouls conceded 12 11 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 568 374 Passing success 90% 83% Tackles 11 16 Tackles success 82% 69% Total crosses 22 22 Successful crosses 27% 23% Interceptions 15 8 Clearances 13 13 Images 1-0: Damien Duff pokes in after a superb long pass from Riise 2-0: Mladen Petrić scores on his debut, heading in from a corner that just cleared the line 3-0: Petrić celebrates with Mousa Dembélé after his 2nd goal, a deflected long-range strike 4-0: A fantastic team move was capped when Alex Kačaniklić slotted in his first Fulham goal 5-0: With no Danny Murphy or Clint Dempsey, Sidwell smashes in the fifth from the penalty spot 2012-13 season Pre-season: HB Køge (n) • Lokomotive Leipzig (a) • Kaiserslautern (n) Wycombe (a) • Nice (a) • MK Dons (a) • Charlton (h) Premier League: Norwich (h) • Man Utd (a) • West Ham (a) • West Brom (h) • Wigan (a) • Man City (h) • Southampton (a) Aston Villa (h) • Reading (a) • Everton (h) • Arsenal (a) • Sunderland (h) • Stoke (a) • Chelsea (a) • Tottenham (h) Newcastle (h) • QPR (a) • Liverpool (a) • Southampton (h) • Swansea (h) • West Brom (a) • Wigan (h) • Man City (a) West Ham (h) • Man Utd (h) • Norwich (a) • Stoke (h) • Sunderland (a) • Tottenham (a) • QPR (h) • Newcastle (a) Aston Villa (a) • Chelsea (h) • Arsenal (h) • Everton (a) • Reading (h) • Liverpool (h) • Swansea (a) FA Cup: 3rd round: Blackpool (h) • Replay: Blackpool (a) | 4th round: Man Utd (a) League Cup: 2nd round: Sheff Wed (a)