Fulham 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur (2012-13 Premier League)

Sat 1 Dec 2012 15:00	Fulham	(0) 0-3 (0)	Tottenham Hotspur	Craven Cottage, Fulham, London Attendance: 25,426 Referee: Chris Foy
		Report	Sandro  55' Defoe  72'  77'

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FULHAM (4-4-1-1) GK 1 Mark Schwarzer DR 27 Sascha Riether 29' DC 18 Aaron Hughes DC 4 Philippe Senderos DL 3 John Arne Riise MR 24 Ashkan Dejagah MC 7 Steve Sidwell MC 19 Mahamadou Diarra ML 21 Kerim Frei 62' SS 9 Dimitar Berbatov (c) ST 10 Mladen Petrić 79' Substitutes: GK 38 Neil Etheridge DF 2 Stephen Kelly 29' DF 6 Chris Baird MF 14 Giorgos Karagounis MF 15 Kieran Richardson MF 16 Damien Duff 62' FW 20 Hugo Rodallega 79' Manager: Martin Jol

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (4-2-3-1) GK 25 Hugo Lloris DR 16 Kyle Naughton DC 20 Michael Dawson (c) 17' DC 33 Steven Caulker DL 5 Jan Vertonghen DM 6 Sandro DM 19 Mousa Dembélé 84' AMR 7 Aaron Lennon AMC 2 Clint Dempsey AML 11 Gareth Bale 23' 62' ST 18 Jermaine Defoe Substitutes: GK 24 Brad Friedel DF 12 William Gallas 17' 58' DF 28 Kyle Walker MF 22 Gylfi Sigurðsson 62' MF 27 Iago Falqué MF 29 Jake Livermore MF 46 Tom Carroll 84' Manager: André Villas-Boas

Assistant referees: Mick McDonough Ron Ganfield Fourth official: Jon Moss Previous Meeting: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Fulham (2011-12 Premier League) (13 May 2012) Following Meeting: Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Fulham (2012-13 Premier League) (17 Mar 2013) Trivia Kerim Frei makes his first start of the season Stephen Kelly makes his first appearance of the season against his former club Former Fulham duo Mousa Dembélé and Clint Dempsey make their first return to the club since departing in the summer Statistics Fulham Tottenham Hotspur Possession 46% 54% Shots on target 2 6 Shots off target 6 4 Shots blocked 0 0 Corner kicks 2 1 Fouls committed 10 10 Offsides 2 2 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0 Total passes 458 551 Passing success 81% 84% Tackles 20 22 Tackles success 65% 91% Total crosses 23 14 Lost balls 154 156 Recoveries 70 73 Images 0-1:Sandro's optimistic shot saw a poor error from Mark Schwarzer bounce of his glove and into the net, at a time where Fulham looked to be edging the match 0-2:Jermaine Defoe made it 2-0 to Spurs after good work from Gylfi Sigurðsson 0-3:Defoe wraps up the match beyond all doubt after former Fulham man Clint Dempsey thread through for Defoe who calmly slotted past Schwarzer Kerim Frei makes his first start of the season after his recall from Cardiff, but failed to penetrate Tottenham's defence Clint Dempsey made his first return to Craven Cottage since his unsavoury departure, and was booed throughout the London derby. Mousa Dembélé's return, however, was on the contrary; he was given a standing ovation. 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)