After the tremendous popular success of theFantômas novels, both of the major Frenchfilm studios — Pathé and Gaumont —vied for the rights to produce films basedon the series. Gaumont won, and fromApril 1913 to May 1914 Louis Feuilladedirected five Fantômas films which criticDavid Thomson has described as the firstgreat movie experience.

人员方面，穆尼兹膝盖受伤要休战到12月中，而主力后腰帕利尼亚的停赛对富勒姆的中场防守将造成巨大影响，希门尼斯在上一轮打破进球荒，本场面对老东家有望上演反戈一击。

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