Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2005

Result

Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Fulham · Blackburn Rovers · Premier League predictions

Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Fulham beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Papa Diop opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fulham's goals came from Papa Diop (45') and Boa Morte (52'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Zat Knight (90').

Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 16th on 16 points from 16 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 21 points from 16. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 0 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Heidar HelgusonFulham
  • 45'Goal · Papa DiopFulham · 1-0
  • 52'Goal · Boa MorteFulham · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers
  • 63'Yellow card · P. DickovBlackburn Rovers
  • 67'Yellow card · Zat KnightFulham
  • 71'Yellow card · Tomasz RadzinskiFulham
  • 80'Yellow card · Brian McBrideFulham
  • 83'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers
  • 85'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Own goal · Zat KnightBlackburn Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Fulham 3, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Mark Crossley, Zat Knight, Philippe Christanval, Dean Leacock, Alain Goma, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Tomasz Radzinski, Collins John, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Paul Dickov