Fulham 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005

Result

Fulham 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 5 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Fulham 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Fulham beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 November 2005. The half-time score was 2-1.

S. Malbranque opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Fulham's goals came from S. Malbranque (6') and S. Malbranque (45'). Manchester City scored through Lee Croft (20').

Discipline: Fulham received 1 yellow card; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 15th on 9 points from 11 and Manchester City 4th on 20 points from 11. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fulham wins, 4 draws and 2 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · S. MalbranqueFulham · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 20'Goal · Lee CroftManchester City · 1-1
  • 39'Yellow card · Boa MorteFulham
  • 45'Goal · S. MalbranqueFulham · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Lee CroftManchester City
  • 75'Yellow card · Stephen JordanManchester City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Fulham 0, draws 4, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Tony Warner, Moritz Volz, Carlos Bocanegra, Alain Goma, Niclas Jensen, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Tomasz Radzinski, Collins John, Brian McBride

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Stephen Ireland, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, Lee Croft, David James, Joey Barton