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
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.
Key events
- 6'Goal · S. Malbranque
- 12'Yellow card · Joey Barton
- 20'Goal · Lee Croft
- 39'Yellow card · Boa Morte
- 45'Goal · S. Malbranque
- 66'Yellow card · Lee Croft
- 75'Yellow card · Stephen Jordan
Head-to-head
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