Fulham 2-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006

Result

Fulham 2-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Fulham 2-1 Sunderland: match report

Fulham won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.

Liam Lawrence opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Fulham's goals came from Collins John (43') and Collins John (61'). Sunderland scored through Liam Lawrence (7').

Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Fulham were 15th on 20 points from 20 and Sunderland 20th on 6 points from 19. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Liam LawrenceSunderland · 0-1
  • 43'Goal · Collins JohnFulham · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Dean LeacockFulham
  • 58'Red card · Steven CaldwellSunderland
  • 59'Yellow card · Sylvain LegwinskiFulham
  • 61'Goal · Collins JohnFulham · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Tommy MillerSunderland
  • 90'Yellow card · Julio ArcaSunderland

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fulham 3, draws 1, Sunderland 0.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Tony Warner, Zat Knight, Dean Leacock, Ian Pearce, Sylvain Legwinski, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Tomasz Radzinski, Collins John, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior

Sunderland line-up

Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Anthony Le Tallec, Kelvin Davis, Tommy Miller