Manchester City 2-3 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008
Result
Manchester City 2-3 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 26 April 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester City 2-3 Fulham: match report
Manchester City were beaten by Fulham 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 April 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Stephen Ireland opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Stephen Ireland (10') and Benjamin Mwaruwari (21'). Fulham scored through Diomansy Kamara (70'), Danny Murphy (79') and Diomansy Kamara (90+2').
Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester City were 8th on 55 points from 35 and Fulham 19th on 27 points from 35. Manchester City went on to finish that season 9th with 55 points, and Fulham 17th with 36.
Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 5 draws and 2 for Fulham.
Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Fulham's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Stephen Ireland
- 21'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 24'Yellow card · Clint Dempsey
- 70'Goal · Diomansy Kamara
- 79'Missed penalty · Danny Murphy
- 79'Goal · Danny Murphy
- 90+2'Goal · Diomansy Kamara
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Michael Ball, Vedran Ćorluka, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Darius Vassell, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Sun Jihai
Fulham expected line-up (4-4-2)
Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy