Manchester City 1-3 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 12 April 2009

Result

Manchester City 1-3 Fulham

Premier League · Sunday 12 April 2009, 15:10 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 1-3 Fulham: match report

Manchester City lost to Fulham 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Stephen Ireland opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Stephen Ireland (27'). Fulham scored through Clint Dempsey (50'), Dickson Etuhu (59') and Clint Dempsey (83').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 11th on 38 points from 31 and Fulham 10th on 40 points from 31. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Fulham 7th with 53.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 5 draws and 3 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Paul KoncheskyFulham
  • 27'Goal · Stephen IrelandManchester City · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Clint DempseyFulham · 1-1
  • 59'Goal · Dickson EtuhuFulham · 1-2
  • 83'Goal · Clint DempseyFulham · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 2, draws 5, Fulham 3.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Micah Richards, Nedum Onuoha, Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Garrido, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Kelvin Etuhu, Nigel de Jong, Valeri Emilov Bozhinov

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