Manchester United 3-0 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 18 February 2009
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Fulham
Premier League · Wednesday 18 February 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 3-0 Fulham: match report
Manchester United beat Fulham 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 18 February 2009. The half-time score was 2-0.
Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (12'), Dimitar Berbatov (30') and Wayne Rooney (63'). Fulham did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 56 points from 24 and Fulham 10th on 30 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Fulham 7th with 53.
Manchester United 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 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Fulham.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Fulham's D-W-L-L-D.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Paul Scholes
- 26'Yellow card · Ji-Sung Park
- 30'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 57'Yellow card · John Paintsil
- 63'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, John O'Shea, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Paul Scholes
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