Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005
Result
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 7 May 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Fulham: match report
Blackburn Rovers lost to Fulham 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 7 May 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.
Lucas Neill opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Lucas Neill (6'). Fulham scored through Steed Malbranque (20'), Brian McBride (53') and Steed Malbranque (77').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 14th on 41 points from 36 and Fulham 16th on 38 points from 36. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Fulham 13th with 44.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Blackburn Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Fulham.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Fulham's L-W-L-D-D.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Lucas Neill
- 20'Goal · Steed Malbranque
- 37'Yellow card · Lucas Neill
- 53'Goal · Brian McBride
- 69'Red card · Craig Short
- 69'Yellow card · Boa Morte
- 70'Red card · Liam Rosenior
- 75'Yellow card · Jon Stead
- 77'Goal · Steed Malbranque
- 90'Yellow card · Mark Pembridge
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Nils-Eric Johansson, Aaron Mokoena, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Robbie Savage, Jon Stead, Brad Friedel, Craig Short, Ryan Nelsen
Fulham line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Moritz Volz, Zat Knight, Alain Goma, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Brian McBride, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Pembridge, Lee Robert Clark, Liam Rosenior