Chelsea 3-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005

Result

Chelsea 3-1 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 23 April 2005, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Chelsea 3-1 Fulham: match report

Chelsea defeated Fulham 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 April 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Joe Cole (17'), Frank Lampard (64') and Eiður Guðjohnsen (87'). Fulham scored through Collins John (41').

Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 82 points from 33 and Fulham 15th on 35 points from 33. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Fulham 13th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Collins JohnFulham · 1-1
  • 43'Yellow card · John TerryChelsea
  • 53'Yellow card · Collins JohnFulham
  • 64'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-1
  • 87'Goal · Eiður GuðjohnsenChelsea · 3-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 3, Fulham 0.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Moritz Volz, Zat Knight, Alain Goma, Boa Morte, Brian McBride, Collins John, Tomasz Radzinski, Mark Pembridge, Lee Robert Clark, Liam Rosenior