Chelsea 3-2 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005
Result
Chelsea 3-2 Fulham
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Chelsea 3-2 Fulham: match report
Chelsea won against Fulham 3-2 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. It was 2-1 at half-time.
William Gallas opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Chelsea's goals came from William Gallas (3'), Frank Lampard (24') and H. Crespo (74'). Fulham scored through Brian McBride (29') and Heidar Helguson (57', penalty).
Discipline: Chelsea received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 46 points from 17 and Fulham 14th on 19 points from 17. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Fulham 12th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 0 for Fulham.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Fulham's W-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 3'Goal · William Gallas
- 24'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 29'Goal · Brian McBride
- 56'Yellow card · Joe Cole
- 57'Penalty goal · Heidar Helguson
- 62'Yellow card · Philippe Christanval
- 65'Yellow card · Sylvain Legwinski
- 74'Goal · H. Crespo
- 89'Yellow card · Collins John
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)
Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen
Fulham line-up
Mark Crossley, Zat Knight, Philippe Christanval, Dean Leacock, Alain Goma, Sylvain Legwinski, Boa Morte, Heidar Helguson, Tomasz Radzinski, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior