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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · William GallasChelsea · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 2-0
  • 29'Goal · Brian McBrideFulham · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 57'Penalty goal · Heidar HelgusonFulham · 2-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Philippe ChristanvalFulham
  • 65'Yellow card · Sylvain LegwinskiFulham
  • 74'Goal · H. CrespoChelsea · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Collins JohnFulham

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Chelsea 5, draws 3, Fulham 0.

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