Chelsea 3-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009

Result

Chelsea 3-1 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Chelsea 3-1 Fulham: match report

Chelsea beat Fulham 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 May 2009. The half-time score was 2-1.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Chelsea's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (1'), Florent Malouda (10') and Didier Drogba (53'). Fulham scored through Erik Nevland (4').

Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Fulham received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 71 points from 34 and Fulham 7th on 47 points from 34. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Fulham 7th with 53.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Fulham in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 1 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 1-0
  • 4'Goal · Erik NevlandFulham · 1-1
  • 10'Goal · Florent MaloudaChelsea · 2-1
  • 53'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Danny MurphyFulham

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 6, draws 3, Fulham 1.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Alex, Petr Čech, John Terry, Wayne Bridge, Ashley Cole, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Michael Essien, Nicolas Anelka, Joe Cole

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