Chelsea 2-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Monday 28 December 2009

Result

Chelsea 2-1 Fulham

Premier League · Monday 28 December 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Chelsea 2-1 Fulham: match report

Chelsea beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 28 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-1.

Z. Gera opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Didier Drogba (73') and an own goal by Chris Smalling (75'). Fulham scored through Z. Gera (4').

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

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 42 points from 19 and Fulham 9th on 27 points from 18. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 86 points, and Fulham 12th with 46.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-1-2-3 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 D-D-W-D-L and Fulham's D-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Z. GeraFulham · 0-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Chris BairdFulham
  • 73'Goal · Didier DrogbaChelsea · 1-1
  • 75'Own goal · Chris SmallingChelsea · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Petr Čech, John Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, Florent Malouda, John Mikel Obi, Michael Ballack, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba

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