Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2005
Result
Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fulham 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Fulham beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Papa Diop opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Fulham's goals came from Papa Diop (45') and Boa Morte (52'). Blackburn Rovers scored through an own goal by Zat Knight (90').
Discipline: Fulham received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 16th on 16 points from 16 and Blackburn Rovers 12th on 21 points from 16. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 0 draws and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-D-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's W-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Heidar Helguson
- 45'Goal · Papa Diop
- 52'Goal · Boa Morte
- 61'Yellow card · Daniel Bentley
- 63'Yellow card · P. Dickov
- 67'Yellow card · Zat Knight
- 71'Yellow card · Tomasz Radzinski
- 80'Yellow card · Brian McBride
- 83'Yellow card · Tugay Kerimoglu
- 85'Yellow card · Lucas Neill
- 90'Own goal · Zat Knight
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up
Mark Crossley, Zat Knight, Philippe Christanval, Dean Leacock, Alain Goma, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Tomasz Radzinski, Collins John, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Michael Gray, Brett Emerton, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Paul Dickov