Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008

Result

Fulham 1-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 1-2 Chelsea: match report

Fulham lost to Chelsea 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Danny Murphy opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Fulham's goal came from Danny Murphy (10', penalty). Chelsea scored through S. Kalou (53') and Michael Ballack (61', penalty).

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

Going into the game Fulham were 19th on 15 points from 20 and Chelsea 3rd on 41 points from 20. Fulham went on to finish that season 17th with 36 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Penalty goal · Danny MurphyFulham · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · S. KalouChelsea · 1-1
  • 61'Penalty goal · Michael BallackChelsea · 1-2
  • 66'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicFulham

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Fulham line-up (4-4-2)

Antti Niemi, Moritz Volz, Carlos Bocanegra, Paul Konchesky, Dejan Stefanovic, Elliot Omozusi, Steven Davis, Simon Davies, Danny Murphy, Diomansy Kamara, Clint Dempsey

Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)

Hilário, Wayne Bridge, Tal Ben Haim, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Essien, Steve Sidwell, Michael Ballack, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Salomon Armand Magloire Kalou, Joe Cole