Fulham 2-2 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2003

Result

Fulham 2-2 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Fulham 2-2 Manchester City: match report

Fulham drew with Manchester City 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2003. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Fulham's goals came from Steed Malbranque (73') and Louis Saha (79'). Manchester City scored through Nicolas Anelka (46') and Paulo Wanchope Watson (90').

Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fulham were 9th on 7 points from 4 and Manchester City 4th on 10 points from 5. Fulham went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Manchester City 16th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fulham wins, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Jordan ArcherFulham
  • 25'Yellow card · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City
  • 27'Yellow card · David SommeilManchester City
  • 42'Yellow card · Junichi InamotoFulham
  • 46'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 0-1
  • 46'Yellow card · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City
  • 55'Yellow card · Sun JihaiManchester City
  • 56'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 73'Goal · Steed MalbranqueFulham · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Louis SahaFulham · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Paulo Wanchope WatsonManchester City · 2-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Fulham 0, draws 0, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

David Seaman, David Sommeil, Sylvain Distin, Danny Tiatto, Steve McManaman, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Paulo Wanchope Watson, Sun Jihai, Joey Barton