Fulham 2-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2005

Result

Fulham 2-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 1 October 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-3

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Fulham 2-3 Manchester United: match report

Fulham were beaten by Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 October 2005. It was 2-3 at half-time.

Collins John opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Fulham's goals came from Collins John (2') and C. Jensen (28'). Manchester United scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (17', penalty), Wayne Rooney (18') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (45').

Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fulham were 17th on 5 points from 7 and Manchester United 6th on 11 points from 6. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fulham win, 3 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Collins JohnFulham · 1-0
  • 17'Penalty goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-2
  • 27'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 28'Goal · C. JensenFulham · 2-2
  • 45'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 2-3
  • 51'Yellow card · Boa MorteFulham
  • 60'Yellow card · Papa DiopFulham

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Fulham 1, draws 3, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Mark Crossley, Moritz Volz, Carlos Bocanegra, Alain Goma, Niclas Jensen, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Collins John, Brian McBride, Claus Jensen

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy