Fulham 2-0 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009
Result
Fulham 2-0 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fulham 2-0 Manchester United: match report
Fulham beat Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Danny Murphy opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Fulham's goals came from Danny Murphy (18') and Zoltán Gera (87'). Manchester United did not score.
Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 9th on 37 points from 29 and Manchester United 1st on 65 points from 28. Fulham went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fulham wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read W-L-L-D-W and Manchester United's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Danny Murphy
- 18'Red card · Paul Scholes
- 28'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 43'Yellow card · John Paintsil
- 45+2'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 56'Yellow card · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 71'Yellow card · Clint Dempsey
- 81'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 87'Goal · Zoltán Gera
- 89'Second yellow · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes