Fulham 2-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006
Result
Fulham 2-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Monday 2 January 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Fulham 2-1 Sunderland: match report
Fulham won against Sunderland 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 2 January 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Liam Lawrence opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Fulham's goals came from Collins John (43') and Collins John (61'). Sunderland scored through Liam Lawrence (7').
Discipline: Fulham received 2 yellow cards; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Fulham were 15th on 20 points from 20 and Sunderland 20th on 6 points from 19. Fulham went on to finish that season 12th with 48 points, and Sunderland 20th with 15.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Fulham wins, 1 draw and 0 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Sunderland's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Liam Lawrence
- 43'Goal · Collins John
- 45'Yellow card · Dean Leacock
- 58'Red card · Steven Caldwell
- 59'Yellow card · Sylvain Legwinski
- 61'Goal · Collins John
- 76'Yellow card · Tommy Miller
- 90'Yellow card · Julio Arca
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham line-up
Tony Warner, Zat Knight, Dean Leacock, Ian Pearce, Sylvain Legwinski, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Tomasz Radzinski, Collins John, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior
Sunderland line-up
Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Danny Collins, Justin Hoyte, Liam Lawrence, Dean Whitehead, Julio Arca, Jon Stead, Anthony Le Tallec, Kelvin Davis, Tommy Miller