Manchester United 4-2 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006
Result
Manchester United 4-2 Fulham
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 3-2
Manchester United 4-2 Fulham: match report
Manchester United beat Fulham 4-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2006. The half-time score was 3-2.
Manchester United's goals came from an own goal by Carlos Bocanegra (6'), Cristiano Ronaldo (14'), Louis Saha (23') and Cristiano Ronaldo (86'). Fulham scored through Brian McBride (22') and Heidar Helguson (37').
Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 48 points from 24 and Fulham 14th on 29 points from 24. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Fulham 12th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Fulham.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-L-D-W and Fulham's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 6'Own goal · Carlos Bocanegra
- 14'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 17'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
- 22'Goal · Brian McBride
- 23'Goal · Louis Saha
- 35'Yellow card · Alan Smith
- 37'Goal · Heidar Helguson
- 38'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 44'Yellow card · Gary Neville
- 62'Yellow card · Boa Morte
- 79'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 86'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Mikaël Silvestre, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith
Fulham line-up
Antti Niemi, Carlos Bocanegra, Zat Knight, Wayne Bridge, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Heidar Helguson, Brian McBride, Michael Brown, Liam Rosenior, Simon Elliott