Manchester United 5-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 20 August 2006

Result

Manchester United 5-1 Fulham

Premier League · Sunday 20 August 2006, 11:30 UTC · half-time 4-1

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Manchester United 5-1 Fulham: match report

Manchester United beat Fulham 5-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 20 August 2006. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Louis Saha (7'), an own goal by Ian Pearce (15'), Wayne Rooney (16'), Cristiano Ronaldo (19') and Wayne Rooney (64'). Fulham scored through an own goal by Rio Ferdinand (40').

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

Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Fulham 16th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Fulham.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 1-0
  • 15'Own goal · Ian PearceManchester United · 2-0
  • 16'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 3-0
  • 19'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 4-0
  • 40'Own goal · Rio FerdinandFulham · 4-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Michael BrownFulham
  • 51'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 64'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 3, Fulham 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gary Neville, Alan Smith

Fulham line-up

Antti Niemi, Franck Queudrue, Philippe Christanval, Ian Pearce, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Jimmy Bullard, Heidar Helguson, Collins John, Liam Rosenior, Michael Brown