Middlesbrough 2-1 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2004

Result

Middlesbrough 2-1 Fulham

Premier League · Wednesday 7 January 2004, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Middlesbrough 2-1 Fulham: match report

Middlesbrough defeated Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 7 January 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Joseph-Desire Job opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Joseph-Desire Job (15') and Szilard Nemeth (67'). Fulham scored through Barry Hayles (90').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 21 points from 18 and Fulham 5th on 28 points from 19. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 11th with 48 points, and Fulham 9th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Middlesbrough win, 1 draw and 3 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Ugo EhioguMiddlesbrough
  • 15'Goal · Joseph-Desire JobMiddlesbrough · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Sean DavisFulham
  • 67'Goal · Szilard NemethMiddlesbrough · 2-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Martin DjetouFulham
  • 90'Goal · Barry HaylesFulham · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Middlesbrough 1, draws 1, Fulham 3.

Team news

Fulham line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Andy Melville, Zat Knight, Adam Green, Sylvain Legwinski, Boa Morte, Steed Malbranque, Martin Djetou, Sean Davis, Louis Saha, Lee Robert Clark