Sunderland 2-1 Fulham: result and report
Premier League · Thursday 4 May 2006
Result
Sunderland 2-1 Fulham
Premier League · Thursday 4 May 2006, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sunderland 2-1 Fulham: match report
Sunderland beat Fulham 2-1 in the Premier League on Thursday 4 May 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Anthony Le Tallec opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Anthony Le Tallec (32') and Reece Brown (57'). Fulham scored through Tomasz Radzinski (76').
Discipline: Sunderland received 4 yellow cards; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sunderland were 20th on 12 points from 36 and Fulham 14th on 45 points from 36. Sunderland went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Fulham 12th with 48.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Sunderland wins, 1 draw and 4 for Fulham.
Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-L-D-D and Fulham's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Steven Caldwell
- 32'Goal · Anthony Le Tallec
- 42'Yellow card · George McCartney
- 50'Yellow card · Simon Elliott
- 52'Yellow card · Philippe Christanval
- 57'Goal · Reece Brown
- 63'Yellow card · Reece Brown
- 76'Goal · Tomasz Radzinski
- 88'Yellow card · Dean Whitehead
Head-to-head
Team news
Sunderland line-up
George McCartney, Gary Breen, Steven Caldwell, Nyron Nosworthy, Justin Hoyte, Dean Whitehead, Anthony Le Tallec, Chris Brown, Kelvin Davis, Andy Welsh, Tommy Miller
Fulham line-up
Mark Crossley, Philippe Christanval, Wayne Bridge, Ian Pearce, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Papa Diop, Heidar Helguson, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior, Simon Elliott