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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Steven CaldwellSunderland
  • 32'Goal · Anthony Le TallecSunderland · 1-0
  • 42'Yellow card · George McCartneySunderland
  • 50'Yellow card · Simon ElliottFulham
  • 52'Yellow card · Philippe ChristanvalFulham
  • 57'Goal · Reece BrownSunderland · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Reece BrownSunderland
  • 76'Goal · Tomasz RadzinskiFulham · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sunderland 0, draws 1, Fulham 4.

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