Premiership · Matchday 10

Manchester United v Fulham

1–3

Saturday 25th October 2003 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,727

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Fulham at Old Trafford on Saturday 25th October 2003 in the Premiership. Diego Forlan (45'+2') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Lee Clark 0–1
17' Diego Forlan
42' Eric Djemba Djemba
43' Junichi Inamoto
45' Quinton Fortune for Silvestre
45+2' Diego Forlan 1–1
Half Time
50' Quinton Fortune
58' Ryan Giggs
66' Steed Malbranque 1–2
69' Paul Scholes for Ronaldo
79' Junichi Inamoto 1–3
80' David Bellion for Djemba-Djemba
81' Zat Knight
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Diego Forlan's 1st goal of 2003-2004, and his 10th for United.

Starting XI

Player

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy

11 Ryan Giggs

14 Tim Howard

19 Eric Djemba Djemba

21 Diego Forlan 45'+2

Substitutes

45' for Silvestre

69' for Ronaldo

80' for Djemba-Djemba

Fulham Lineup

Starting XI

1 Edwin van der Sar G

2 Moritz Volz D

5 Sylvain Legwinski M

7 Mark Pembridge M

8 Louis Saha F

10 Lee Clark M ⚽

11 Luis Boa Morte F

14 Steed Malbranque M ⚽

16 Zat Knight D

18 Jerome Bonnissel D

24 Alain Goma D

Substitutes

4 Andrew Melville

6 Junichi Inamoto on ⚽

12 Mark Crossley

15 Barry Hayles on

17 Martin Djetou on

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Chris Coleman

Fulham

Match Information

Man Utd Fulham

52%

Possession

48%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Fulham History

Meeting 58 of 97

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

190

Goals For

103

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 14th January 1905. After this match United had played Fulham 58 times: 31W 15D 12L.

30 Dec 2001 W 3–2 PL 19 Oct 2002 D 1–1 PL 22 Mar 2003 W 3–0 PL

25 Oct 2003 L 1–3 This match

28 Feb 2004 D 1–1 PL 6 Mar 2004 W 2–1 FAC 13 Dec 2004 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	47	37	7	3	103	40	78.7
Away	47	21	15	11	80	57	44.7
Neutral	3	1	1	1	7	6	33.3

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →