Charlton Athletic 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2005

Result

Charlton Athletic 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 19 November 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Charlton Athletic 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Charlton Athletic were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 November 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Alan Smith opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Charlton Athletic's goal came from Darren Ambrose (65'). Manchester United scored through Alan Smith (37'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (70') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (85').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 8th on 19 points from 11 and Manchester United 5th on 21 points from 11. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 47 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Charlton Athletic wins, 2 draws and 8 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Charlton Athletic's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Manchester United's W-L-D-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Alan SmithManchester United · 0-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 65'Goal · Darren AmbroseCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United
  • 85'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Charlton Athletic 0, draws 2, Manchester United 8.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up

Stephan Andersen, Luke Young, Danny Murphy, Darren Ambrose, Alexei Smertin, Darren Bent, Dennis Rommedahl, Hermann Hreidarsson, Radostin Kishishev, Talal El Karkouri, Chris Powell

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy