Manchester City 4-0 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004

Result

Manchester City 4-0 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 4-0 Charlton Athletic: match report

Manchester City won against Charlton Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2004. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Nicolas Anelka (13'), Trevor Sinclair (34'), Nicolas Anelka (60') and Shaun Wright-Phillips (78'). Charlton Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Charlton Athletic received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Charlton Athletic 4th on 6 points from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 8th with 52 points, and Charlton Athletic 11th with 46.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 2 draws and 3 for Charlton Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Trevor SinclairManchester City · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · Danny MurphyCharlton Athletic
  • 60'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaManchester City · 3-0
  • 78'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 4-0

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 2, Charlton Athletic 3.

Team news

Manchester City line-up

Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Robbie Fowler, Joey Barton