Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Friday 2 May 2003, 22:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester United 4-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 4-1 in the Premier League on Friday 2 May 2003. It was 3-1 at half-time.

David Beckham opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Manchester United's goals came from David Beckham (11'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (31'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (37') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (53'). Charlton Athletic scored through Claus Jensen (13').

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

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 77 points from 36 and Charlton Athletic 9th on 49 points from 36. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Charlton Athletic 12th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for Charlton Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · David BeckhamManchester United · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · Claus JensenCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 31'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 2-1
  • 37'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 3-1
  • 53'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 4-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Jonathan FortuneCharlton Athletic

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Manchester United 3, draws 2, Charlton Athletic 0.