Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 6 November 2005

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea

Premier League · Sunday 6 November 2005, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Chelsea: match report

Manchester United won against Chelsea 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 November 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Darren Fletcher of Manchester United in the 31st minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 9th on 18 points from 10 and Chelsea 1st on 31 points from 11. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-0
  • 60'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaChelsea
  • 63'Yellow card · Alan SmithManchester United
  • 65'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 66'Yellow card · Paulo FerreiraChelsea
  • 67'Yellow card · Darren FletcherManchester United
  • 79'Yellow card · William GallasChelsea
  • 90'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 4, Chelsea 4.

Team news

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

Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen