Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 26 November 2006
Result
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 26 November 2006, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea: match report
Manchester United drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 November 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Manchester United's goal came from Louis Saha (29'). Chelsea scored through Ricardo Carvalho (69').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Chelsea received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 34 points from 13 and Chelsea 2nd on 31 points from 13. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Chelsea 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Claude Makélélé
- 29'Goal · Louis Saha
- 35'Yellow card · Didier Drogba
- 55'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 69'Goal · Ricardo Carvalho
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Chelsea expected line-up
John Terry, William Gallas, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Claude Makélélé, Petr Čech, Damien Duff, Eiður Guðjohnsen