Watford 1-2 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2006
Result
Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 26 August 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Watford 1-2 Manchester United: match report
Watford lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 August 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Mikaël Silvestre opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Watford's goal came from Damien Francis (34'). Manchester United scored through Mikaël Silvestre (12') and Ryan Giggs (52').
Discipline: Watford received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Watford were 14th on 1 point from 2 and Manchester United 1st on 6 points from 2. Watford went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Manchester United 1st with 89.
Key events
- 0'Yellow card · Kieran Richardson
- 12'Goal · Mikaël Silvestre
- 34'Goal · Damien Francis
- 40'Yellow card · Gavin Mahon
- 52'Goal · Ryan Giggs
Team news
Watford line-up
Richard Lee, Jay DeMerit, Lloyd Doyley, Ashley Young, Daniel Shittu, Damien Francis, Gavin Mahon, Marlon King, Darius Henderson, Hameur Bouazza, Chris Powell
Manchester United line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ryan Giggs, Ole Solskjær