West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 18 March 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 March 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 16th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Nathan Ellington (78'). Manchester United scored through Louis Saha (16') and Louis Saha (64').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 17th on 27 points from 29 and Manchester United 2nd on 60 points from 28. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 19th with 30 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 4 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Mikaël SilvestreManchester United
  • 64'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 0-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Ryan GiggsManchester United
  • 78'Goal · Nathan EllingtonWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Paul RobinsonWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

5 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 0, draws 1, Manchester United 4.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up

Tomasz Kuszczak, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Greening, Ronnie Wallwork, Junichi Inamoto, Diomansy Kamara, Kevin Campbell, Paul Robinson, Ján Kozák, Steve Watson

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Kieran Richardson, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, John O'Shea