Charlton Athletic 2-5 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 4 December 2005

Result

Charlton Athletic 2-5 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 4 December 2005, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Charlton Athletic 2-5 Manchester City: match report

Charlton Athletic lost to Manchester City 2-5 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 December 2005. The half-time score was 1-2.

Andy Cole opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Darren Bent (36') and Jay Bothroyd (73'). Manchester City scored through Andy Cole (25'), Trevor Sinclair (37'), Joey Barton (69'), Darius Vassell (79') and Andy Cole (84').

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 11th on 19 points from 13 and Manchester City 8th on 21 points from 14. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 13th with 47 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Andy ColeManchester City · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Darren BentCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 37'Goal · Trevor SinclairManchester City · 1-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Chris PerryCharlton Athletic
  • 60'Yellow card · Sun JihaiManchester City
  • 69'Goal · Joey BartonManchester City · 1-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Luke YoungCharlton Athletic
  • 72'Yellow card · Claudio ReynaManchester City
  • 73'Goal · Jay BothroydCharlton Athletic · 2-3
  • 76'Yellow card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 79'Goal · Darius VassellManchester City · 2-4
  • 84'Goal · Andy ColeManchester City · 2-5

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Charlton Athletic 3, draws 3, Manchester City 2.

Team news

Charlton Athletic line-up

Dean Kiely, Luke Young, Jonathan Spector, Matt Holland, Danny Murphy, Darren Ambrose, Alexei Smertin, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Chris Perry, Jonatan Johansson

Manchester City line-up

David Sommeil, Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Claudio Reyna, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole, Darius Vassell, David James, Joey Barton, Sun Jihai