Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006

Result

Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 29 April 2006, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Chelsea 3-0 Manchester United: match report

Chelsea won against Manchester United 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

William Gallas opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Chelsea's goals came from William Gallas (5'), Joe Cole (61') and Ricardo Carvalho (73'). Manchester United did not score.

Discipline: Chelsea received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 88 points from 35 and Manchester United 2nd on 79 points from 35. Chelsea went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Chelsea wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · William GallasChelsea · 1-0
  • 8'Yellow card · Petr ČechChelsea
  • 34'Yellow card · Claude MakéléléChelsea
  • 52'Yellow card · William GallasChelsea
  • 55'Yellow card · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United
  • 61'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Joe ColeChelsea
  • 66'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 73'Goal · Ricardo CarvalhoChelsea · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 4, draws 3, Manchester United 3.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up

Petr Čech, Damien Duff, William Gallas, John Terry, Del Horno, Michael Essien, Arjen Robben, Didier Drogba, Eiður Guðjohnsen, Claude Makélélé

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, John O'Shea