Manchester United 4-0 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006

Result

Manchester United 4-0 Charlton Athletic

Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Manchester United 4-0 Charlton Athletic: match report

Manchester United beat Charlton Athletic 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. The half-time score was 3-0.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Louis Saha (19'), Cristiano Ronaldo (23'), an own goal by Jason Euell (35') and Kieran Richardson (58'). Charlton Athletic did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Charlton Athletic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 80 points from 37 and Charlton Athletic 12th on 47 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Charlton Athletic 13th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for Charlton Athletic.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 1-0
  • 23'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-0
  • 35'Own goal · Jason EuellManchester United · 3-0
  • 58'Goal · Kieran RichardsonManchester United · 4-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Kieran RichardsonManchester United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 9, draws 1, Charlton Athletic 0.

Team news

Manchester United line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Kieran Richardson, Mikaël Silvestre, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Giuseppe Rossi, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs

Charlton Athletic line-up

Stephan Andersen, Gonzalo Sorondo Amaro, Osei Sankofa, Matt Holland, Jason Euell, Darren Bent, Chris Perry, Radostin Kishishev, Shaun Bartlett, Bryan Hughes, Chris Powell