Manchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005
Result
Manchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 3-0 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. The half-time score was 2-0.
Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (34'), Rio Ferdinand (45') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (63'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 37 points from 17 and West Bromwich Albion 17th on 16 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and West Bromwich Albion 19th with 30.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-D-W-W and West Bromwich Albion's L-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 34'Goal · Paul Scholes
- 45'Goal · Rio Ferdinand
- 63'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville
West Bromwich Albion line-up
Tomasz Kuszczak, Thomas Gaardsoe, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies, Jonathan Greening, Richard Chaplow, Darren Carter, Ronnie Wallwork, Nathan Ellington, Paul Robinson, Steve Watson