Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 March 2006

Result

Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United

Premier League · Wednesday 29 March 2006, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United: match report

Manchester United defeated West Ham United 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 March 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ruud van Nistelrooy of Manchester United in the 45th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 66 points from 30 and West Ham United 9th on 45 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and West Ham United 9th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for West Ham United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 2, West Ham United 1.

Team news

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

West Ham United line-up

Shaka Hislop, Paul Konchesky, Danny Gabbidon, James Collins, Yossi Benayoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Dean Ashton, Marlon Harewood, Lionel Scaloni, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins