Chelsea beat Manchester United 2–0 on 31 October after a goalless first half. Morgan Rogers broke the deadlock in the 50th minute and Cole Palmer added the second in the 64th, turning an extended spell at level terms into a clear home advantage early in the second period.
Lisandro Martínez was sent off in the 63rd minute, immediately before the second goal. Chelsea were therefore already ahead before United went down to ten. That order matters: it would be inaccurate to describe both goals as the product of a numerical advantage held throughout the contest.
ESPN records 18 Chelsea attempts and nine on target against 12 United attempts and five on target, alongside 58.7 per cent home possession. Those figures give the win attacking context, while the clean sheet shows the lead was protected.
Chelsea 2–0 Manchester United
Match date: 2026-10-31 14:30 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.
- Morgan Rogers — 50' — Chelsea
- Cole Palmer — 64' — Chelsea (penalty)
Archival cover photograph: Cole Palmer warming up with Manchester City in October 2022; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Ratchet8865. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2022-10-08 16:06:19.
