Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006
Result
Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
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Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United: match report
Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester United 4-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 February 2006. The half-time score was 3-1.
Daniel Bentley opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Daniel Bentley (35'), Daniel Bentley (41'), Lucas Neill (45', penalty) and Daniel Bentley (56'). Manchester United scored through Louis Saha (37'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (63') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (68').
Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 34 points from 22 and Manchester United 2nd on 48 points from 23. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackburn Rovers wins, 3 draws and 3 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-L-D-W-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Shefki Kuqi
- 30'Yellow card · Tugay Kerimoglu
- 35'Goal · Daniel Bentley
- 37'Goal · Louis Saha
- 41'Goal · Daniel Bentley
- 45'Penalty goal · Lucas Neill
- 56'Goal · Daniel Bentley
- 63'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 67'Yellow card · Andy Todd
- 68'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 71'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 78'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
Head-to-head
Team news
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen, Shefki Kuqi
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