Manchester United 2-1 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2007
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Everton
Premier League · Sunday 23 December 2007, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 2-1 Everton: match report
Manchester United defeated Everton 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (22') and Cristiano Ronaldo (88', penalty). Everton scored through Tim Cahill (27').
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Everton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 38 points from 17 and Everton 6th on 30 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Everton 5th with 65.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Everton.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Everton's W-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 8'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 13'Yellow card · Tim Cahill
- 15'Yellow card · Tony Hibbert
- 22'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 27'Goal · Tim Cahill
- 44'Yellow card · Anderson
- 84'Yellow card · Steven Pienaar
- 88'Penalty goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Everton expected line-up
Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley