Manchester United 4-3 Hull City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008
Result
Manchester United 4-3 Hull City
Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1
Manchester United 4-3 Hull City: match report
Manchester United defeated Hull City 4-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2008. The half-time score was 3-1.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (3'), Michael Carrick (29'), Cristiano Ronaldo (43') and Nemanja Vidić (57'). Hull City scored through Daniel Cousin (22'), Bernard Mendy (69') and Geovanni (81').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Hull City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 18 points from 9 and Hull City 5th on 20 points from 10. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Hull City 17th with 35.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Hull City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Hull City's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 20'Yellow card · Michael Turner
- 22'Goal · Daniel Cousin
- 29'Goal · Michael Carrick
- 43'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 57'Goal · Nemanja Vidić
- 69'Goal · Bernard Mendy
- 81'Goal · Geovanni
- 84'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 85'Yellow card · Bernard Mendy
- 86'Yellow card · Carlos Tévez
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Hull City line-up (4-4-2)
Boaz Myhill, Michael Turner, Paul McShane, Kamil Zayatte, George Boateng, Dean Marney, Marlon King, Stephen Dawson, Diego Gómez, Bryan Hughes, Daniel Cousin