Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 22 October 2006

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 22 October 2006, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: match report

Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 October 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Scholes (39') and Rio Ferdinand (66'). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 19 points from 8 and Liverpool 11th on 11 points from 8. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Mohamed SissokoLiverpool
  • 39'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · Rio FerdinandManchester United · 2-0
  • 69'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 76'Yellow card · Steve FinnanLiverpool
  • 77'Yellow card · Peter CrouchLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 6, draws 1, Liverpool 3.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Liverpool line-up

Pepe Reina, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Luis García, Mark González, Mohamed Sissoko, Dirk Kuyt, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso