Manchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 11 February 2004

Result

Manchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Wednesday 11 February 2004, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Manchester United 2-3 Middlesbrough: match report

Manchester United lost to Middlesbrough 2-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 11 February 2004. The half-time score was 1-2.

Juninho opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ruud van Nistelrooy (45') and Joshua Andrew Harrop (63'). Middlesbrough scored through Juninho (34'), Juninho (38') and Joseph-Desire Job (80').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 56 points from 24 and Middlesbrough 13th on 28 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Middlesbrough 11th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · JuninhoMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · JuninhoMiddlesbrough · 0-2
  • 45'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Danny MillsMiddlesbrough
  • 63'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 2-2
  • 80'Goal · Joseph-Desire JobMiddlesbrough · 2-3
  • 84'Yellow card · Mikaël SilvestreManchester United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 0, Middlesbrough 2.

Team news

Manchester United line-up

Tim Howard, Wes Brown, Mikaël Silvestre, Kléberson, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Nicky Butt, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, John O'Shea