Manchester United 4-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Saturday 27 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 4-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Manchester United won against Middlesbrough 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 October 2007. The half-time score was 2-1.

Nani opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nani (3'), Wayne Rooney (33'), Carlos Tévez (55') and Carlos Tévez (85'). Middlesbrough scored through Jérémie Aliadière (6').

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 23 points from 10 and Middlesbrough 17th on 8 points from 10. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Middlesbrough 13th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · NaniManchester United · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Jérémie AliadièreMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-1
  • 55'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 3-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Lee CattermoleMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Yellow card · Fábio RochembackMiddlesbrough
  • 85'Goal · Carlos TévezManchester United · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 3, Middlesbrough 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

Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)

Mark Schwarzer, David Wheater, Andrew Taylor, Luke Young, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Mido, Jonathan Woodgate