Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough: result and report
Premier League · Monday 29 December 2008
Result
Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough
Premier League · Monday 29 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 1-0 Middlesbrough: match report
Manchester United won against Middlesbrough 1-0 in the Premier League on Monday 29 December 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Dimitar Berbatov of Manchester United in the 69th minute.
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Middlesbrough received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 35 points from 17 and Middlesbrough 17th on 20 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Middlesbrough 19th with 32.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Middlesbrough in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 2 for Middlesbrough.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-W-W-D and Middlesbrough's L-L-D-L-D.
Key events
- 53'Yellow card · Ji-Sung Park
- 69'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 89'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Dimitar Berbatov
Middlesbrough expected line-up (4-4-2)
Ross Turnbull, Emanuel Pogatetz, David Wheater, Chris Riggott, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, D. Digard, Sanli Tuncay, Jérémie Aliadière, Andrew Taylor