Middlesbrough 4-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2005
Result
Middlesbrough 4-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 29 October 2005, 16:15 UTC · half-time 3-0
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Middlesbrough 4-1 Manchester United: match report
Middlesbrough won against Manchester United 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 October 2005. The half-time score was 3-0.
Gaizka Mendieta opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Gaizka Mendieta (2'), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (25'), Yakubu Aiyegbeni (45', penalty) and Gaizka Mendieta (78'). Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (90').
Discipline: Middlesbrough received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Middlesbrough were 13th on 12 points from 10 and Manchester United 6th on 18 points from 9. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Middlesbrough's last five read L-D-W-L-D and Manchester United's D-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Gaizka Mendieta
- 18'Yellow card · Emanuel Pogatetz
- 20'Yellow card · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 25'Goal · Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
- 45'Penalty goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 45'Yellow card · Alan Smith
- 71'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
- 78'Goal · Gaizka Mendieta
- 90'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 90'Yellow card · John O'Shea
Head-to-head
Team news
Middlesbrough line-up
Mark Schwarzer, Franck Queudrue, Chris Riggott, Emanuel Pogatetz, Stuart Parnaby, George Boateng, Fábio Rochemback, Gaizka Mendieta, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jerrel Hasselbaink, Matthew Bates
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Gary Neville