Middlesbrough 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2006

Result

Middlesbrough 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 2 December 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 December 2006. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Louis Saha opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Middlesbrough's goal came from James Morrison (65'). Manchester United scored through Louis Saha (18', penalty) and Darren Fletcher (67').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 16 points from 14 and Manchester United 1st on 38 points from 15. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Manchester United 1st with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Middlesbrough wins, 2 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 18'Penalty goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 0-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Malcolm ChristieMiddlesbrough
  • 41'Yellow card · L. CattermoleMiddlesbrough
  • 57'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 63'Yellow card · Louis SahaManchester United
  • 65'Goal · James MorrisonMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 67'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 4, draws 2, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Middlesbrough line-up

Mark Schwarzer, Emanuel Pogatetz, Robert Huth, Andrew Taylor, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Lee Cattermole, Malcolm Christie, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Jonathan Woodgate, Abel da Silva Costa Xavier

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