Middlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 6 April 2008

Result

Middlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 6 April 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Middlesbrough 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Middlesbrough drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 6 April 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Middlesbrough's goals came from Afonso Alves (35') and Afonso Alves (55'). Manchester United scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (10') and Wayne Rooney (74').

Discipline: Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 15th on 34 points from 32 and Manchester United 1st on 75 points from 32. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Manchester United 1st with 87.

Middlesbrough lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Afonso AlvesMiddlesbrough · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Luke YoungMiddlesbrough
  • 55'Yellow card · Wayne RooneyManchester United
  • 55'Goal · Afonso AlvesMiddlesbrough · 2-1
  • 68'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-2
  • 85'Yellow card · G. O'NeilMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 3, Manchester United 4.

Team news

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

Mark Schwarzer, Luke Young, David Wheater, Emanuel Pogatetz, George Boateng, Stewart Downing, Julio Arca, Fábio Rochemback, Jérémie Aliadière, Sanli Tuncay, Jonathan Woodgate

Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)

Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha