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.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 35'Goal · Afonso Alves
- 48'Yellow card · Luke Young
- 55'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 55'Goal · Afonso Alves
- 68'Yellow card · George Boateng
- 74'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 85'Yellow card · G. O'Neil
Head-to-head
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