Premiership · Matchday 16
Middlesbrough v Manchester United
1–2
Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 2–1 at Riverside Stadium on Saturday 2nd December 2006 in the Premiership. Louis Saha (19') and Darren Fletcher (68') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 9' Paul Scholes
- 19' Louis Saha pen 0–1
- 31' Malcolm Christie
- 41' Lee Cattermole
- Half Time
- 57' Nemanja Vidic
- 63' Louis Saha
- 66' James Morrison 1–1
- 68' Darren Fletcher 1–2
- 75' John O'Shea for Fletcher
- 86' Wesley Brown for Ronaldo
- Full Time 1–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
9 Louis Saha 19'
Middlesbrough Lineup
Starting XI
1 Mark Schwarzer G
7 George Boateng M
8 Jonathan Woodgate D
11 Malcolm Christie F
12 Emanuel Pogatetz D
14 Robert Huth D
17 Abel Xavier D
19 Stewart Downing M
20 Yakubu Ayegbeni F
27 Lee Cattermole M
33 Andrew Taylor D
Substitutes
2 Stuart Parnaby on
3 Julio Arca
22 Brad Jones
23 Massimo Maccarone on
25 James Morrison on ⚽
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Gareth Southgate
Middlesbrough
Match Information
United vs Middlesbrough History
Meeting 115 of 127
127
Played
64
Won
30
Drawn
33
Lost
220
Goals For
169
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 27th January 1894. After this match United had played Middlesbrough 115 times: 57W 25D 33L.
29 Jan 2005 W 3–0 FAC 29 Oct 2005 L 1–4 PL 1 May 2006 D 0–0 PL
2 Dec 2006 W 2–1 This match
10 Mar 2007 D 2–2 FAC 19 Mar 2007 W 1–0 FAC 21 Apr 2007 D 1–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 68 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 129 | 72 | 60.3 |
| Away | 59 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 91 | 97 | 39.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →