Premiership · Matchday 06
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
0–2
Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 2–0 at Ewood Park on Saturday 4th October 2008 in the Premiership. Wesley Brown (31') and Wayne Rooney (64') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 31' Wesley Brown 0–1
- 32' Morten Pedersen
- Half Time
- 64' Wayne Rooney 0–2
- 66' Carlos Tevez for Giggs
- 70' Darren Fletcher
- 71' John O'Shea for Evra
- 77' Ji-Sung Park for Rooney
- 85' Christopher Samba
- Full Time 0–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Blackburn Rovers Lineup
Starting XI
2 Andre Ooijer RB
3 Stephen Warnock LM
4 Christopher Samba CD-R
5 Tugay Kerimoglu RM
6 Ryan Nelsen CD-L
7 Brett Emerton AM-R
9 Roque Santa Cruz F
12 Morten Pedersen AM-L
27 Matt Derbyshire RCF
29 Martin Olsson LB
32 Jason Brown G
Substitutes
15 Aaron Mokoena
17 Keith Andrews on
19 Carlos Villanueva
23 Robbie Fowler
24 Keith Treacy on
30 Jason Roberts on
38 Mark Bunn
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Paul Ince
Blackburn Rovers
Match Information
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 104 of 113
113
Played
52
Won
29
Drawn
32
Lost
211
Goals For
165
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd September 1892. After this match United had played Blackburn Rovers 104 times: 46W 27D 31L.
31 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL 11 Nov 2007 W 2–0 PL 19 Apr 2008 D 1–1 PL
4 Oct 2008 W 2–0 This match
3 Dec 2008 W 5–3 LC 21 Feb 2009 W 2–1 PL 31 Oct 2009 W 2–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 55 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 118 | 62 | 56.4 |
| Away | 57 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 91 | 103 | 35.1 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
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 →