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Premiership · Matchday 12

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

0–1
Saturday 11th November 2006 · Ewood Park · Att: 26,162

Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 1–0 at Ewood Park on Saturday 11th November 2006 in the Premiership. Louis Saha (64') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 45' Wayne Rooney
  3. 45' Nemanja Vidic
  4. Half Time
  5. 46' John O'Shea for G.Neville
  6. 50' Patrice Evra
  7. 51' Aaron Mokoena
  8. 60' Benni McCarthy
  9. 64' Louis Saha 0–1
  10. 88' Mikael Silvestre for Evra
  11. 89' Darren Fletcher for Ronaldo
  12. 90' Sergio Peter
  13. 90' Zurab Khizanishvili
  14. Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 Edwin van der Sar
2 Gary Neville
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Wayne Rooney
9 Louis Saha 64'
11 Ryan Giggs
15 Nemanja Vidic
16 Michael Carrick
18 Paul Scholes
Substitutes
John O'Shea
46' for G.Neville
Mikael Silvestre
88' for Evra
Darren Fletcher
89' for Ronaldo

Blackburn Rovers Lineup

Starting XI
1 Brad Friedel G
2 Lucas Neill D
3 Zurab Khizanishvili D
5 Tugay Kerimoglu M
7 Brett Emerton M
9 Shabani Nonda F
10 Benni McCarthy F
11 David Bentley M
12 Morten Pedersen M
15 Aaron Mokoena D
20 Andre Ooijer D
Substitutes
16 Stephane Henchoz
17 Francis Jeffers on
23 Jason Brown
31 Sergio Peter on
33 Michael Gray

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Mark Hughes
Blackburn Rovers

Match Information

Man Utd Blackburn Rovers
52%
Possession
48%
16
Shots
10
7
Shots on Target
4
4
Corners
6
8
Fouls
17
2
Offsides
6
2
Saves
4

United vs Blackburn Rovers History

Meeting 100 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 100 times: 43W 26D 31L.
11 Jan 2006 D 1–1 LC 25 Jan 2006 W 2–1 LC 1 Feb 2006 L 3–4 PL
11 Nov 2006 W 1–0 This match
31 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL 11 Nov 2007 W 2–0 PL 19 Apr 2008 D 1–1 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 55311410 1186256.4
Away 57201522 9110335.1
Neutral 1100 20100.0
All 113 meetings with Blackburn Rovers →

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 →