Premiership · Matchday 01
Everton v Manchester United
0–2
Manchester United beat Everton 2–0 at Goodison Park on Saturday 13th August 2005 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (43') and Wayne Rooney (46') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 32' Alessandro Pistone
- 35' Paul Scholes
- 43' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–1
- Half Time
- 46' Wayne Rooney 0–2
- 71' Phil Neville
- 72' Gabriel Heinze for Fletcher
- 81' Alan Smith for Scholes
- 85' Kieran Richardson for Park
- 90' Mikel Arteta
- Full Time 0–2
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
8 Wayne Rooney 46'
Substitutes
Gabriel Heinze
72' for Fletcher
Alan Smith
81' for Scholes
Kieran Richardson
85' for Park
Everton Lineup
Starting XI
4 Joseph Yobo D
5 David Weir D
6 Mikel Arteta M
8 James Beattie F
10 Simon Davies M
17 Tim Cahill M
18 Phil Neville D
21 Leon Osman M
22 Tony Hibbert D
23 Alessandro Pistone D
25 Nigel Martyn G
Substitutes
1 Richard Wright
7 Marcus Bent on
9 Duncan Ferguson on
11
14 Kevin Kilbane on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
David Moyes
Everton
Match Information
United vs Everton History
Meeting 170 of 216
216
Played
97
Won
50
Drawn
69
Lost
326
Goals For
292
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th September 1892. After this match United had played Everton 170 times: 72W 37D 61L.
30 Aug 2004 D 0–0 PL 19 Feb 2005 W 2–0 FAC 20 Apr 2005 L 0–1 PL
13 Aug 2005 W 2–0 This match
11 Dec 2005 D 1–1 PL 29 Nov 2006 W 3–0 PL 28 Apr 2007 W 4–2 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 105 | 59 | 26 | 20 | 183 | 98 | 56.2 |
| Away | 105 | 36 | 23 | 46 | 140 | 189 | 34.3 |
| Neutral | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 |
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 →