Premiership · Matchday 08

Sunderland v Manchester United

1–3

Saturday 15th October 2005 · Stadium of Light, Sunderland · Att: 39,085

Manchester United beat Sunderland 3–1 at Stadium of Light, Sunderland on Saturday 15th October 2005 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (40'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (76') and Giuseppe Rossi (87') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
20' Dean Whitehead
35' Cristiano Ronaldo
40' Wayne Rooney 0–1
43' Steven Caldwell
Half Time
71' Jonathan Stead
76' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–2
78' Giuseppe Rossi for van Nistlerooy
82' Stephen Elliott 1–2
87' Giuseppe Rossi 1–3
89' Liam Miller for Ronaldo
89' Gerard Pique for O'Shea
Full Time 1–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

5 Rio Ferdinand

7 Cristiano Ronaldo

8 Wayne Rooney 40'

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy 76'

Substitutes

78' for van Nistlerooy

87'

Liam Miller

89' for Ronaldo

Gerard Pique

89' for O'Shea

Sunderland Lineup

Starting XI

1 Kelvin Davis G

5 Gary Breen D

6 Steven Caldwell D

7 Liam Lawrence M

8 Dean Whitehead M

10 Stephen Elliott F ⚽

11 Andrew Welsh F

12 Nyron Nosworthy D

14 Tommy Miller M

18 Andy Gray M

32 Justin Hoyte D

Substitutes

4 Carl Robinson on

9 Jonathan Stead on

13 Ben Alnwick

15 Danny Collins

17 Anthony Tallec on

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Mick McCarthy

Sunderland

Match Information

Man Utd Sunderland

53%

Possession

47%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Sunderland History

Meeting 122 of 147

147

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

254

Goals For

208

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 122 times: 50W 33D 39L.

2 Feb 2002 W 4–1 PL 31 Aug 2002 D 1–1 PL 1 Jan 2003 W 2–1 PL

15 Oct 2005 W 3–1 This match

14 Apr 2006 D 0–0 PL 1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL 26 Dec 2007 W 4–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	73	43	18	12	150	77	58.9
Away	73	23	20	30	99	130	31.5
Neutral	1	1	0	0	5	1	100.0

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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 →