Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 17

Middlesbrough v Manchester United

0–1
Saturday 15th December 2001 · Riverside Stadium · Att: 34,358

Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 1–0 at Riverside Stadium on Saturday 15th December 2001 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (76') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 13' Phillip Neville for O'Shea
  3. 31' Mikael Silvestre
  4. 39' Nicky Butt
  5. Half Time
  6. 66' Ryan Giggs for Butt
  7. 73' Paul Ince
  8. 76' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–1
  9. 87' Franck Queudrue
  10. 88' Roy Keane
  11. Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Middlesbrough Lineup

Starting XI
6 Gareth Southgate D
7 Robbie Mustoe M
9 Paul Ince M
11 Alen Boksic F
12 Jonathan Greening M
17 Ugo Ehiogu D
19 Hamilton Ricard F
23 Carlos Marinelli M
25 Mark Crossley G
27 Robbie Stockdale D
37 Franck Queudrue D
Substitutes
8 Szilard Nemeth
14 Paul Okon
15 Marlon Beresford
26 Noel Whelan on
28 Colin Cooper

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

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve McClaren
Middlesbrough

Match Information

Man Utd Middlesbrough
0%
Possession
100%
0
Shots
0
0
Shots on Target
0
0
Corners
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Saves
0

United vs Middlesbrough History

Meeting 103 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 103 times: 52W 23D 28L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 68411413 1297260.3
Away 59231620 919739.0
All 127 meetings with Middlesbrough →

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 →