Premiership · Matchday 29

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

3–0

Saturday 20th March 2004 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,634

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 20th March 2004 in the Premiership. Ryan Giggs (30'), Cristiano Ronaldo (89') and David Bellion (90'+3') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
30' Ryan Giggs 1–0
Half Time
57' Ryan Giggs
72' Stephen Carr
74' Cristiano Ronaldo for Solskjaer
80' Nicky Butt for Forlan
89' Cristiano Ronaldo 2–0
90' David Bellion for Scholes
90+3' David Bellion 3–0
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

3 Phillip Neville

6 Wesley Brown

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy

11 Ryan Giggs 30'

13 Roy Carroll

16 Roy Keane

18 Paul Scholes

20 Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Substitutes

74' for Solskjaer

89'

Nicky Butt

80' for Forlan

David Bellion

90' for Scholes

90'+3

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI

2 Stephen Carr D

3 Mauricio Taricco D

6 Michael Brown M

10 Robbie Keane F

12 Gary Doherty D

13 Kasey Keller G

18 Jermain Defoe F

23 Christian Ziege D

26 Ledley King D

30 Anthony Gardner D

31 Dean Marney M

Substitutes

9 Frédéric Kanouté on

11 Stephane Dalmat on

15 Jamie Redknapp on

33 Lars Hirschfeld

34 Stephen Kelly

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

David Pleat

Tottenham Hotspur

Match Information

Man Utd Tottenham Hotspur

55%

Possession

45%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Tottenham Hotspur History

Meeting 156 of 207

207

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

326

Goals For

274

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 156 times: 70W 40D 46L.

21 Sep 2002 W 1–0 PL 27 Apr 2003 W 2–0 PL 21 Dec 2003 W 2–1 PL

20 Mar 2004 W 3–0 This match

25 Sep 2004 W 1–0 PL 4 Jan 2005 D 0–0 PL 22 Oct 2005 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	103	67	17	19	195	107	65.0
Away	100	28	35	37	128	162	28.0
Neutral	4	1	1	2	3	5	25.0

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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 →