Premiership · Matchday 19
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
1–0
Manchester United lost 0–1 to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Sunday 22nd December 2002 in the Premiership.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 40' Gary Flitcroft 1–0
- Half Time
- 59' Roy Keane for Forlan
- 70' David Beckham for Giggs
- 72' Gary Neville
- 84' Laurent Blanc for P.Neville
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Blackburn Rovers Lineup
Starting XI
1 Brad Friedel G
2 Lucas Neill M
3 Tugay Kerimoglu M
6 Craig Short D
7 Garry Flitcroft M ⚽
8 David Dunn M
9 Andrew Cole F
11 Damien Duff M
14 Nils-Eric Johansson M
19 Dwight Yorke F
21 Martin Taylor D
Substitutes
4 Andy Todd
10 Matt Jansen
13 Alan Kelly
18 Keith Gillespie on
22 Egil Ostenstad
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Graeme Souness
Blackburn Rovers
Match Information
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 88 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 88 times: 38W 22D 28L.
12 May 1999 D 0–0 PL 22 Aug 2001 D 2–2 PL 19 Jan 2002 W 2–1 PL
22 Dec 2002 L 0–1 This match
7 Jan 2003 D 1–1 LC 22 Jan 2003 W 3–1 LC 19 Apr 2003 W 3–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 55 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 118 | 62 | 56.4 |
| Away | 57 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 91 | 103 | 35.1 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
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 →