League Cup · 3rd Round

Manchester United v Middlesbrough

3–1

Tuesday 23rd September 2008 · Old Trafford · Att: 53,729

Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 3–1 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 23rd September 2008 in the League Cup. Cristiano Ronaldo (25'), Ryan Giggs (79') and Nani (90'+5') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
25' Cristiano Ronaldo 1–0
Half Time
54' Adam Johnson
56' Adam Johnson 1–1
61' Carlos Tevez for Ronaldo
66' Emanuel Pogatetz
72' Darron Gibson for Possebon
79' Ryan Giggs 2–1
84' Manucho for Giggs
90+5' Nani 3–1
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

6 Wesley Brown

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 25'

11 Ryan Giggs 79'

17 Luis Nani 90'+5

Substitutes

61' for Ronaldo

72' for Possebon

84' for Giggs

Middlesbrough Lineup

Starting XI

2 Justin Hoyte D

3 Andrew Taylor D

4 Gary O'Neil M

6 Emanuel Pogatetz D

8 Didier Digard M

10 Jeremie Aliadiere F

12 Afonso Alves F

15 Mohamed Shawky M

19 Stewart Downing M

22 Brad Jones G

31 David Wheater D

Substitutes

5 Chris Riggott on

11 Marvin Emnes on

20 Julio Arca

21 Ross Turnbull

28 Adam Johnson on ⚽

41 Josh Walker

42 Tom Craddock

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Gareth Southgate

Middlesbrough

Match Information

Man Utd Middlesbrough

51%

Possession

49%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Middlesbrough History

Meeting 121 of 127

127

Played

Won

Drawn

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 121 times: 60W 28D 33L.

21 Apr 2007 D 1–1 PL 27 Oct 2007 W 4–1 PL 6 Apr 2008 D 2–2 PL

23 Sep 2008 W 3–1 This match

29 Dec 2008 W 1–0 PL 2 May 2009 W 2–0 PL 28 Oct 2015 D 0–0 LC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	68	41	14	13	129	72	60.3
Away	59	23	16	20	91	97	39.0

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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 →