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Middlesbrough v Manchester United

4–1
Saturday 29th October 2005 · Riverside Stadium · Att: 30,579

Manchester United lost 1–4 to Middlesbrough at Riverside Stadium on Saturday 29th October 2005 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (90'+4') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 2' Gaizka Mendieta 1–0
  3. 18' Emanuel Pogatetz
  4. 20' Ruud van Nistelrooy
  5. 25' Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 2–0
  6. 31' Kieran Richardson for Bardsley
  7. 45' Alan Smith
  8. 45+5' Ayegbeni Yakubu pen 3–0
  9. Half Time
  10. 60' Cristiano Ronaldo for Park
  11. 71' Darren Fletcher
  12. 76' Gaizka Mendieta 4–0
  13. 87' Wesley Brown for Ferdinand
  14. 90' John O'Shea
  15. 90+4' Cristiano Ronaldo 4–1
  16. Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
5 Rio Ferdinand
8 Wayne Rooney
10 Ruud van Nistelrooy
13 Ji-Sung Park
14 Alan Smith
18 Paul Scholes
19 Edwin van der Sar
22 John O'Shea
24 Darren Fletcher
26 Phil Bardsley
27 Mikael Silvestre
Substitutes
Kieran Richardson
31' for Bardsley
Cristiano Ronaldo
60' for Park
90'+4
Wesley Brown
87' for Ferdinand

Middlesbrough Lineup

Starting XI
1 Mark Schwarzer G
3 Franck Queudrue D
5 Chris Riggott D
7 George Boateng M
9 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink F ⚽
10 Fabio Rochemback M
12 Emanuel Pogatetz M
14 Gaizka Mendieta M ⚽⚽
20 Yakubu Ayegbeni F ⚽
21 Stuart Parnaby M
26 Matthew Bates D
Substitutes
8 Szilard Nemeth on
17 Guidoni Junior Doriva on
22 Brad Jones
25 James Morrison on
36 Mark Viduka

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
54%
Possession
46%
14
Shots
7
8
Shots on Target
4
6
Corners
2
22
Fouls
14
0
Offsides
0
2
Saves
4

United vs Middlesbrough History

Meeting 113 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 113 times: 56W 24D 33L.
3 Oct 2004 D 1–1 PL 1 Jan 2005 W 2–0 PL 29 Jan 2005 W 3–0 FAC
29 Oct 2005 L 1–4 This match
1 May 2006 D 0–0 PL 2 Dec 2006 W 2–1 PL 10 Mar 2007 D 2–2 FAC
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 →