Premiership · Matchday 19
Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
2–3
HT 0–1
Manchester United lost 2–3 to Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford on Saturday 31st December 2011 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (52', 62') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 11' Luis Nani
- 16' Ayegbeni Yakubu pen 0–1
- 23' Michael Carrick
- Half Time 0–1
- 46' Oliveira Anderson for Hernandez
- 47' Jason Lowe
- 51' Ayegbeni Yakubu 0–2
- 52' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Rafael da Silva 1–2
- 56' Radosav Petrovic
- 62' Dimitar Berbatov Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 2–2
- 80' Grant Hanley 2–3
- 85' William "Will" Keane for Rafael
- Full Time 2–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
9 Dimitar Berbatov 52', 62'
Blackburn Rovers Lineup
4-5-1
Starting XI
4 Christopher Samba CD-R
10 Mauro Formica RM
12 Morten Pedersen LM
13 Mark Bunn G
14 Radosav Petrovic CM-R
15 Steven N'Zonzi RCM
20 Rubén Rochina CM-L
24 Yakubu Ayegbeni F
31 Grant Hanley CD-L
35 Jason Lowe RB
39 Adam Henley LB
Substitutes
19 Jordan Slew on
22 Nick Blackman
25 David Goodwillie on
29 Simon Vukcevic
33 Josh Morris on
34 Jake Kean
36 Amine Linganzi
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Kean
Blackburn Rovers
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Blackburn Rovers
4-5-1
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 111 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 111 times: 50W 29D 32L.
11 Apr 2010 D 0–0 PL 27 Nov 2010 W 7–1 PL 14 May 2011 D 1–1 PL
31 Dec 2011 L 2–3 This match
2 Apr 2012 W 2–0 PL 19 Feb 2017 W 2–1 FAC | 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →