Premiership · Matchday 22
Manchester United v Sunderland
2–1
Manchester United beat Sunderland 2–1 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 1st January 2003 in the Premiership. David Beckham (81') and Paul Scholes (90+1') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 5' Juan Sebastian Veron OG 0–1
- 29' Roy Carroll for Barthez
- Half Time
- 56' Rio Ferdinand
- 62' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer
- 63' Ryan Giggs for O'Shea
- 66' Stephen Wright
- 81' David Beckham 1–1
- 90' Gary Neville for Veron
- 90+1' Paul Scholes 2–1
- Full Time 2–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Sunderland Lineup
Starting XI
2 Stephen Wright D
5 Phil Babb D
8 Gavin McCann M
9 Tore Andre Flo F
10 Kevin Phillips F
11 Kevin Kilbane M
17 Jody Craddock D
21 Paul Thirlwell M
27 George McCartney D
30 Jurgen Macho G
31 Marcus Stewart F
Substitutes
1 Thomas Sorensen
12 Joachim Bjorklund
18 Darren Williams on
28 John Oster on
32 Michael Proctor on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Howard Wilkinson
Sunderland
Match Information
United vs Sunderland History
Meeting 121 of 147
147
Played
67
Won
38
Drawn
42
Lost
254
Goals For
208
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 4th March 1893. After this match United had played Sunderland 121 times: 49W 33D 39L.
13 Oct 2001 W 3–1 PL 2 Feb 2002 W 4–1 PL 31 Aug 2002 D 1–1 PL
1 Jan 2003 W 2–1 This match
15 Oct 2005 W 3–1 PL 14 Apr 2006 D 0–0 PL 1 Sep 2007 W 1–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 73 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 150 | 77 | 58.9 |
| Away | 73 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 99 | 130 | 31.5 |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 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 →