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Premiership · Matchday 24

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

4–3
Wednesday 1st February 2006 · Ewood Park · Att: 25,484

Manchester United lost 3–4 to Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Wednesday 1st February 2006 in the Premiership. Louis Saha (37') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (63', 65') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 27' Shefki Kuqi
  3. 30' Tugay Kerimoglu
  4. 35' David Bentley 1–0
  5. 37' Louis Saha 1–1
  6. 41' David Bentley 2–1
  7. 45+3' Lucas Neill pen 3–1
  8. Half Time
  9. 54' Ruud van Nistelrooy for Richardson
  10. 54' Ji-Sung Park for Fletcher
  11. 56' David Bentley 4–1
  12. 63' Ruud van Nistelrooy 4–2
  13. 65' Ruud van Nistelrooy 4–3
  14. 67' Andy Todd
  15. 70' Wesley Brown
  16. 76' Mikael Silvestre for Brown
  17. 78' Nemanja Vidic
  18. 86' Rio Ferdinand
  19. 88' Rio Ferdinand
  20. Full Time 4–3

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
2 Gary Neville
3 Patrice Evra
5 Rio Ferdinand
6 Wesley Brown
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
8 Wayne Rooney
9 Louis Saha 37'
15 Nemanja Vidic
19 Edwin van der Sar
23 Kieran Richardson
24 Darren Fletcher
Substitutes
Ruud van Nistelrooy
54' for Richardson
63', 65'
Ji-Sung Park
54' for Fletcher
Mikael Silvestre
76' for Brown

Blackburn Rovers Lineup

Starting XI
1 Brad Friedel G
2 Lucas Neill D ⚽
4 Andy Todd D
6 Ryan Nelsen D
8 Robbie Savage M
9 Shefki Kuqi F
12 Morten Pedersen M
14 Steven Reid M
16 Tugay Kerimoglu M
29 David Bentley F ⚽⚽⚽
33 Michael Gray D
Substitutes
7 Brett Emerton on
13 Peter Enckelman
15 Aaron Mokoena on
25 Jemal Johnson on
31 Sergio Peter

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Mark Hughes
Blackburn Rovers

Match Information

Man Utd Blackburn Rovers
48%
Possession
52%
12
Shots
7
6
Shots on Target
4
2
Corners
2
17
Fouls
23
4
Offsides
2
7
Saves
6

United vs Blackburn Rovers History

Meeting 99 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 99 times: 42W 26D 31L.
24 Sep 2005 L 1–2 PL 11 Jan 2006 D 1–1 LC 25 Jan 2006 W 2–1 LC
1 Feb 2006 L 3–4 This match
11 Nov 2006 W 1–0 PL 31 Mar 2007 W 4–1 PL 11 Nov 2007 W 2–0 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 55311410 1186256.4
Away 57201522 9110335.1
Neutral 1100 20100.0
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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 →