Premiership · Matchday 31
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
0–2
HT 0–0
Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 2–0 at Ewood Park on Monday 2nd April 2012 in the Premiership. Antonio Valencia 81' Ashley Young (86') scored for United.
Timeline
- Kick Off
- 40' Antonio Valencia
- Half Time 0–0
- 54' Grant Hanley
- 61' Danny Welbeck for Hernandez
- 63' Ryan Giggs for Jones
- 79' Ashley Young for Scholes
- 86' Antonio Valencia 81' Ashley Young Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia
- Full Time 0–2
Running score not shown: the recorded goals for this match don’t include every minute, or don’t reconcile with the final score.
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Danny Welbeck
61' for Hernandez
Ryan Giggs
63' for Jones
Ashley Young
86' 79' for Scholes
Blackburn Rovers Lineup
4-4-1-1
Starting XI
1 Paul Robinson G
3 Martin Olsson LB
12 Morten Pedersen RM
15 Steven N'Zonzi CM-R
16 Scott Dann CD-R
18 Bradley Orr RB
21 Marcus Olsson LM
23 Junior Hoilett RCF
24 Yakubu Ayegbeni F
31 Grant Hanley CD-L
35 Jason Lowe CM-L
Substitutes
8 David Dunn
9 Anthony Modeste
10 Mauro Formica
13 Mark Bunn
14 Radosav Petrovic
20 Rubén Rochina
39 Adam Henley
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
4-3-3
Formation
Blackburn Rovers
4-4-1-1
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 112 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 112 times: 51W 29D 32L.
27 Nov 2010 W 7–1 PL 14 May 2011 D 1–1 PL 31 Dec 2011 L 2–3 PL
2 Apr 2012 W 2–0 This match
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 →