FA Cup · 3rd Round

Chelsea v Manchester United

3–5

Sunday 4th January 1998 · Stamford Bridge · Att: 34,792

Manchester United beat Chelsea 5–3 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday 4th January 1998 in the FA Cup. David Beckham (23', 28'), Andrew Cole (45', 66') and Teddy Sheringham (74') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
23' David Beckham 0–1
28' David Beckham 0–2
45' Andrew Cole 0–3
Half Time
66' Andrew Cole 0–4
71' Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer for Scholes
74' Teddy Sheringham 0–5
78' Graeme Le Saux 1–5
83' Gianluca Vialli 2–5
88' Gianluca Vialli 3–5
Full Time 3–5

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

7 David Beckham 23', 28'

8 Nicky Butt

9 Andrew Cole 45', 66'

10 Teddy Sheringham 74'

11 Ryan Giggs

18 Paul Scholes

Substitutes

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

71' for Scholes

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Ruud Gullit

Chelsea

United vs Chelsea History

Meeting 121 of 199

199

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

312

Goals For

238

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Monday 25th December 1905. After this match United had played Chelsea 121 times: 57W 33D 31L.

22 Feb 1997 D 1–1 PL 3 Aug 1997 D 1–1 CS 24 Sep 1997 D 2–2 PL

4 Jan 1998 W 5–3 This match

28 Feb 1998 W 1–0 PL 16 Dec 1998 D 1–1 PL 29 Dec 1998 D 0–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	94	42	32	20	148	88	44.7
Away	94	37	25	32	149	136	39.4
Neutral	11	3	4	4	15	14	27.3

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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 →