League Cup · Semi-Final - 1st Leg (agg 1-1)
Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United
1–1
Manchester United drew 1–1 with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Wednesday 11th January 2006 in the League Cup. Louis Saha (30') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 30' Louis Saha 0–1
- 36' Morten Gamst Pedersen 1–1
- Half Time
- 82' Ruud van Nistelrooy for Saha
- 85' John O'Shea for Fletcher
- Full Time 1–1
Starting XI
Player
9 Louis Saha 30'
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
11 Craig Bellamy F
12 Morten Pedersen M
16 Tugay Kerimoglu M
29 David Bentley M
33 Michael Gray D
Substitutes
3 Zurab Khizanishvili
7 Brett Emerton on
10 Paul Dickov on
13 Peter Enckelman
14 Steven Reid on
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
United vs Blackburn Rovers History
Meeting 97 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 97 times: 41W 26D 30L.
28 Aug 2004 D 1–1 PL 2 Apr 2005 D 0–0 PL 24 Sep 2005 L 1–2 PL
11 Jan 2006 D 1–1 This match
25 Jan 2006 W 2–1 LC 1 Feb 2006 L 3–4 PL 11 Nov 2006 W 1–0 PL | 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 →