Premiership · Matchday 25
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
2–3
Manchester United lost 2–3 to Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on Wednesday 11th February 2004 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (45'+2') and Ryan Giggs (63') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 34' Juninho 0–1
- 38' Juninho 0–2
- 45' Phillip Neville for Brown
- 45+2' Ruud van Nistelrooy 1–2
- Half Time
- 53' Danny Mills
- 63' Ryan Giggs 2–2
- 63' Cristiano Ronaldo for Kleberson
- 80' Joseph-Desire Job 2–3
- 84' Mikael Silvestre
- 87' Diego Forlan for Butt
- Full Time 2–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Phillip Neville
45' for Brown
Cristiano Ronaldo
63' for Kleberson
Diego Forlan
87' for Butt
Middlesbrough Lineup
Starting XI
1 Mark Schwarzer G
3 Franck Queudrue D
5 Chris Riggott D
6 Gareth Southgate D
10 Juninho Paulista M ⚽⚽
14 Gaizka Mendieta M
15 Danny Mills D
16 Joseph Desire Job F ⚽
19 Stewart Downing M
20 Guidoni Junior Doriva M
27 Boudewijn Zenden M
Substitutes
8 Szilard Nemeth
9 Massimo Maccarone
21 Stuart Parnaby on
28 Colin Cooper on
35 Brad Jones
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve McClaren
Middlesbrough
Match Information
United vs Middlesbrough History
Meeting 109 of 127
127
Played
64
Won
30
Drawn
33
Lost
220
Goals For
169
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 27th January 1894. After this match United had played Middlesbrough 109 times: 54W 23D 32L.
3 Sep 2002 W 1–0 PL 26 Dec 2002 L 1–3 PL 28 Dec 2003 W 1–0 PL
11 Feb 2004 L 2–3 This match
3 Oct 2004 D 1–1 PL 1 Jan 2005 W 2–0 PL 29 Jan 2005 W 3–0 FAC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 68 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 129 | 72 | 60.3 |
| Away | 59 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 91 | 97 | 39.0 |
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 →