FA Cup · 5th Round - Replay
Reading v Manchester United
2–3
Manchester United beat Reading 3–2 at Madejski Stadium on Tuesday 27th February 2007 in the FA Cup. Gabriel Heinze (2'), Louis Saha (4') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (6') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 2' Gabriel Heinze 0–1
- 4' Louis Saha 0–2
- 6' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 0–3
- 20' Ulises De la Cruz
- 23' Dave Kitson 1–3
- Half Time
- 62' André Bikey
- 76' Wayne Rooney for Saha
- 84' Leroy Lita 2–3
- 89' Cristiano Ronaldo for Solskjaer
- Full Time 2–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
9 Louis Saha 4'
Reading Lineup
Starting XI
3 Nicky Shorey D
4 Steve Sidwell M
6 Brynjar Gunnarsson M
9 Kevin Doyle F
11 John Oster M
12 Dave Kitson F ⚽
16 Ivar Ingimarsson D
19 Seol Ki-Hyeon M
22 André Bikey D
23 Ulises De la Cruz D
32 Adam Federici G
Substitutes
1 Marcus Hahnemann
7 Glen Little on
8 Leroy Lita on ⚽
10 Stephen Hunt
18 Sam Sodje
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Coppell
Reading
Match Information
United vs Reading History
Meeting 14 of 22
22
Played
14
Won
7
Drawn
1
Lost
46
Goals For
20
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th February 1912. After this match United had played Reading 14 times: 7W 6D 1L.
23 Sep 2006 D 1–1 PL 30 Dec 2006 W 3–2 PL 17 Feb 2007 D 1–1 FAC
27 Feb 2007 W 3–2 This match
12 Aug 2007 D 0–0 PL 19 Jan 2008 W 2–0 PL 1 Dec 2012 W 4–3 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 75.0 |
| Away | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 55.6 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
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 →