Premiership · Matchday 03

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester United

1–1

Saturday 28th August 2004 · Ewood Park · Att: 26,155

Manchester United drew 1–1 with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday 28th August 2004 in the Premiership. Alan Smith (90'+3') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
13' Jonathan Stead
17' Paul Dickov 1–0
35' Jose Pereira Kleberson
40' Lorenzo Amoruso
45' Louis Saha for Kleberson
Half Time
71' Lorenzo Amoruso
75' Liam Miller for Spector
80' David Bellion for Djemba-Djemba
90' Tugay Kerimoglu
90+3' Alan Smith 1–1
Full Time 1–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

14 Alan Smith 90'+3

15 Jose Pereira Kleberson

18 Paul Scholes

19 Eric Djemba Djemba

Substitutes

45' for Kleberson

75' for Spector

80' for Djemba-Djemba

Blackburn Rovers Lineup

Starting XI

1 Brad Friedel G

2 Lucas Neill D

4 Lorenzo Amoruso D

6 Craig Short D

8 Tugay Kerimoglu M

9 Jonathan Stead F

10 Paul Dickov F ⚽

12 Morten Pedersen F

16 Barry Ferguson M

20 David Thompson M

22 Dominic Matteo D

Substitutes

7 Brett Emerton on

11 Javier De Pedro

13 Peter Enckelman

14 Nils-Eric Johansson on

15 Dwight Yorke on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Graeme Souness

Blackburn Rovers

Match Information

Man Utd Blackburn Rovers

54%

Possession

46%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Blackburn Rovers History

Meeting 94 of 113

113

Played

Won

Drawn

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 94 times: 41W 24D 29L.

19 Apr 2003 W 3–1 PL 22 Nov 2003 W 2–1 PL 1 May 2004 L 0–1 PL

28 Aug 2004 D 1–1 This match

2 Apr 2005 D 0–0 PL 24 Sep 2005 L 1–2 PL 11 Jan 2006 D 1–1 LC

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

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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 →