Premiership · Matchday 18
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
1–0
Manchester United beat Middlesbrough 1–0 at Old Trafford on Monday 29th December 2008 in the Premiership. Dimitar Berbatov (69') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time
- 53' Ji-Sung Park
- 62' Gary Neville for Rafael
- 62' Paul Scholes for Fletcher
- 69' Dimitar Berbatov 1–0
- 84' Ryan Giggs for Ronaldo
- 89' Paul Scholes
- Full Time 1–0
Match Facts
- United extended an unbeaten run to 13 matches in all competitions.
- Dimitar Berbatov's 7th goal of 2008-2009, and his 7th for United.
Starting XI
Player
Middlesbrough Lineup
Starting XI
4 Gary O'Neil CM-L
5 Chris Riggott CD-R
6 Emanuel Pogatetz LB
10 Jeremie Aliadiere RM
12 Afonso Alves F
17 Tuncay Sanli LM
19 Stewart Downing AM
20 Julio Arca CM-R
21 Ross Turnbull G
26 Matthew Bates RB
31 David Wheater CD-L
Substitutes
3 Andrew Taylor
11 Marvin Emnes on
14 Robert Huth
15 Mohamed Shawky
22 Brad Jones
33 Nathan Porritt
41 Josh Walker
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Gareth Southgate
Middlesbrough
Match Information
United vs Middlesbrough History
Meeting 122 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 122 times: 61W 28D 33L.
27 Oct 2007 W 4–1 PL 6 Apr 2008 D 2–2 PL 23 Sep 2008 W 3–1 LC
29 Dec 2008 W 1–0 This match
2 May 2009 W 2–0 PL 28 Oct 2015 D 0–0 LC 31 Dec 2016 W 2–1 PL | 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 →