Premiership · Matchday 25

Manchester United v Watford

4–0

Wednesday 31st January 2007 · Old Trafford · Att: 76,032

Manchester United beat Watford 4–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 31st January 2007 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (20'), Henrik Larsson (70') and Wayne Rooney (71') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
20' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 1–0
42' Jay DeMerit
44' Darius Henderson
45' Nemanja Vidic
Half Time
60' Lloyd Doyley OG 2–0
66' Henrik Larsson for Solskjaer
70' Henrik Larsson 3–0
71' Wayne Rooney 4–0
75' Wesley Brown for Carrick
75' Mikael Silvestre for Vidic
87' Gabriel Heinze
Full Time 4–0

Match Facts

United's biggest win over Watford at the time, in their 23rd meeting.
Cristiano Ronaldo's 14th goal of 2006-2007, and his 40th for United.
Henrik Larsson's 2nd goal of 2006-2007, and his 2nd for United.
Wayne Rooney's 12th goal of 2006-2007, and his 48th for United.

Starting XI

Player

2 Gary Neville

4 Gabriel Heinze

5 Rio Ferdinand

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 20'

8 Wayne Rooney 71'

15 Nemanja Vidic

16 Michael Carrick

20 Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Substitutes

66' for Solskjaer

70'

Wesley Brown

75' for Carrick

Mikael Silvestre

75' for Vidic

Watford Lineup

Starting XI

3 Jordan Stewart D

6 Jay DeMerit D

7 Damien Francis M

10 Darius Henderson F

11 Chris Powell D

12 Lloyd Doyley D

16 Richard Lee G

18 Hamer Bouazza F

20 Al Bangura M

23 Adrian Mariappa D

29 Tommy Smith F

Substitutes

1 Alec Chamberlain

15 Steven Kabba on

19 Anthony McNamee

37 Will Hoskins on

38 Lee Williamson on

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Adrian Boothroyd

Watford

Match Information

Man Utd Watford

71%

Possession

29%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Watford History

Meeting 23 of 37

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1950. After this match United had played Watford 23 times: 14W 5D 4L.

29 Apr 2000 W 3–2 PL 31 Oct 2000 W 3–0 LC 26 Aug 2006 W 2–1 PL

31 Jan 2007 W 4–0 This match

14 Apr 2007 W 4–1 FAC 21 Nov 2015 W 2–1 PL 2 Mar 2016 W 1–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	17	12	4	1	33	9	70.6
Away	18	10	2	6	25	24	55.6
Neutral	2	2	0	0	6	1	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 →