Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004

Result

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 28 August 2004, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Blackburn Rovers drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 August 2004. The half-time score was 1-0.

Paul Dickov opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goal came from Paul Dickov (17'). Manchester United scored through Alan Smith (90').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Manchester United 12th on 3 points from 2. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 42 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Blackburn Rovers wins, 1 draw and 3 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Jon SteadBlackburn Rovers
  • 17'Goal · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · KlébersonManchester United
  • 90'Goal · Alan SmithManchester United · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 2, draws 1, Manchester United 3.

Team news

Manchester United line-up

Tim Howard, Mikaël Silvestre, Jonathan Spector, Kléberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes, John O'Shea