Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006

Result

Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Wednesday 1 February 2006, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Blackburn Rovers 4-3 Manchester United: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Manchester United 4-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 1 February 2006. The half-time score was 3-1.

Daniel Bentley opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from Daniel Bentley (35'), Daniel Bentley (41'), Lucas Neill (45', penalty) and Daniel Bentley (56'). Manchester United scored through Louis Saha (37'), Ruud van Nistelrooy (63') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (68').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackburn Rovers were 9th on 34 points from 22 and Manchester United 2nd on 48 points from 23. Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

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

Going into the match Blackburn Rovers's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-L-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Shefki KuqiBlackburn Rovers
  • 30'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers
  • 35'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Louis SahaManchester United · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 45'Penalty goal · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers · 3-1
  • 56'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
  • 63'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 4-2
  • 67'Yellow card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers
  • 68'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 4-3
  • 71'Yellow card · Wes BrownManchester United
  • 78'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Blackburn Rovers 3, draws 3, Manchester United 3.

Team news

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen, Shefki Kuqi

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ruud van Nistelrooy