Manchester United 3-2 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Everton
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Manchester United 3-2 Everton: match report
Manchester United beat Everton 3-2 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2003. The half-time score was 2-1.
Nicky Butt opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nicky Butt (9'), Kléberson (44') and David Bellion (68'). Everton scored through an own goal by Gary Neville (13') and Duncan Ferguson (90').
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Everton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 40 points from 17 and Everton 12th on 20 points from 17. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Everton 17th with 39.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 0 for Everton.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Everton's W-W-D-L-W.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Nicky Butt
- 13'Own goal · Gary Neville
- 44'Goal · Kléberson
- 58'Yellow card · Wayne Mark Rooney
- 68'Goal · David Bellion
- 81'Yellow card · Francis Jeffers
- 90'Goal · Duncan Ferguson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up
Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Mikaël Silvestre, Kléberson, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Bellion, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Diego Forlán Corazo, John O'Shea