Manchester United 1-1 Middlesbrough: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2004

Result

Manchester United 1-1 Middlesbrough

Premier League · Sunday 3 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Manchester United 1-1 Middlesbrough: match report

Manchester United drew with Middlesbrough 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 October 2004. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Stewart Downing opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Alan Smith (81'). Middlesbrough scored through Stewart Downing (33').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Middlesbrough received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 12 points from 7 and Middlesbrough 11th on 10 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Middlesbrough 7th with 55.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 3 for Middlesbrough.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Roy KeaneManchester United
  • 33'Goal · Stewart DowningMiddlesbrough · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Gaizka MendietaMiddlesbrough
  • 74'Yellow card · George BoatengMiddlesbrough
  • 81'Goal · Alan SmithManchester United · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Szilard NemethMiddlesbrough

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 0, Middlesbrough 3.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes