Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2005

Result

Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2005, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Middlesbrough 0-2 Manchester United: match report

Middlesbrough were beaten by Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Darren Fletcher opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Middlesbrough did not score. Manchester United scored through Darren Fletcher (9') and Joshua Andrew Harrop (79').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Middlesbrough were 5th on 35 points from 20 and Manchester United 3rd on 40 points from 20. Middlesbrough went on to finish that season 7th with 55 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Middlesbrough wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Darren FletcherManchester United · 0-1
  • 79'Goal · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United · 0-2

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Middlesbrough 3, draws 1, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy