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Man United 3-1 Middlesbrough - September 23, 2008 / League Cup 2008/2009

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League Cup 2008/2009 - 1/16 de finale

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

September 23, 2008

53 729

Man United

3 - 1

Middlesbrough

Assist by Ryan Giggs (header) Cristiano Ronaldo

25'

(left foot) Ryan Giggs

79'

(right foot) Nani

90'

56'

Adam Johnson (left foot)

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25' - Goal Cristiano Ronaldo25

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46' - Substitution Mohamed Shawkyis substituted by Adam Johnson

56' - Goal Adam Johnson

61' - Substitution Cristiano Ronaldois substituted by Carlos Tévez61

66' - Red card Emanuel Pogatetz

72' - Substitution Rodrigo Possebonis substituted by Darron Gibson72

72' - Substitution Didier Digardis substituted by Chris Riggott

79' - Goal Ryan Giggs79

84' - Substitution Ryan Giggsis substituted by Manucho84

85' - Substitution Afonso Alvesis substituted by Marvin Emnes

90' - Goal Nani90

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 1

Middlesbrough

Man United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Man United

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Welbeck

Danny Welbeck

England

B.date26/11/1990

Age17 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Nani90

Nani

Portugal

B.date17/11/1986

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Winger

Ronaldo2561

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

Giggs7984

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age34 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Anderson

Brazil

B.date13/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Rodrigo Possebon72

Rodrigo Possebon

Brazil

B.date13/02/1989

Age19 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

O'Shea

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age28 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Rafael

Brazil

B.date09/07/1990

Age18 years

H1m72

positionRight full-back

Amos

Ben Amos

England

B.date10/04/1990

Age18 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ben Amos		18	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		26	104	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wes Brown		28	310	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rafael		18	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John O'Shea		27	292	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rodrigo Possebon	72	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs	7984	34	764	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Anderson		20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cristiano Ronaldo	2561	23	242	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Danny Welbeck		17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nani	90	21	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

22.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

164

Middlesbrough

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Alves85

Afonso Alves

Brazil

B.date30/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionStriker

Aliadière

Jérémie Aliadière

France

B.date30/03/1983

Age25 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

Downing

Stewart Downing

England

B.date22/07/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

O'Neil

Gary O'Neil

England

B.date18/05/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionCentre Midfield

Shawky46

Mohamed Shawky

Egypt

B.date05/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m81

positionDefensive Midfielder

Digard72

Didier Digard

France

B.date12/07/1986

Age22 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Taylor

Andrew Taylor

England

B.date01/08/1986

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Wheater

David Wheater

England

B.date14/02/1987

Age21 years

H1m96

positionLeft central defender

Pogatetz66

Emanuel Pogatetz

Austria

B.date16/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Hoyte

Justin Hoyte

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date20/11/1984

Age23 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Jones

Bradley Jones

Australia

B.date19/03/1982

Age26 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bradley Jones		26	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Wheater		21	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emanuel Pogatetz	66	25	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Justin Hoyte		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andrew Taylor		22	89	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Shawky	46	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Didier Digard	72	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil		25	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Downing		24	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Afonso Alves	85	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jérémie Aliadière		25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Darron Gibson	72	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlos Tévez	61	24	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Manucho	84	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Chris Riggott	72	28	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Adam Johnson	5646	21	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marvin Emnes	85	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

John O'Shea

Patrice Evra

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Paul Scholes

OUT

Ben Amos

Edwin Van der Sar

OUT

Wes Brown

Rio Ferdinand

OUT

Rafael

Gary Neville

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Anderson

Owen Hargreaves

OUT

Nani

Ji-sung Park

OUT

Nemanja Vidic

Jonny Evans

OUT

Danny Welbeck

Wayne Rooney

OUT

Rodrigo Possebon

Dimitar Berbatov

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Bradley Jones

Ross Turnbull

OUT

Justin Hoyte

Robert Huth

OUT

Mohamed Shawky

Adam Johnson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1221

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

57 %

Ferguson vs Middlesbrough

20 victories

9 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Ferguson vs Southgate

4 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Southgate vs Man United

0 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Southgate vs Ferguson

0 victory

3 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on September 23, 2008

Referee

Andre Marriner

30 victories	6 draws	12 losses	Man United48 matches	General total	Middlesbrough11 matches	3 victories	3 draws	5 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Man United1 match	Season total	Middlesbrough1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 04, 2023					Latest figure on February 15, 2023

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Key figures

End of streak for Man United after 4 consecutive matches without a win (since 29/08/2008). It was the best streak for the club since 09/05/2007-19/08/2007 (7 matches).

Ryan Giggs scored 9 goals vs Middlesbrough in his professional career

It's the first time Cristiano Ronaldo scores 1 goal vs Middlesbrough in League Cup

Read the next 22 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 1-0 AS Roma09/04/2008

VManchester United 2-1 Arsenal13/04/2008

VManchester United 1-0 FC Barcelona29/04/2008

VManchester United 4-1 West Ham03/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

DManchester United 0-0 Villarreal17/09/2008

Overall

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

VPortsmouth 0-1 Manchester United25/08/2008

LManchester United 1-2 Zenit St.Petersburg29/08/2008

LLiverpool 2-1 Manchester United13/09/2008

DManchester United 0-0 Villarreal17/09/2008

DChelsea 1-1 Manchester United21/09/2008

Current form

Away

LChelsea 1-0 Middlesbrough30/03/2008

DTottenham 1-1 Middlesbrough12/04/2008

LSunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough26/04/2008

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

LPortsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough13/09/2008

LSunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough20/09/2008

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Tottenham16/08/2008

LLiverpool 2-1 Middlesbrough23/08/2008

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Yeovil26/08/2008

VMiddlesbrough 2-1 Stoke City30/08/2008

LPortsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough13/09/2008

LSunderland 2-0 Middlesbrough20/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	9	2
Winless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	4	2
Winless streak	11	2
Drawless streak	4	10
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	9	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

2	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	172
2	FBDB index ranking (National)	14

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Mido
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Mido
-	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Mido

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

38 v

12 d

13 l

122 gf

69 ga

Away

56 matches

21 v

15 d

20 l

86 gf

96 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

120 matches

59 v

28 d

33 l

208 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

20 v

15 d

21 l

96 gf

86 ga

Away

63 matches

13 v

12 d

38 l

69 gf

122 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

120 matches

33 v

28 d

59 l

165 gf

208 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 08, 1900
Home	4 - 0	September 08, 1900

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 25, 1953
Away	4 - 1	January 14, 1933

Latest head to head

April 06, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Man United

October 27, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Man United

4 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

April 21, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Man United

1 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 19, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Man United

1 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

March 10, 2007 - FA Cup 2006/2007

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Man United

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Ryan Giggs	8 goals	1992 - 2005
Lou Macari	5 goals	1978 - 1980
Wayne Rooney	5 goals	2005 - 2008
Cristiano Ronaldo	4 goals	2005 - 2008
Andy Cole	4 goals	1995 - 2000
Ruud van Nistelrooy	3 goals	2001 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

David Armstrong	4 goals	1977 - 1980
Juninho Paulista	4 goals	1997 - 2004
David Mills	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Craig Hignett	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Alen Boksic	2 goals	2002 - 2002
Gaizka Mendieta	2 goals	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Ryan Giggs	28 matches	1992 - 2008
Paul Scholes	21 matches	1995 - 2008
Gary Neville	17 matches	1995 - 2007
Nicky Butt	16 matches	1995 - 2004
Roy Keane	16 matches	1995 - 2005
Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/01/1961. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Mark Schwarzer	22 matches	1998 - 2008
Jim Platt	15 matches	1972 - 1981
John Craggs	15 matches	1972 - 1981
Robbie Mustoe	14 matches	1992 - 2002
Colin Cooper	14 matches	1988 - 2005
Anthony McAndrew	13 matches	1976 - 1981