English Premier League

FT Monday, December 29, 2008
Middlesbrough DLDLL 0
–
Manchester United DDWWW 1
Old Trafford · 75,294 att.

Team Stats

20
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
0
37.9
Possession
62.1
9
SHOTS
34
0
ON GOAL
8
0.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
248
Accurate Passes
472
337
Passes
552
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
10
15
Crosses
35
0.2
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
52
17
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
9
13
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
13
34
Clearances
31

Head to Head

MAN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

MAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 23Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 15Nemanja VidićCD-R
  4. 22John O'SheaLB
  5. 21RafaelRB
  6. 16Michael CarrickCM-L
  7. 24Darren FletcherCM-R
  8. 7Cristiano RonaldoLM
  9. 13Park Ji-SungRM
  10. 10Wayne RooneyCF-L
  11. 9Dimitar BerbatovCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Paul ScholesSUB
  2. 34Rodrigo PossebonSUB
  3. 11Ryan GiggsSUB
  4. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  5. 2Gary NevilleSUB
  6. 28Darron GibsonSUB
  7. 19Danny WelbeckSUB

MID · 4-5-1

  1. 21Ross TurnbullG
  2. 31David WheaterCD-L
  3. 5Chris RiggottCD-R
  4. 6Emanuel PogatetzLB
  5. 26Matthew BatesRB
  6. 4Gary O'NeilCM-L
  7. 20Julio ArcaCM-R
  8. 19Stewart DowningAM
  9. 17Tuncay SanliLM
  10. 10Jeremie AliadiereRM
  11. 12Afonso AlvesF

Substitutes

  1. 14Robert HuthSUB
  2. 41Josh WalkerSUB
  3. 11Marvin EmnesSUB
  4. 33Nathan PorrittSUB
  5. 3Andrew TaylorSUB
  6. 22Brad JonesSUB
  7. 15Mohamed ShawkySUB

Timeline

  1. 63'
  2. 63'
  3. 69'
  4. 76'
  5. 85'

Premier League News

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