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Blackburn 1-1 Man United - January 11, 2006 / League Cup 2005/2006

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League Cup 2005/2006 - Semi-finals

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

January 11, 2006

24 348

Blackburn

1 - 1

Man United

Morten Gamst Pedersen

35'

30'

Louis Saha

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30' - Goal Louis Saha

35' - Goal Morten Gamst Pedersen35

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76' - Substitution David Bentleyis substituted by Brett Emerton photo Steven Reid

76' - Substitution Kerimoglu Tugayis substituted by Steven Reid76

82' - Substitution Louis Sahais substituted by Ruud van Nistelrooy

84' - Substitution Shefki Kuqiis substituted by Paul Dickov84

85' - Substitution Darren Fletcheris substituted by John O'Shea

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

1 - 1

Man United

Blackburn Man United

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age34 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Todd

Andy Todd

England

B.date21/09/1974

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Bentley76

David Bentley

England

B.date27/08/1984

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Tugay76

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age35 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Pedersen35

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Gray

Michael Gray

England

B.date03/08/1974

Age31 years

H1m71

positionRight Midfielder

Savage

Robbie Savage

Wales

B.date18/10/1974

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Kuqi84

Shefki Kuqi

Finland

B.date10/11/1976

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		34	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		27	181	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Andy Todd		31	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Nelsen		28	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Bentley	76	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay	76	35	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	35	24	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Michael Gray		31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Savage		31	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Shefki Kuqi	84	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Craig Bellamy		26	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Man United

Van der Sar

Edwin Van der Sar

Netherlands

B.date29/10/1970

Age35 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age27 years

H1m95

positionCentral defender

Silvestre

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age28 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Brown

Wes Brown

England

B.date13/10/1979

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age30 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Fletcher85

Darren Fletcher

Scotland

B.date01/02/1984

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age32 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

Smith

Alan Smith

England

B.date28/10/1980

Age25 years

H1m80

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Saha3082

Louis Saha

France

B.date08/08/1978

Age27 years

H1m81

positionStriker

Rooney

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age20 years

H1m76

positionStriker

Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Edwin Van der Sar		35	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Rio Ferdinand		27	147	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mikaël Silvestre		28	313	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Wes Brown		26	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		30	486	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Darren Fletcher	85	21	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		32	653	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alan Smith		25	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Louis Saha	3082	27	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wayne Rooney		20	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Cristiano Ronaldo		20	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

203

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Steven Reid	76	24	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brett Emerton	76	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Paul Dickov	84	33	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		John O'Shea	85	24	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ruud van Nistelrooy	82	29	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shefki Kuqi

Paul Dickov

OUT

David Bentley

David Thompson

OUT

Ryan Nelsen

Zurab Khizanishvili

OUT

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Sergio Peter

OUT

Michael Gray

Dominic Matteo

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Neville

John O'Shea

OUT

Edwin Van der Sar

Tim Howard

OUT

Wayne Rooney

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

OUT

Darren Fletcher

Kieran Richardson

OUT

Rio Ferdinand

Gerard Piqué

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Giuseppe Rossi

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Ritchie Jones

OUT

Alan Smith

Phil Bardsley

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Mark Hughes

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Hughes vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 2006

Hughes vs Ferguson

1 victory

2 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 2006

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

1074

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Blackburn

14 victories

9 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on January 11, 2006

Ferguson vs Hughes

0 victory

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on January 11, 2006

Referee

Rob Styles

14 victories	7 draws	2 losses	Blackburn23 matches	General total	Man United31 matches	20 victories	10 draws	1 loss
0 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Blackburn1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	0 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 17, 2009					Latest figure on May 13, 2009

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Comments

Key figures

Blackburn keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a win vs Man United in League Cup running (since 07/01/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

Lucas Neill played his game number 10 vs Manchester United in his professional career

The last time Man United has ended with the score 1-1 away from home in League Cup, It was on the 23/09/1992 (vs )

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBlackburn 3-0 Leeds United25/10/2005

VBlackburn 4-1 Charlton05/11/2005

LBlackburn 0-2 Everton03/12/2005

VBlackburn 3-2 West Ham10/12/2005

VBlackburn 2-1 Portsmouth02/01/2006

VBlackburn 3-0 Queens Park Rangers07/01/2006

Overall

LFulham 2-1 Blackburn17/12/2005

VMiddlesbrough 0-1 Blackburn21/12/2005

VMiddlesbrough 0-2 Blackburn26/12/2005

VWigan 0-3 Blackburn31/12/2005

VBlackburn 2-1 Portsmouth02/01/2006

VBlackburn 3-0 Queens Park Rangers07/01/2006

Current form

Away

LBenfica 2-1 Manchester United07/12/2005

VAston Villa 0-2 Manchester United17/12/2005

VBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

DBirmingham City 2-2 Manchester United28/12/2005

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester United03/01/2006

DBurton Albion 0-0 Manchester United08/01/2006

Overall

VBirmingham City 1-3 Manchester United20/12/2005

VManchester United 3-0 West Bromwich Albion26/12/2005

DBirmingham City 2-2 Manchester United28/12/2005

VManchester United 4-1 Bolton Wanderers31/12/2005

DArsenal 0-0 Manchester United03/01/2006

DBurton Albion 0-0 Manchester United08/01/2006

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	5
Unbeaten streak	3	5
Drawless streak	10	10
Scoring streak	3	7
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	3	2
Unbeaten streak	5	9
Winless streak	3	2
Goalless streak	2	2
Invincibility streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

49	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	10
7	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
4	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.33
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	3
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-1 (1 times)

Bookings

11	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
5	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Paul Dickov	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Louis Saha
Craig Bellamy	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Louis Saha
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Cristiano Ronaldo
Morten Gamst Pedersen	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Cristiano Ronaldo
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cristiano Ronaldo
Paul Dickov	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Louis Saha

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

18 v

11 d

16 l

85 gf

76 ga

Away

45 matches

9 v

13 d

23 l

50 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

2 ga

Total

91 matches

27 v

24 d

40 l

135 gf

163 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

23 v

13 d

9 l

85 gf

50 ga

Away

45 matches

16 v

11 d

18 l

76 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

0 ga

Total

91 matches

40 v

24 d

27 l

163 gf

135 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 0	April 10, 1926
Home	7 - 0	April 10, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 03, 1965
Away	5 - 0	April 03, 1965

Latest head to head

September 24, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Man United

1 - 2

Blackburn

April 02, 2005 - Premier League 2004/2005

Man United

0 - 0

Blackburn

August 28, 2004 - Premier League 2004/2005

Blackburn

1 - 1

Man United

May 01, 2004 - Premier League 2003/2004

Blackburn

1 - 0

Man United

November 22, 2003 - Premier League 2003/2004

Man United

2 - 1

Blackburn

Best historical scorers against Man United

Mike Harrison	5 goals	1962 - 1966
Derek Dougan	3 goals	1960 - 1960
Paul Warhurst	3 goals	1994 - 1997
Alan Shearer	3 goals	1994 - 1995
Frederick Pickering	3 goals	1962 - 1964
Morten Gamst Pedersen	2 goals	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Bobby Charlton	10 goals	1958 - 1966
Paul Scholes	9 goals	1997 - 2003
David Herd	6 goals	1961 - 1966
Albert Quixall	5 goals	1959 - 1963
Ruud van Nistelrooy	5 goals	2002 - 2005
Éric Cantona	4 goals	1994 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Tim Sherwood	13 matches	1992 - 1998
Garry Flitcroft	12 matches	1997 - 2005
Colin Hendry	12 matches	1992 - 1998
Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1992 - 1999
Brad Friedel	11 matches	2001 - 2005
Henning Berg	11 matches	1993 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Ryan Giggs	23 matches	1992 - 2005
Gary Neville	16 matches	1995 - 2005
Roy Keane	15 matches	1993 - 2005
Bobby Charlton	15 matches	1958 - 1966
Paul Scholes	14 matches	1995 - 2005
Peter Schmeichel	14 matches	1992 - 1999