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Man United 3-2 Everton - December 26, 2003 / Premier League 2003/2004

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Premier League 2003/2004 - Round 18

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 26, 2003

67 642

Man United

3 - 2

Everton

Nicky Butt

Assist by Gary Neville Kléberson

43'

Assist by Cristiano RonaldoDavid Bellion

68'

13'

Gary Neville (o.g)

90'

Duncan FergusonAssist by Gary Naysmith

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9' - Goal Nicky Butt9

13' - Own goal Gary Neville

43' - Goal Kléberson43

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50' - Substitution John O'Sheais substituted by Paul Scholes50

58' - Yellow card Wayne Rooney

63' - Substitution Tobias Linderothis substituted by Duncan Ferguson photo Francis Jeffers

63' - Substitution Kevin Campbellis substituted by Francis Jeffers

68' - Goal David Bellion68

69' - Substitution Wayne Rooneyis substituted by James McFadden

72' - Substitution Mikaël Silvestreis substituted by Eric Djemba-Djemba72

80' - Yellow card Francis Jeffers

90' - Goal Duncan Ferguson

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

3 - 2

Everton

Man United Everton

Team line-ups

Man United

14 Howard

Tim Howard

United States

B.date06/03/1979

Age24 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

27 Silvestre72

Mikaël Silvestre

France

B.date09/08/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

5 Ferdinand

Rio Ferdinand

England

B.date07/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m95

positionRight central defender

22 O'Shea50

John O'Shea

Republic of Ireland

B.date30/04/1981

Age22 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

2 Neville13

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age28 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

8 Butt9

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age28 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

15 Kléberson43

Kléberson

Brazil

B.date19/06/1979

Age24 years

H1m75

positionPlaymaker

25 Fortune

Quinton Fortune

South Africa

B.date21/05/1977

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

12 Bellion68

David Bellion

France

B.date27/11/1982

Age21 years

H1m81

positionRight Winger

21 Forlán

Diego Forlán

Uruguay

B.date19/05/1979

Age24 years

H1m80

positionSecond striker

7 Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portugal

B.date05/02/1985

Age18 years

H1m85

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
14	G	Tim Howard		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Mikaël Silvestre	72	26	212	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Rio Ferdinand		25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	John O'Shea	50	22	90	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Gary Neville	13	28	414	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Nicky Butt	9	28	369	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Kléberson	43	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Quinton Fortune		26	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	David Bellion	68	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Diego Forlán		24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Cristiano Ronaldo		18	19	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

126

Everton

25 Martyn

Nigel Martyn

England

B.date11/08/1966

Age37 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

6 Unsworth

David Unsworth

England

B.date16/10/1973

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4 Stubbs

Alan Stubbs

England

B.date06/10/1971

Age32 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

28 Hibbert

Tony Hibbert

England

B.date20/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

14 Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Republic of Ireland

B.date01/02/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

15 Naysmith

Gary Naysmith

Scotland

B.date16/11/1978

Age25 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

22 Linderoth63

Tobias Linderoth

Sweden

B.date21/04/1979

Age24 years

H1m79

positionDefensive Midfielder

12 Li

Tie Li

China

B.date18/09/1977

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

16 Gravesen

Thomas Gravesen

Denmark

B.date11/03/1976

Age27 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

18 Rooney6958

Wayne Rooney

England

B.date24/10/1985

Age18 years

H1m76

positionStriker

9 Campbell63

Kevin Campbell

England

B.date04/02/1970

Age33 years

H1m86

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Nigel Martyn		37	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	David Unsworth		30	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Alan Stubbs		32	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	D	Tony Hibbert		22	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Kevin Kilbane		26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Gary Naysmith		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Tobias Linderoth	63	24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Tie Li		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Thomas Gravesen		27	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Wayne Rooney	6958	18	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Kevin Campbell	63	33	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
19	M		Eric Djemba-Djemba	72	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M		Paul Scholes	50	29	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
24	M	James McFadden	69	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Duncan Ferguson	9063	31	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Francis Jeffers	6380	22	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Bellion

Ruud van Nistelrooy

OUT

Diego Forlán

Ryan Giggs

OUT

Nicky Butt

Paul Scholes

OUT

Kléberson

Roy Keane

OUT

Quinton Fortune

Phil Neville

OUT

Cristiano Ronaldo

Darren Fletcher

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Wayne Rooney

Tomasz Radzinski

OUT

Tony Hibbert

Alessandro Pistone

OUT

Tobias Linderoth

Lee Carsley

OUT

Tie Li

James McFadden

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

951

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

56 %

Ferguson vs Everton

24 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Ferguson vs Moyes

3 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

David Moyes

Success rate in this team:

40 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Moyes vs Man United

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Moyes vs Ferguson

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2003

Referee

Michael Dean

44 victories	17 draws	23 losses	Man United84 matches	General total	Everton11 matches	2 victories	5 draws	4 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Man United3 matches	Season total	Everton1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 28, 2022					Latest figure on May 11, 2022

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Key figures

Rio Ferdinand played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Everton keeps its 3 matches with at least 2 goals scored running (since 13/12/2003).

Man United keeps its 8 consecutive wins vs Everton running (since 04/12/1999). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/03/1999 (5 matches)

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Pre-match

Current form

Home

VManchester United 3-0 Portsmouth01/11/2003

VManchester United 3-0 Glasgow Rangers04/11/2003

VManchester United 2-1 Blackburn22/11/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa06/12/2003

VManchester United 2-0 Stuttgart09/12/2003

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City13/12/2003

Overall

LChelsea 1-0 Manchester United30/11/2003

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-0 Manchester United03/12/2003

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa06/12/2003

VManchester United 2-0 Stuttgart09/12/2003

VManchester United 3-1 Manchester City13/12/2003

VTottenham 1-2 Manchester United21/12/2003

Current form

Away

LTottenham 3-0 Everton04/10/2003

DAston Villa 0-0 Everton25/10/2003

LBlackburn 2-1 Everton10/11/2003

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Everton29/11/2003

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Everton03/12/2003

VPortsmouth 1-2 Everton13/12/2003

Overall

VEverton 2-0 Wolverhampton22/11/2003

LBolton Wanderers 2-0 Everton29/11/2003

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Everton03/12/2003

DEverton 0-0 Manchester City07/12/2003

VPortsmouth 1-2 Everton13/12/2003

VEverton 3-2 Leicester20/12/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	4
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Drawless streak	8	18
Scoring streak	8	4
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Drawless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
13	Victories (Competition total)	5
7	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	5
1	Draws (Home / Away)	2
3	Losses (Competition total)	7
1	Losses (Home / Away)	5

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
21	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
11	Goals conceded (Competition total)	22
5	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	13
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.18
2.33	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
0.65	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.29
0.56	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.63

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	10
7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	5
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	7
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
4-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (2 times)

Bookings

18	Yellow cards (Competition total)	28
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	12
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ruud van Nistelrooy	13 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Tomasz Radzinski
Ruud van Nistelrooy	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Tomasz Radzinski
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Duncan Ferguson
Ruud van Nistelrooy	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ryan Giggs	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Ryan Giggs	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ruud van Nistelrooy	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	Wayne Rooney

Historical head to head

Home

82 matches

44 v

19 d

19 l

139 gf

83 ga

Away

81 matches

23 v

17 d

41 l

99 gf

159 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

166 matches

68 v

36 d

62 l

239 gf

245 ga

Historical head to head

Home

81 matches

41 v

17 d

23 l

159 gf

99 ga

Away

82 matches

19 v

19 d

44 l

83 gf

139 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

166 matches

62 v

36 d

68 l

245 gf

239 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 30, 1960
Home	5 - 0	April 30, 1960

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	September 24, 1892
Away	3 - 0	August 19, 1992

Latest head to head

May 11, 2003 - Premier League 2002/2003

Everton

1 - 2

Man United

October 07, 2002 - Premier League 2002/2003

Man United

3 - 0

Everton

December 26, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Everton

0 - 2

Man United

September 08, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Man United

4 - 1

Everton

February 03, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Man United

1 - 0

Everton

Best historical scorers against Everton

Denis Law	8 goals	1963 - 1967
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	7 goals	1997 - 2000
Ryan Giggs	6 goals	1993 - 2001
Bobby Charlton	6 goals	1956 - 1970
Lee Sharpe	5 goals	1990 - 1995
Frank Stapleton	5 goals	1982 - 1985

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Graeme Sharp	12 goals	1982 - 1989
Dixie Dean	7 goals	1925 - 1927
Kevin Sheedy	6 goals	1983 - 1986
Alex Young	6 goals	1961 - 1967
Royston Vernon	6 goals	1961 - 1963
Bob Latchford	5 goals	1975 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Everton

Bobby Charlton	30 matches	1956 - 1973
Bill Foulkes	27 matches	1956 - 1969
Mark Hughes	26 matches	1984 - 1995
Tony Dunne	26 matches	1961 - 1972
Arthur Albiston	24 matches	1976 - 1986
Denis Law	21 matches	1962 - 1972

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/11/1925. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Neville Southall	37 matches	1982 - 1997
Kevin Ratcliffe	27 matches	1980 - 1991
Dave Watson	24 matches	1986 - 1999
Brian Labone	23 matches	1959 - 1969
Graeme Sharp	22 matches	1982 - 1991
Gordon West	19 matches	1962 - 1972