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Man United 2-3 Middlesbrough - December 19, 1998 / Premier League 1998/1999

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Premier League 1998/1999 - Round 18

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

December 19, 1998

55 152

2 - 3

Middlesbrough

Nicky Butt

62'

Paul Scholes

70'

23'

Ricard Hamilton

31'

Dean Gordon

59'

Brian Deane

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23' - Goal Ricard Hamilton

31' - Goal Dean Gordon

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59' - Goal Brian Deane

62' - Goal Nicky Butt62

64' - Substitution David Beckhamis substituted by Paul Scholes64

70' - Goal Paul Scholes70

72' - Substitution Robbie Mustoeis substituted by Alan Moore

78' - Substitution Phil Nevilleis substituted by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer78

83' - Substitution Neil Maddisonis substituted by Mikkel Beck

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 3

Middlesbrough

Man United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Man United

Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Denmark

B.date18/11/1963

Age35 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Johnsen

Ronny Johnsen

Norway

B.date10/06/1969

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

P. Neville78

Phil Neville

England

B.date21/01/1977

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age33 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

G. Neville

Gary Neville

England

B.date18/02/1975

Age23 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

Keane

Roy Keane

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/08/1971

Age27 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Beckham64

David Beckham

England

B.date02/05/1975

Age23 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Butt62

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age23 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Wales

B.date29/11/1973

Age25 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

England

B.date02/04/1966

Age32 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Cole

Andy Cole

England

B.date15/10/1971

Age27 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Peter Schmeichel		35	367	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ronny Johnsen		29	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neville	78	21	124	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		33	406	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Neville		23	185	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Roy Keane		27	201	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Beckham	64	23	176	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nicky Butt	62	23	180	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ryan Giggs		25	334	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Teddy Sheringham		32	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Cole		27	156	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

206

Middlesbrough

Schwarzer

Mark Schwarzer

Australia

B.date06/10/1972

Age26 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age33 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Gordon31

Dean Gordon

England

B.date10/02/1973

Age25 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Cooper

Colin Cooper

England

B.date28/02/1967

Age31 years

H1m75

positionLeft central defender

Vickers

Steve Vickers

England

B.date13/10/1967

Age31 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age29 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Mustoe72

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age30 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Maddison83

Neil Maddison

England

B.date02/10/1969

Age29 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Townsend

Andy Townsend

Republic of Ireland

B.date23/07/1963

Age35 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Deane59

Brian Deane

England

B.date07/02/1968

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentre forward

Hamilton23

Ricard Hamilton

Colombia

B.date01/01/1974

Age24 years

H1m84

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Schwarzer		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister		33	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dean Gordon	31	25	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Colin Cooper		31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Vickers		31	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		29	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe	72	30	173	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Maddison	83	29	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Townsend		35	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian Deane	59	30	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricard Hamilton	23	24	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Paul Scholes	7064	24	155	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	78	25	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Alan Moore	72	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Mikkel Beck	83	25	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

David Beckham

Paul Scholes

OUT

Teddy Sheringham

Dwight Yorke

OUT

Ronny Johnsen

Jaap Stam

OUT

Phil Neville

Wes Brown

OUT

Ryan Giggs

Jesper Blomqvist

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gianluca Festa

Robbie Stockdale

OUT

Neil Maddison

Paul Gascoigne

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

654

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Ferguson vs Middlesbrough

5 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Ferguson vs Robson

2 victories

2 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Manager

Age

Match num

Bryan Robson

230

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Robson vs Man United

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Robson vs Ferguson

1 victory

2 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 19, 1998

Referee

Gary Willard

5 victories	3 draws	1 loss	Man United9 matches	General total	Middlesbrough6 matches	3 victories	0 draw	3 losses
2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Man United4 matches	Season total	Middlesbrough3 matches	2 victories	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 17, 1999					Latest figure on May 16, 1999

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Key figures

Man United keeps its 11 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 11/11/1998). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 26/11/1977-14/01/1978 time period (11 matches).

The last time Man United has ended with the score 2-3 at home, It was on the 05/04/1997 (vs )

Man United keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Middlesbrough at home running (since 02/05/1931). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 27/08/1927 (3 matches)

Read the next 28 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 0-0 Newcastle United08/11/1998

VManchester United 2-1 Nottingham Forest11/11/1998

VManchester United 3-2 Blackburn14/11/1998

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United29/11/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich09/12/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea16/12/1998

Overall

VManchester United 3-2 Leeds United29/11/1998

LTottenham 3-1 Manchester United02/12/1998

DAston Villa 1-1 Manchester United05/12/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Bayern Munich09/12/1998

DTottenham 2-2 Manchester United12/12/1998

DManchester United 1-1 Chelsea16/12/1998

Current form

Away

DWycombe Wanderers 1-1 Middlesbrough22/09/1998

LChelsea 2-0 Middlesbrough26/09/1998

DWimbledon FC 2-2 Middlesbrough24/10/1998

DSouthampton 3-3 Middlesbrough07/11/1998

DCharlton 1-1 Middlesbrough14/11/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough29/11/1998

Overall

DSouthampton 3-3 Middlesbrough07/11/1998

DCharlton 1-1 Middlesbrough14/11/1998

VMiddlesbrough 2-0 Coventry21/11/1998

DArsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough29/11/1998

DMiddlesbrough 2-2 Newcastle United06/12/1998

VMiddlesbrough 1-0 West Ham12/12/1998

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	20	4
Winless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	5	10
Conceding streak	5	10

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	4	7
Winless streak	6	0
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	4	11
Conceding streak	6	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	6
6	Victories (Home / Away)	2
7	Draws (Competition total)	9
3	Draws (Home / Away)	4
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	27
22	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
20	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	12
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.59
2.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.18	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.12
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.5

Betting aid

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

Bookings

32	Yellow cards (Competition total)	32
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	17
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Dwight Yorke	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	Ricard Hamilton
Dwight Yorke	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Ricard Hamilton
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Ricard Hamilton
Denis Irwin	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Andy Cole	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 3 matches	Brian Deane

Historical head to head

Home

50 matches

31 v

9 d

10 l

101 gf

57 ga

Away

44 matches

14 v

13 d

17 l

67 gf

79 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

95 matches

45 v

23 d

27 l

168 gf

136 ga

Historical head to head

Home

44 matches

17 v

13 d

14 l

79 gf

67 ga

Away

50 matches

10 v

9 d

31 l

57 gf

101 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

0 gf

0 ga

Total

95 matches

27 v

23 d

45 l

136 gf

168 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

May 05, 1997 - Premier League 1996/1997

Man United

3 - 3

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

November 23, 1996 - Premier League 1996/1997

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Man United

May 05, 1996 - Premier League 1995/1996

Middlesbrough

0 - 3

Man United

October 28, 1995 - Premier League 1995/1996

Man United

2 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

February 27, 1993 - Premier League 1992/1993

Man United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Lou Macari	5 goals	1978 - 1980
Ryan Giggs	3 goals	1992 - 1996
Alex Dawson	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Steve Coppell	2 goals	1977 - 1979
Roy Keane	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Willie Morgan	2 goals	1970 - 1972

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
David Mills	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Bernie Slaven	2 goals	1992 - 1992
Craig Johnston	2 goals	1979 - 1980
Craig Hignett	2 goals	1996 - 1997
Mark Proctor	1 goal	1979 - 1979

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

Steve Coppell	14 matches	1975 - 1981
Martin Buchan	13 matches	1973 - 1981
Lou Macari	12 matches	1973 - 1981
Sammy McIlroy	11 matches	1975 - 1980
Jimmy Nicholl	10 matches	1975 - 1980
Alex Stepney	10 matches	1969 - 1977

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

Jim Platt	15 matches	1972 - 1981
John Craggs	15 matches	1972 - 1981
Anthony McAndrew	13 matches	1976 - 1981
David Armstrong	12 matches	1975 - 1980
Stuart Boam	9 matches	1972 - 1979
David Mills	9 matches	1972 - 1978