Manchester United vs Middlesbrough LIVE: FA Cup latest score and goal updates tonight
Follow all the latest updates from the FA Cup fourth round meeting at Old Trafford
Manchester United are taking on Middlesbrough tonight as they meet in the FA Cup fourth round. The two clubs have not come up against one another since 2017, with Boro sitting seventh in the Championship and looking to climb back into the Premier League.
Ralf Rangnick’s side had a reasonably quiet January transfer window, with no major incomings as first-team players Donny van de Beek and Anthony Martial departed on loan, although Paul Pogba is back to fitness after a lengthy period out injured.
Boro manager Chris Wilder won on his last visit to Old Trafford while in charge of Sheffield United, and will hope talented Slovenian Andraz Sporar can continue his impressive season when they visit tonight. After United’s scratchy third round win against Aston Villa, Middlesbrough will be looking to pounce and cause a cup surprise. Middlesbrough were below their best last time out against Coventry but ground out a 1-0 win.
Follow all the latest updates below.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
15 mins: Isaiah Jones wins the ball off Bruno Fernandes in his own half and drives through the midfield. Manchester United leave him some room to storm into and hold a solid defensive line in front of him. He brings the ball into a central area but doesn’t see a backtracking Paul Pogba who times a sliding tackle beautifully and recovers the ball.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
12 mins: Maguire feeds the ball to McTominay in the middle of the pitch and he passes the ball up to Ronaldo. Dalot sprints into space on the right side and Ronaldo gives him the ball before continuing into the box. Dalot cuts inside and slides the ball back to Ronaldo. He flicks up the ball and volleys a shot at goal but doesn’t catch it right and Lumley is left with another easy catch.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
9 mins: Folarin Balogun leans on Harry Maguire as the ball is played up to him and he draws the Man Utd captain into making a foul. Middlesbrough win a free kick and swing it into the penalty area towards Matt Crooks. Raphael Varane wins the aerial ball and heads it down to Pogba who may have got caught in possession but the whistle went for an offside against Boro.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
6 mins: Chance! Lovely play from Man Utd. Marcus Rashford brings the ball inside from the right wing and gives it to Paul Pogba. Bruno Fernandes makes a run to the box and collects the pass, he plays in Jadon Sancho who slides Luke Shaw to the byline on the overlap. Shaw flicks a cross into the box and Cristiano Ronaldo meets it with an overhead kick that loops up kindly for Joe Lumley in goal.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
3 mins: Luke Shaw loses possession in midfield and has to put on the burners as he sprints back to win the ball on the edge of the his own penalty area.
United send the ball up to Scott McTominay who is immediately put under pressure but the midfielder does well to hold the ball up and wins himself a free kick.
Man Utd 0 - 0 Middlesbrough
Kick off: Boro get the ball rolling at Old Trafford. It’s whipped up the inside left channel but Raphael Varane gets to the loose ball first and boots it out of play. Middlesbrough’s throw in is intercepted and Man Utd take over possession.
Chance! A long ball is floated into the Boro box and Joe Lumely comes out to claim the ball. Dael Fry gets in his way and the goalkeeper fumbles it. Cristiano Ronaldo is on hand to regain possession and knocks it across to Jadon Sancho. He runs onto the ball and chips it over the goalkeeper but there’s not enough dip on his shot. The ball rattles into the crossbar and bounces to safety!
What a start that would have been.
Manchester United vs Middlesbrough
The teams make their way out onto the pitch at Old Trafford. Managers Ralf Rangnick and Chris Wilder both carry wreaths to commemorate the anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. Thye lay them at the side of the pitch and take a moments silence.
Manchester United vs Middlesbrough
Tonight is the closest game Manchester United play at Old Trafford to the anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster.
February 6th marks the 64th anniversary since the crash, when 23 passengers, including eight players, lost their lives when United’s plane crashed after a re-fuelling stop in Munich on the way back from a European Cup tie in Belgrade.
Tonight, interim boss Ralf Rangnick will lay a wreath on the pitch before kick-off and United’s players will wear black armbands.
Manchester United vs Middlesbrough
Since a 4-1 defeat at the Riverside Stadium in October 2005, Manchester United have remained unbeaten in their last 13 matches against Middlesbrough across all competitions - eight wins, five draws - with their last meeting coming in March 2017.
Manchester United vs Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough boss Chris Wilder has been speaking to ITV before kick off and reinforced his desire to take the game to Manchester United tonight. He said:
This is another opportunity to try and get a result, for the players and everybody at the club. We don’t want the evening to pass us by. We want to make it dangerous for Manchester United.
“We have to have a strategy. When we have the chance to play we have to be progressive and cause them issues. We have to play as a team, everyone has a job to do.
“We don’t want to sit back and sit on the crossbar for 95 minutes, otherwise the inevitable will happen.”
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