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Manchester United vs. Roma: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Manchester United and Roma have crossed paths nine times in major European competition, with every single encounter taking place in the 21st century across both the Champions League and the Europa League.

Seye Omidiora · Sports Mole

Manchester United vs. Roma: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 9

Manchester United wins: 6

Draws: 1 

Roma wins: 2

Manchester United and Roma have crossed paths nine times in major European competition, with every single encounter taking place in the 21st century across both the Champions League and the Europa League.

The Red Devils have historically dominated this fixture, coming out on top in six of those clashes, while suffering two defeats and sharing the spoils on one occasion.

The rivalry's inaugural chapter unfolded during the 2006-07 Champions League quarter-finals, where Roma initially gained the upper hand with a 2-1 first-leg victory at the Stadio Olimpico thanks to goals from Rodrigo Taddei and Mirko Vucinic.

However, Sir Alex Ferguson's men responded six days later by inflicting one of the most brutal scorelines in modern knockout history, tearing the Italians apart in an unforgettable 7-1 thrashing at Old Trafford, featuring braces from Cristiano Ronaldo and Michael Carrick.

Familiarity was taken to another level the following season in 2007-08, when the two European heavyweights locked horns four times in a single continental campaign.

Drawn together in Group F, Wayne Rooney settled a tense 1-0 win for United in Manchester before Gerard Pique and Mancini traded strikes in a 1-1 draw in Rome; the sides were then paired together again in the quarter-finals, where United secured a comfortable 3-0 aggregate triumph via a 2-0 away win and a 1-0 home success en route to lifting the trophy in Moscow.

The pair also met in the 2020-21 Europa League semi-finals, producing another goal-laden spectacle that tilted heavily toward the English giants.

Despite trailing 2-1 at the break in the first leg at Old Trafford, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side staged a devastating second-half blitz to secure a 6-2 win led by doubles from Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes, which rendered Roma's spirited 3-2 victory in the Italian capital two weeks later mere consolation as United advanced 8-5 on aggregate.

Man United then recorded a 3-2 win over Roma in the Champions League league stage in November 2026, with the Red Devils coming from two goals behind to triumph.

Previous nine meetings

Nov 03, 2026: Manchester United 3-2 Roma (Champions League)

May 06, 2021: Roma 3-2 Manchester United (Europa League)

Apr 29, 2021: Manchester United 6-2 Roma (Europa League)

Apr 09, 2008: Manchester United 1-0 Roma (Champions League)

Apr 01, 2008: Roma 0-2 Manchester United (Champions League)

Dec 12, 2007: Roma 1-1 Manchester United (Champions League)

Oct 02, 2007: Manchester United 1-0 Roma (Champions League)

Apr 10, 2007: Manchester United 7-1 Roma (Champions League)

Apr 04, 2007: Roma 2-1 Manchester United (Champions League)

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