Saturday 12 April 1997

Won

Blackburn
2–3
Man Utd

32′
Cole
42′
Scholes
79′
Cantona
35′
McKinlay
86′
Warhurst
0′HTFT
  1. 32' Andy Cole
  2. 35' Billy McKinlay
  3. 42' Paul Scholes
  4. 79' Eric Cantona
  5. 86' Paul Warhurst

Starting XI

7Cantona9Cole20Solskjær
8Butt16Keane18Scholes↓ 87′
6Pallister12Neville19Johnsen2Neville
17van der Gouw

4-3-3 — approximate shape; some positions inferred from career data, not this match

Substitutes

Verified from 24 cited sources and the canonical match record.