Premiership · Matchday 07
Manchester United v Norwich City
2–0
HT 0–0
Manchester United beat Norwich City 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 1st October 2011 in the Premiership. Olivera Anderson (68') and Danny Welbeck (87') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- Half Time 0–0
- 64' Ryan Giggs for Nani
- 65' Danny Welbeck for Hernandez
- 68' Olivera Anderson Assist: Wayne Rooney 1–0
- 71' Danny Welbeck
- 76' Rio Ferdinand for Anderson
- 87' Danny Welbeck Assist: Ji-Sung Park 2–0
- Full Time 2–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Ryan Giggs
64' for Nani
Danny Welbeck
87' 65' for Hernandez
Rio Ferdinand
76' for Anderson
Norwich City Lineup
4-4-1-1
Starting XI
1 John Ruddy G
2 Russell Martin CD-L
4 Bradley Johnson CM-L
5 Steve Morison F
12 Anthony Pilkington LM
14 Wes Hoolahan AM
15 David Fox CM-R
17 Elliott Bennett RM
20 Leon Barnett CD-R
23 Marc Tierney LB
25 Kyle Naughton RB
Substitutes
3 Adam Drury
7 Andrew Crofts on
9 Grant Holt
10 Simeon Jackson on
11 Andrew Surman
13 Declan Rudd
16 Chris Martin on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Paul Lambert
Norwich City
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Norwich City
4-4-1-1
United vs Norwich City History
Meeting 59 of 72
72
Played
42
Won
13
Drawn
17
Lost
126
Goals For
66
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd February 1906. After this match United had played Norwich City 59 times: 31W 13D 15L.
22 Feb 1995 W 2–0 PL 21 Aug 2004 W 2–1 PL 9 Apr 2005 L 0–2 PL
1 Oct 2011 W 2–0 This match
26 Feb 2012 W 2–1 PL 17 Nov 2012 L 0–1 PL 2 Mar 2013 W 4–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 35 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 68 | 21 | 65.7 |
| Away | 37 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 45 | 51.4 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →