Europa League · Semi-Final - 2nd Leg (agg 8-5)

Roma v Manchester United

3–2

HT 0–1

Thursday 6th May 2021 · Stadio Olimpico · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United lost 2–3 to Roma at Stadio Olimpico on Thursday 6th May 2021 in the Europa League. Edinson Cavani (39', 68') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Felix Brych.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
18' Aaron Wan-Bissaka
39' Edinson Cavani Assist: Fred 0–1
45' Brandon Williams for Wan-Bissaka
45' Alex Telles for Shaw
Half Time 0–1
57' Edin Dzeko Assist: Pedro Rodriguez 1–1
58' Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues
60' Bryan Cristante Assist: Lorenzo Pellegrini 2–1
64' Nemanja Matic for Pogba
68' Edinson Cavani Assist: Bruno Fernandes 2–2
72' Edinson Cavani
72' Rick Karsdorp
73' Marcus Rashford for Cavani
83' Alex Telles OG 3–2
84' Bryan Cristante
84' Juan Mata for Fernandes
90' Brandon Williams
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

47%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Felix Brych

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

7 Edinson Cavani 39', 68'

11 Mason Greenwood

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

45' for Wan-Bissaka

45' for Shaw

83'

Nemanja Matic

64' for Pogba

Marcus Rashford

73' for Cavani

Juan Mata

84' for Fernandes

Roma Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

2 Rick Karsdorp RB

3 Ibañez CD-L

4 Bryan Cristante CM-R ⚽

6 Chris Smalling CD-R

7 Lorenzo Pellegrini CM-L

9 Edin Dzeko F ⚽

11 Pedro RM

23 Gianluca Mancini DM

33 Bruno Peres LB

77 Henrikh Mkhitaryan LM

83 Antonio Mirante G

Substitutes

18 Davide Santon on

21 Borja Mayoral on

24 Marash Kumbulla

52 Edoardo Bove

54 Riccardo Ciervo

55 Ebrima Darboe on

59 Nicola Zalewski on

63 Pietro Boer

87 Daniel Fuzato

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Paulo Fonseca

Roma

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Roma

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Roma

47%

Possession

53%

2.1

Expected Goals (xG)

4.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.55

Avg Player Rating

7.17

United vs Roma History

Meeting 8 of 8

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Wednesday 4th April 2007.

1 Apr 2008 W 2–0 EC 9 Apr 2008 W 1–0 EC 29 Apr 2021 W 6–2 EL

6 May 2021 L 2–3 This match

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	4	4	0	0	15	3	100.0
Away	4	1	1	2	6	6	25.0

All 8 meetings with Roma →

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 →