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West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United

1–2
HT 1–1
Sunday 14th August 2011 · The Hawthorns · Att: 25,360

Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 2–1 at The Hawthorns on Sunday 14th August 2011 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (13') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 13' Wayne Rooney Assist: Ashley Young 0–1
  3. 37' Shane Long Assist: Chris Brunt 1–1
  4. 38' Steven Reid
  5. Half Time 1–1
  6. 52' Jonny Evans for Vidic
  7. 56' Ashley Young
  8. 65' Dimitar Berbatov for Welbeck
  9. 75' Phil Jones for Ferdinand
  10. 78' Oliveira Anderson
  11. 81' Steven Reid OG 1–2
  12. 86' Paul Scharner
  13. 90' Simon Cox
  14. Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player
1 David de Gea
5 Rio Ferdinand
8 Oliveira Anderson
10 Wayne Rooney 13'
12 Chris Smalling
15 Nemanja Vidic
17 Luis Nani
18 Ashley Young
19 Danny Welbeck
20 Fabio da Silva
23 Tom Cleverley
Substitutes
Jonny Evans
52' for Vidic
Dimitar Berbatov
65' for Welbeck
Phil Jones
75' for Ferdinand

West Bromwich Albion Lineup

4-4-1-1
Starting XI
1 Ben Foster G
3 Jonas Olsson CD-L
5 Somen Tchoyi RCF
7 James Morrison LM
9 Shane Long F
11 Chris Brunt RM
12 Steven Reid RB
20 Nicky Shorey LB
21 Youssouf Mulumbu CM-L
30 Gabriel Tamas CD-R
33 Paul Scharner CM-R
Substitutes
13 Marton Fülöp
17 Graham Dorrans
18 Gonzalo Jara on
25 Craig Dawson
29 George Thorne
31 Simon Cox on
32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné

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

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Roy Hodgson
West Bromwich Albion

Match Information

Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
West Bromwich Albion
4-4-1-1
Man Utd West Bromwich Albion
63%
Possession
37%
13
Shots
16
5
Shots on Target
9
5
Corners
6
11
Fouls
18
0
Offsides
0

United vs West Bromwich Albion History

Meeting 119 of 134
134
Played
57
Won
33
Drawn
44
Lost
235
Goals For
198
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 1st October 1892. After this match United had played West Bromwich Albion 119 times: 50W 29D 40L.
27 Jan 2009 W 5–0 PL 16 Oct 2010 D 2–2 PL 1 Jan 2011 W 2–1 PL
14 Aug 2011 W 2–1 This match
11 Mar 2012 W 2–0 PL 29 Dec 2012 W 2–0 PL 19 May 2013 D 5–5 PL
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 67351715 1277952.2
Away 67221629 10811932.8
All 134 meetings with West Bromwich Albion →

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 →