Premiership · Matchday 29
Manchester United v Reading
1–0
HT 1–0
Manchester United beat Reading 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 16th March 2013 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (21') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 21' Wayne Rooney Assist: Rio Ferdinand 1–0
- 42' Noel Hunt
- Half Time 1–0
- 56' Stephen Kelly
- 74' Michael Carrick for Young
- 85' Shinji Kagawa for Anderson
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
10 Wayne Rooney 21'
Reading Lineup
4-5-1
Starting XI
3 Nicky Shorey LB
4 Jem Karacan CM-R
5 Alex Pearce CD-R
6 Adrian Mariappa CD-L
8 Mikele Leigertwood DM
10 Noel Hunt F
11 Jobi McAnuff CM-L
12 Garath McCleary LM
19 Hal Robson-Kanu RM
27 Stephen Kelly RB
41 Stuart Taylor G
Substitutes
2 Chris Gunter
9 Adam Le Fondre on
15 Sean Morrison on
21 Alex McCarthy
23 Ian Harte
28 Hope Akpan
30 Nick Blackman on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Eamonn Dolan
Reading
Match Information
Man Utd
4-4-2
Formation
Reading
4-5-1
United vs Reading History
Meeting 19 of 22
22
Played
14
Won
7
Drawn
1
Lost
46
Goals For
20
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th February 1912. After this match United had played Reading 19 times: 11W 7D 1L.
19 Jan 2008 W 2–0 PL 1 Dec 2012 W 4–3 PL 18 Feb 2013 W 2–1 FAC
16 Mar 2013 W 1–0 This match
7 Jan 2017 W 4–0 FAC 5 Jan 2019 W 2–0 FAC 28 Jan 2023 W 3–1 FAC | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 75.0 |
| Away | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 55.6 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 |
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 →