Premiership · Matchday 18

West Bromwich Albion v Manchester United

1–2

HT 0–2

Sunday 17th December 2017 · The Hawthorns · Att: 24,782

Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 2–1 at The Hawthorns on Sunday 17th December 2017 in the Premiership. Romelu Lukaku (27') and Jesse Lingard (35') scored for United. United were captained by Antonio Valencia, and the referee was Anthony Taylor.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
27' Romelu Lukaku Assist: Marcus Rashford 0–1
35' Jesse Lingard Assist: Juan Mata 0–2
Half Time 0–2
53' Marcus Rashford
66' Marcos Rojo for Valencia
77' Gareth Barry Assist: Jonny Evans 1–2
79' Anthony Martial for Rashford
86' Scott McTominay for Lingard
90' José Salomon Rondon
90' Nemanja Matic
90' Marcos Rojo
90' Salomón Rondón
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

57%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Anthony Taylor

Referee

Antonio Valencia

Captain

Starting XI

Player

9 Romelu Lukaku 27'

14 Jesse Lingard 35'

Substitutes

66' for Valencia

79' for Rashford

86' for Lingard

West Bromwich Albion Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Ben Foster G

2 Allan Nyom RB

3 Kieran Gibbs LB

5 Claudio Yacob CM

6 Jonny Evans CD-L

8 Jake Livermore RM

9 Salomón Rondón F

14 James McClean LF

17 Oliver Burke RF

20 Grzegorz Krychowiak LM

26 Ahmed Hegazi CD-R

Substitutes

4 Hal Robson-Kanu

11 Chris Brunt on

13 Boaz Myhill

18 Gareth Barry on ⚽

19 Jay Rodríguez on

23 Gareth McAuley

28 Sam Field

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Alan Pardew

West Bromwich Albion

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

West Bromwich Albion

4-3-3

Man Utd West Bromwich Albion

57%

Possession

43%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.15

Avg Player Rating

6.36

United vs West Bromwich Albion History

Meeting 131 of 134

134

Played

Won

Drawn

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 131 times: 56W 32D 43L.

6 Mar 2016 L 0–1 PL 17 Dec 2016 W 2–0 PL 1 Apr 2017 D 0–0 PL

17 Dec 2017 W 2–1 This match

15 Apr 2018 L 0–1 PL 21 Nov 2020 W 1–0 PL 14 Feb 2021 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	67	35	17	15	127	79	52.2
Away	67	22	16	29	108	119	32.8

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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 →