Premiership · Matchday 18

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

2–0

HT 0–0

Thursday 26th December 2024 · Molineux · Att: 31,407

Manchester United lost 0–2 to Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux on Thursday 26th December 2024 in the Premiership.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Leny Yoro
18' Bruno Fernandes
33' Joao Gomes
33' João Gomes
Half Time 0–0
47' Bruno Fernandes 2nd yellow
54' Manuel Ugarte
58' Matheus Cunha 1–0
63' Antony dos Santos for Yoro
63' Carlos Casemiro for Mainoo
63' Christian Eriksen for Ugarte
79' Alejandro Garnacho for Diallo
79' Joshua Zirkzee for Hojlund
90' Matt Doherty
90+9' Hwang Hee-Chan 2–0
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Kobbie Mainoo made his 50th appearance for United in all competitions.

Starting XI

Player

Substitutes

63' for Yoro

63' for Mainoo

63' for Ugarte

79' for Diallo

79' for Hojlund

Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

1 José Sá G

2 Matt Doherty CD-R

3 Rayan Aït-Nouri LM

4 Santiago Bueno CD

7 André CM-R

8 João Gomes CM-L

9 Jørgen Strand Larsen F

10 Matheus Cunha CF-L ⚽

22 Nélson Semedo RM

24 Toti Gomes CD-L

29 Gonçalo Guedes CF-R

Substitutes

11 Hwang Hee-Chan on ⚽

15 Craig Dawson on

19 Rodrigo Gomes on

20 Tommy Doyle on

26 Carlos Forbs

27 Jean-Ricner Bellegarde on

31 Sam Johnstone

33 Bastien Meupiyou

37 Pedro Lima

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

Managers

MUFC

Ruben Amorim

Manchester United

OPP

Vitor Pereira

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

3-4-2-1

Man Utd Wolverhampton Wanderers

49%

Possession

51%

0.4

Expected Goals (xG)

0.9

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.30

Avg Player Rating

7.40

25.2

Avg Age

27.0

United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers History

Meeting 113 of 116

116

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

195

Goals For

157

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 15th October 1892. After this match United had played Wolverhampton Wanderers 113 times: 56W 20D 37L.

13 May 2023 W 2–0 PL 14 Aug 2023 W 1–0 PL 1 Feb 2024 W 4–3 PL

26 Dec 2024 L 0–2 This match

20 Apr 2025 L 0–1 PL 8 Dec 2025 W 4–1 PL 30 Dec 2025 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	56	36	9	11	102	53	64.3
Away	58	21	11	26	92	102	36.2
Neutral	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.0

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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 →