Premiership · Matchday 20
Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion
2–0
HT 1–0
Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 2–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 29th December 2012 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (90') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 9' Gareth McAuley OG 1–0
- Half Time 1–0
- 63' Antonio Valencia
- 65' Robin van Persie for Kagawa
- 82' Paul Scholes for Cleverley
- 90' Robin van Persie Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 2–0
- Full Time 2–0
Starting XI
Player
West Bromwich Albion Lineup
4-5-1
Starting XI
1 Ben Foster G
6 Liam Ridgewell LB
8 Markus Rosenberg RCF
9 Shane Long F
11 Chris Brunt LM
15 George Thorne RM
17 Graham Dorrans AM-R
23 Gareth McAuley CD-R
24 Peter Odemwingie AM-L
28 Billy Jones RB
30 Gabriel Tamas CD-L
Substitutes
7 James Morrison on
10 Yassine El Ghanassy
13 Boaz Myhill
18 Gonzalo Jara
20 Romelu Lukaku on
25 Craig Dawson
32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Steve Clarke
West Bromwich Albion
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
West Bromwich Albion
4-5-1
United vs West Bromwich Albion History
Meeting 121 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 121 times: 52W 29D 40L.
1 Jan 2011 W 2–1 PL 14 Aug 2011 W 2–1 PL 11 Mar 2012 W 2–0 PL
29 Dec 2012 W 2–0 This match
19 May 2013 D 5–5 PL 28 Sep 2013 L 1–2 PL 8 Mar 2014 W 3–0 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 |
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 →