League Cup · 4th Round

Chelsea v Manchester United

5–4

HT 1–2

Wednesday 31st October 2012 · Stamford Bridge · Att: 41,126

Manchester United lost 4–5 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday 31st October 2012 in the League Cup. Ryan Giggs (22', 120'), Javier Hernandez (43') and Nani (59') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
12' Oriol Romeu
22' Ryan Giggs 0–1
25' John Obi Mikel
31' David Luiz pen 1–1
43' Javier Hernandez 1–2
Half Time 1–2
46' Nick Powell for Buttner
52' Gary Cahill 2–2
59' Nani 2–3
64' Scott Wootton
81' Ryan Tunnicliffe for Anderson
90' Eden Hazard pen 3–3
90' David Luiz
Extra Time
97' Daniel Sturridge 4–3
99' Federico Macheda for Welbeck
100' Luis Nani
100' Oscar
105' Michael Keane
115' Ramires
116' Ramires 5–3
118' Ryan Giggs
120' Ryan Giggs pen 5–4
Full Time 5–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

2 Rafael da Silva

8 Oliveira Anderson

11 Ryan Giggs 22', 120'

13 Anders Lindegaard

14 Javier Hernandez 43'

17 Luis Nani 59'

Substitutes

46' for Buttner

81' for Anderson

99' for Welbeck

Chelsea Lineup

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

1 Petr Cech G

4 David Luiz D ⚽

6 Oriol Romeu M

10 Juan Mata M

12 John Obi Mikel M

13 Victor Moses M

23 Daniel Sturridge F ⚽

24 Gary Cahill D ⚽

28 César Azpilicueta D

34 Ryan Bertrand D

35 Lucas Piazon F

Substitutes

7 Ramires on ⚽

11 Oscar on

17 Eden Hazard on ⚽

19 Paulo Ferreira

21 Marko Marin

40 Henrique Hilario

56 George Saville

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Roberto Di Matteo

Chelsea

Match Information

Man Utd

4-1-4-1

Formation

Chelsea

4-2-3-1

Man Utd Chelsea

48%

Possession

52%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Chelsea History

Meeting 165 of 199

199

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

312

Goals For

238

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Monday 25th December 1905. After this match United had played Chelsea 165 times: 72W 48D 45L.

18 Sep 2011 W 3–1 PL 5 Feb 2012 D 3–3 PL 28 Oct 2012 W 3–2 PL

31 Oct 2012 L 4–5 This match

10 Mar 2013 D 2–2 FAC 1 Apr 2013 L 0–1 FAC 5 May 2013 L 0–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	94	42	32	20	148	88	44.7
Away	94	37	25	32	149	136	39.4
Neutral	11	3	4	4	15	14	27.3

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →