Manchester United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017

Result

Manchester United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Wednesday 13 December 2017, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Manchester United beat AFC Bournemouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 13 December 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United in the 25th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 35 points from 16 and AFC Bournemouth 14th on 16 points from 16. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and AFC Bournemouth 12th with 44.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to David de Gea of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Ryan Fraser (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-W and AFC Bournemouth's D-D-L-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Dan GoslingAFC Bournemouth
  • 43'Yellow card · Romelu LukakuManchester United
  • 64'Yellow card · Harry ArterAFC Bournemouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial, Romelu Lukaku

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-4-1-1)

Asmir Begović, Adam Smith, Simon Francis, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Junior Stanislas, Dan Gosling, Harry Arter, Ryan Fraser, Joshua King, Callum Wilson