Manchester United 4-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018

Result

Manchester United 4-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Sunday 30 December 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Manchester United 4-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Manchester United beat AFC Bournemouth 4-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 December 2018. The half-time score was 3-1.

Paul Pogba opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Paul Pogba (5'), Paul Pogba (33'), Marcus Rashford (45') and Romelu Lukaku (72'). AFC Bournemouth scored through Nathan Aké (45+2').

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 32 points from 19 and AFC Bournemouth 12th on 26 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and AFC Bournemouth 14th with 45.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (10.0), ahead of Marcus Rashford (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for AFC Bournemouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 2-0
  • 36'Yellow card · A. YoungManchester United
  • 45'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 3-0
  • 45+2'Goal · Nathan AkéAFC Bournemouth · 3-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Ander HerreraManchester United
  • 72'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 4-1
  • 79'Red card · E. BaillyManchester United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 1, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Ashley Young, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Jesse Lingard, Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford

AFC Bournemouth line-up (3-5-2)

Asmir Begović, Steve Cook, Nathan Aké, Charlie Daniels, Jordon Ibe, David Brooks, Andrew Surman, Junior Stanislas, Diego Rico, Joshua King, Callum Wilson