Manchester United 3-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 18 September 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Manchester United 3-1 Chelsea: match report
Manchester United won against Chelsea 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 September 2011. The half-time score was 3-0.
Chris Smalling opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Chris Smalling (8'), Nani (37') and Wayne Rooney (45'). Chelsea scored through Fernando Torres (46').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Chelsea 3rd on 10 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Chelsea 6th with 64.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 3 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W and Chelsea's W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Chris Smalling
- 37'Goal · Nani
- 45'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 46'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 49'Yellow card · Ramires
- 56'Yellow card · John Terry
- 57'Missed penalty · Wayne Rooney
- 78'Yellow card · Ashley Cole
- 80'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 85'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Dimitar Berbatov
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, José Bosingwa, Florent Malouda, Ramires, John Mikel Obi, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba