Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2016

Result

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

Europa League · Thursday 17 March 2016, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool: match report

Manchester United drew with Liverpool 0-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 17 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Anthony Martial opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Anthony Martial (32', penalty). Liverpool scored through Philippe Coutinho (45').

Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 111th on 3 points from 3 and Liverpool 30th on 13 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Liverpool in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Philippe Coutinho of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Emre Can (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 32'Penalty goal · Anthony MartialManchester United · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Daley BlindManchester United
  • 42'Yellow card · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool
  • 45'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool · 1-1
  • 50'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · N. ClyneLiverpool
  • 80'Yellow card · Bastian SchweinsteigerManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Bastian SchweinsteigerManchester United
  • 83'Yellow card · Roberto FirminoLiverpool

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 2, Liverpool 3.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Guillermo Varela, Juan Mata, Anthony Martial, Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, James Milner, Mamadou Sakho, Philippe Coutinho, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge