Manchester United 4-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2008
Result
Manchester United 4-0 West Bromwich Albion
Premier League · Saturday 18 October 2008, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 4-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report
Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (56'), Cristiano Ronaldo (69'), Dimitar Berbatov (71') and Nani (90'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 8th on 11 points from 6 and West Bromwich Albion 10th on 10 points from 7. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and West Bromwich Albion 20th with 32.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-D-L-W and West Bromwich Albion's W-W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Gianni Zuiverloon
- 56'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 69'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 71'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 90'Goal · Nani
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-5-1)
Scott Carson, Gianni Zuiverloon, Jonas Olsson, Ryan Donk, Robert Koren, Jonathan Greening, Chris Brunt, James Morrison, Borja Valero, Roman Bednar, Paul Robinson