Manchester United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012

Result

Manchester United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Saturday 29 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Manchester United defeated West Bromwich Albion 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 December 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Manchester United's goals came from an own goal by Gareth McAuley (9') and Robin van Persie (90+1'). West Bromwich Albion did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 46 points from 19 and West Bromwich Albion 7th on 29 points from 19. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 45.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Own goal · Gareth McAuleyManchester United · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Antonio ValenciaManchester United
  • 90+1'Goal · Robin van PersieManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Ashley Young, S. Kagawa, Danny Welbeck, Antonio Valencia

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Foster, Billy Jones, Gareth McAuley, Liam Ridgewell, Chris Brunt, Graham Dorrans, Markus Rosenberg, Shane Long, Gabriel Tamaş, George Thorne, Peter Odemwingie