Manchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2009
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Premier League · Tuesday 15 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
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Manchester United 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report
Manchester United defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 15 December 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 30th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (30', penalty), Nemanja Vidic (43') and Antonio Valencia (66'). Wolverhampton Wanderers did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 34 points from 16 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th on 16 points from 16. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 15th with 38.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 1 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read L-W-W-W-L and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 30'Penalty goal · Wayne Rooney
- 41'Yellow card · Segundo Castillo
- 43'Goal · Nemanja Vidic
- 66'Goal · Antonio Valencia
- 69'Yellow card · Darron Gibson
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-1-4-1)
Marcus Hahnemann, George Elokobi, Greg Halford, Ronald Zubar, Michael Mancienne, George Friend, Kevin Foley, Andrew Surman, Segundo Castillo, Stefan Maierhofer, Matthew Hill