Manchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2011

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 10 December 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 December 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nani opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nani (17'), Wayne Rooney (27'), Nani (56') and Wayne Rooney (63'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Steven Fletcher (47').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 33 points from 14 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 16th on 14 points from 14. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th with 25.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · NaniManchester United · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-0
  • 47'Goal · Steven FletcherWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 56'Goal · NaniManchester United · 3-1
  • 63'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 4-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Tom CleverleyManchester United · injury (Ankle Injury)
  • FábioManchester United · injury (Achilles tendon rupture)

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

Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Wes Brown, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Gabriel Obertan

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-4-2)

Wayne Hennessey, Roger Johnson, Ronald Zubar, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Steven Fletcher, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Jamie O'Hara