Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 29 December 2020

Result

Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Tuesday 29 December 2020, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Manchester United defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 29 December 2020. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Marcus Rashford of Manchester United in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 27 points from 14 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 12th on 21 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th with 45.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to David de Gea of Manchester United (8.1), ahead of Harry Maguire (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

50'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
73'Yellow card · Rui PatrícioWolverhampton Wanderers
90+3'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 1-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 5, draws 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Manchester United 0-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 1 Feb 2020
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 19 Aug 2019
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 2 Apr 2019
Manchester United 1-1 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 22 Sep 2018
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-5 Manchester UnitedPremier League · 18 Mar 2012
Manchester United 4-1 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 10 Dec 2011

Team news

Unavailable

Phil JonesManchester United · injury (Knee Injury)
Matija ŠarkićWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Willy BolyWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Muscle Injury)
Leander DendonckerWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knock)
Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Hee-chan HwangWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (COVID 19)
Victor LindelöfManchester United · injury (Back Injury)
MarçalWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Groin Injury)
Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Bruised Knee)
Morgan Gibbs-WhiteWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Fractured Foot)
Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Fractured Skull)

Manchester United line-up (4-2-3-1)

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Eric Bailly, Harry Maguire, Alex Telles, Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Edinson Cavani

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Rui Patrício, Conor Coady, Romain Saïss, Maximilian Kilman, Ki-Jana Hoever, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Vitinha, Adama Traoré, Pedro Neto