West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2011, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2011. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from James Morrison (14'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (3') and Chicharito (75').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 14th on 22 points from 19 and Manchester United 1st on 38 points from 18. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Manchester United 1st with 80.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Bromwich Albion wins, 2 draws and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · James MorrisonWest Bromwich Albion · 1-1
  • 63'Missed penalty · Peter OdemwingieWest Bromwich Albion
  • 75'Goal · ChicharitoManchester United · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · ChicharitoManchester United
  • 84'Yellow card · FábioManchester United
  • 88'Yellow card · Chris BruntWest Bromwich Albion
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United

Head-to-head

9 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 0, draws 2, Manchester United 7.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-5-1)

Scott Carson, Marek Cech, Pablo Ibáñez, Steven Reid, James Morrison, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Graham Dorrans, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Peter Odemwingie

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

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov