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

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2017

Result

West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 17 December 2017, 14:15 UTC · half-time 0-2

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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 Sunday 17 December 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 27th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goal came from Gareth Barry (77'). Manchester United scored through Romelu Lukaku (27') and Jesse Lingard (35').

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

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 19th on 14 points from 17 and Manchester United 2nd on 38 points from 17. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 20th with 31 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 81.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Romelu Lukaku of Manchester United (7.8), ahead of Gareth Barry (7.7).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 0-1
  • 35'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 0-2
  • 53'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
  • 77'Goal · Gareth BarryWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nemanja MatićManchester United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Marcos RojoManchester United
  • 90+5'Yellow card · S. RondónWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 3, draws 2, Manchester United 5.

Team news

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

Ben Foster, Allan Nyom, Ahmed Hegazy, Jonny Evans, Kieran Gibbs, Jake Livermore, Claudio Yacob, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Oliver Burke, Salomón Rondón, James McClean

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

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Romelu Lukaku