Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 23 May 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers were beaten by Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 May 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

A. Elanga opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goal came from Nélson Semedo (39'). Manchester United scored through A. Elanga (13') and Juan Mata (45+4', penalty).

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 12th on 45 points from 37 and Manchester United 2nd on 71 points from 37. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 74.

Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nélson Semedo of Wolverhampton Wanderers (7.8), level with Anthony Elanga (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Goal · A. ElangaManchester United · 0-1
39'Goal · Nélson SemedoWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
41'Yellow card · Leander DendonckerWolverhampton Wanderers
41'Yellow card · R. Aït NouriWolverhampton Wanderers
45+4'Penalty goal · Juan MataManchester United · 1-2
56'Yellow card · Dean HendersonManchester United
75'Yellow card · Willy BolyWolverhampton Wanderers
90+6'Yellow card · M. Gibbs-WhiteWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

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

Manchester United 1-0 Wolverhampton WanderersPremier League · 29 Dec 2020
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

Team news

Unavailable

Phil JonesManchester United · injury (Knee Injury)
Oskar BuurWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Unknown Injury)
Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Groin Surgery)
Connor RonanWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Metatarsal Fracture)
Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Fitness)
Timothy Fosu-MensahManchester United · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Jonny OttoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Meritan ShabaniWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Harry MaguireManchester United · injury (Ankle Injury)
Pedro NetoWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Knee Injury)
Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · injury (Foot Injury)
Anthony MartialManchester United · injury (Ruptured Knee Ligament)

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-5-2)

Rui Patrício, Romain Saïss, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Nélson Semedo, Leander Dendoncker, Rúben Neves, João Moutinho, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Adama Traoré, Fábio Silva

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

Dean Henderson, Brandon Williams, Eric Bailly, Axel Tuanzebe, Alex Telles, Donny van de Beek, Nemanja Matić, Anthony Elanga, Juan Mata, Daniel James, Amad Diallo