English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 17, 2017
Manchester United WWWLW 2
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West Bromwich Albion DDDLD 1
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MAN202
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The Hawthorns · 24,782 att.

Match Report

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Manchester United hold on to win at West Bromwich Albion

Manchester United held on for a 2-1 win at The Hawthorns to cut Manchester City's lead at the top of the Premier League back to 11 points.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
1
56.9
Possession
43.1
8
SHOTS
12
3
ON GOAL
5
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
484
Accurate Passes
341
588
Passes
433
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
8
12
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.4
77
Long Balls
51
34
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
9
12
Tackles
15
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
20
Effective Clearances
14
20
Clearances
14

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WBA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Ben FosterG
  2. 6Jonny EvansCD-L
  3. 26Ahmed HegaziCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 2Allan NyomRB
  6. 5Claudio YacobCM
  7. 20Grzegorz KrychowiakLM
  8. 8Jake LivermoreRM
  9. 9Salomón RondónF
  10. 14James McCleanLF
  11. 17Oliver BurkeRF

MAN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David de GeaG
  2. 4Phil JonesCD-L
  3. 12Chris SmallingCD-R
  4. 18Ashley YoungLB
  5. 25Antonio ValenciaRB
  6. 14Jesse LingardAM
  7. 31Nemanja MaticLM
  8. 21Ander HerreraRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 19Marcus RashfordAM-L
  11. 8Juan MataAM-R

Timeline

  1. 27' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester United 1. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross.
  2. 35' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 0, Manchester United 2. Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Mata.
  3. 45' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Gareth Barry replaces Claudio Yacob.
  4. 53' Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 64' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jay Rodriguez replaces Oliver Burke.
  6. 66' Substitution, Manchester United. Marcos Rojo replaces Antonio Valencia because of an injury.
  7. 72' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Chris Brunt replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
  8. 77' Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Manchester United 2. Gareth Barry (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonny Evans following a corner.
  9. 79' Substitution, Manchester United. Anthony Martial replaces Marcus Rashford.
  10. 86' Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Jesse Lingard.
  11. 90'+3' Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+5' Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 90'+5' Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card.

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