Anderlecht 1-1 Manchester United: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 13 April 2017

Result

Anderlecht 1-1 Manchester United

Europa League · Thursday 13 April 2017, 19:05 UTC · half-time 0-1

Anderlecht · Manchester United · Europa League predictions

Anderlecht 1-1 Manchester United: match report

Anderlecht drew with Manchester United 1-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 13 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Anderlecht's goal came from Leander Dendoncker (86'). Manchester United scored through Henrikh Mkhitaryan (36').

Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Anderlecht were 2nd on 26 points from 12 and Manchester United 7th on 22 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Anderlecht lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Manchester United (8.1), ahead of Matteo Darmian (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Anderlecht win, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Henrikh MkhitaryanManchester United
  • 36'Goal · Henrikh MkhitaryanManchester United · 0-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Michael CarrickManchester United
  • 67'Yellow card · Ivan ObradovićAnderlecht
  • 86'Goal · Leander DendonckerAnderlecht · 1-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Timothy Fosu-MensahManchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Anderlecht 1, draws 0, Manchester United 1.

Team news

Anderlecht line-up (4-2-3-1)

Rubén, Sami Qaeid, Dennis Appiah, Bram Nuytinck, Ivan Obradović, Massimo Bruno, Frank Acheampong, Youri Tielemans, Leander Dendoncker, Nicolae Stanciu, Isaac Kiese Thelin

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

Sergio Romero, Eric Bailly, Marcos Rojo, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Michael Carrick, Marcus Rashford, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimović