Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2012
Result
Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 28 October 2012, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United: match report
Chelsea were beaten by Manchester United 2-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 October 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Chelsea's goals came from Juan Mata (44') and Ramires (53'). Manchester United scored through an own goal by David Luiz (4'), Robin van Persie (12') and Chicharito (75').
Discipline: Chelsea received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 1st on 22 points from 8 and Manchester United 3rd on 18 points from 8. Chelsea went on to finish that season 2nd with 74 points, and Manchester United 1st with 85.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Chelsea wins, 2 draws and 5 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Manchester United's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 4'Own goal · David Luiz
- 12'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 44'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 44'Goal · Juan Mata
- 45+1'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
- 53'Goal · Ramires
- 63'Red card · Branislav Ivanović
- 68'Second yellow · Fernando Torres
- 75'Goal · Chicharito
- 76'Yellow card · John Mikel Obi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)
Petr Čech, Branislav Ivanović, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Ramires, Juan Mata, Oscar, John Mikel Obi, Fernando Torres, Eden Hazard, Gary Cahill
Manchester United expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Michael Carrick, S. Kagawa, Robin van Persie, Nani, Anders Lindegaard, Paul Scholes