Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 10 March 2016

Result

Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United

Europa League · Thursday 10 March 2016, 20:05 UTC · half-time 1-0

Liverpool · Manchester United · Europa League predictions

Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United: match report

Liverpool beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Europa League on Thursday 10 March 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.

Daniel Sturridge opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Daniel Sturridge (20', penalty) and Roberto Firmino (73'). Manchester United did not score.

Discipline: Liverpool received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 46th on 10 points from 8 and Manchester United 111th on 3 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Roberto Firmino of Liverpool (8.5), ahead of Nathaniel Clyne (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Jordan HendersonLiverpool
  • 19'Yellow card · Memphis DepayManchester United
  • 20'Penalty goal · Daniel SturridgeLiverpool · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Dejan LovrenLiverpool
  • 45'Yellow card · Marcus RashfordManchester United
  • 49'Yellow card · Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool
  • 60'Yellow card · Marouane FellainiManchester United
  • 73'Goal · Roberto FirminoLiverpool · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 3, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Simon Mignolet, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Mamadou Sakho, Alberto Moreno, Philippe Coutinho, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Emre Can, Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge

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

David de Gea, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Guillermo Varela, Memphis Depay, Juan Mata, Marouane Fellaini, Morgan Schneiderlin, Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial