Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2020
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 19 January 2020, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: match report
Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 January 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Virgil van Dijk opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Virgil van Dijk (14') and Mohamed Salah (90+3'). Manchester United did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 1st on 61 points from 21 and Manchester United 5th on 34 points from 22. Liverpool went on to finish that season 1st with 99 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 66.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Manchester United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Alisson of Liverpool (8.3), ahead of Virgil van Dijk (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 6 draws and 2 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-L-W-W-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Nemanja Matić
- 14'Goal · Virgil van Dijk
- 25'Yellow card · David de Gea
- 72'Yellow card · Luke Shaw
- 90+3'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 90+4'Yellow card · Mohamed Salah
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mané
Manchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)
David de Gea, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Fred, Nemanja Matić, Brandon Williams, Andreas Pereira, Daniel James, Anthony Martial