Manchester United 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 17 May 2016

Result

Manchester United 2-1 AFC Bournemouth

Premier League · Tuesday 17 May 2016, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-1 AFC Bournemouth: match report

Manchester United won against AFC Bournemouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 17 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (43'), Marcus Rashford (74') and A. Young (87'). AFC Bournemouth scored through an own goal by Chris Smalling (90+3').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; AFC Bournemouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 7th on 63 points from 37 and AFC Bournemouth 16th on 38 points from 37. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 66 points, and AFC Bournemouth 16th with 38.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and AFC Bournemouth in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Wayne Mark Rooney of Manchester United (9.9), ahead of Antonio Valencia (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Juan MataManchester United
  • 74'Goal · Marcus RashfordManchester United · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · A. YoungManchester United · 3-0
  • 90+3'Own goal · Chris SmallingAFC Bournemouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 0, draws 0, AFC Bournemouth 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Daley Blind, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, Michael Carrick, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Wayne Mark Rooney, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford

AFC Bournemouth line-up (4-4-2)

Adam Federici, Simon Francis, Tommy Elphick, Steve Cook, Charlie Daniels, Matt Ritchie, Dan Gosling, Andrew Surman, Marc Pugh, Callum Wilson, Joshua King