Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 16 April 2017
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea
Premier League · Sunday 16 April 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Chelsea: match report
Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Marcus Rashford (7') and Ander Herrera (49'). Chelsea did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Chelsea received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 57 points from 30 and Chelsea 1st on 75 points from 31. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 69 points, and Chelsea 1st with 93.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-5-2 and Chelsea in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ander Herrera of Manchester United (9.0), ahead of Matteo Darmian (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 5 draws and 4 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Chelsea's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Marcus Rashford
- 33'Yellow card · Diego Costa
- 48'Yellow card · Gary Cahill
- 49'Goal · Ander Herrera
- 73'Yellow card · Ander Herrera
- 75'Yellow card · Marcos Rojo
- 90'Yellow card · Cesc Fàbregas
- 90+1'Yellow card · Zlatan Ibrahimović
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (3-5-2)
David de Gea, Eric Bailly, Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian, Antonio Valencia, Ander Herrera, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Ashley Young, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard
Chelsea line-up (3-4-2-1)
Asmir Begović, Kurt Zouma, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Victor Moses, N'Golo Kanté, Nemanja Matić, César Azpilicueta, Pedro, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa