Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2025

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 20 September 2025, 16:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Chelsea: match report

Manchester United defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 September 2025. The half-time score was 2-0.

Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (14') and Casemiro (37'). Chelsea scored through Trevoh Chalobah (80').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Chelsea received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 17th on 4 points from 4 and Chelsea 6th on 8 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Chelsea 10th with 52.

Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Chelsea in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (7.4), level with Trevoh Chalobah (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester United wins, 6 draws and 2 for Chelsea.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Red card · Robert SánchezChelsea
  • 14'Goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 1-0
  • 17'Yellow card · CasemiroManchester United
  • 37'Goal · CasemiroManchester United · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Marc CucurellaChelsea
  • 45+5'Second yellow · CasemiroManchester United
  • 45+6'Yellow card · Enzo MarescaChelsea
  • 48'Yellow card · Enzo FernándezChelsea
  • 50'Yellow card · Trevoh ChalobahChelsea
  • 72'Yellow card · Tyrique GeorgeChelsea
  • 80'Goal · Trevoh ChalobahChelsea · 2-1
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Tosin AdarabioyoChelsea

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 2, draws 6, Chelsea 2.

Team news

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

Altay Bayındır, Matthijs de Ligt, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Noussair Mazraoui, Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes, Patrick Dorgu, Bryan Mbeumo, Amad Diallo, Benjamin Sesko

Chelsea line-up (4-2-3-1)

Robert Sánchez, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Trevoh Chalobah, Marc Cucurella, Enzo Fernández, M. Caicedo, Estêvão, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, João Pedro