Manchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 February 2018

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town

Premier League · Saturday 3 February 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Huddersfield Town: match report

Manchester United defeated Huddersfield Town 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 February 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

Romelu Lukaku opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Romelu Lukaku (55') and A. Sánchez (68'). Huddersfield Town did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Huddersfield Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 53 points from 25 and Huddersfield Town 17th on 24 points from 25. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 81 points, and Huddersfield Town 16th with 37.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-1-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alexis Sánchez of Manchester United (9.2), ahead of Juan Mata (8.2).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Philip BillingHuddersfield Town
  • 27'Yellow card · Juan MataManchester United
  • 45+2'Yellow card · A. SánchezManchester United
  • 48'Yellow card · T. SmithHuddersfield Town
  • 55'Goal · Romelu LukakuManchester United · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Jonathan HoggHuddersfield Town
  • 64'Yellow card · Michael HefeleHuddersfield Town
  • 68'Missed penalty · A. SánchezManchester United
  • 68'Goal · A. SánchezManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 0, draws 0, Huddersfield Town 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Alexis Sánchez, Romelu Lukaku

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-1-4-1)

Jonas Lössl, Tommy Smith, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Terence Kongolo, Jonathan Hogg, Collin Quaner, Florent Hadergjonaj, Philip Billing, Rajiv van La Parra, Laurent Depoitre