Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield Town: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018

Result

Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Premier League · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 3-1 Huddersfield Town: match report

Manchester United won against Huddersfield Town 3-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 26 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Nemanja Matić opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Nemanja Matić (28'), Paul Pogba (64') and Paul Pogba (78'). Huddersfield Town scored through Zanka (88').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Huddersfield Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 6th on 29 points from 18 and Huddersfield Town 20th on 10 points from 18. Manchester United went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Huddersfield Town 20th with 16.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Huddersfield Town in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paul Pogba of Manchester United (9.7), ahead of Nemanja Matić (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Elias KachungaHuddersfield Town
  • 28'Goal · Nemanja MatićManchester United · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · FredManchester United
  • 64'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 2-0
  • 78'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 3-0
  • 88'Goal · ZankaHuddersfield Town · 3-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

David de Gea, Diogo Dalot, Victor Lindelöf, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Fred, Nemanja Matić, Juan Mata, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford

Huddersfield Town line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jonas Lössl, Erik Durm, Zanka, Christopher Schindler, Terence Kongolo, Florent Hadergjonaj, Philip Billing, Elias Kachunga, Alex Pritchard, Isaac Mbenza, Laurent Depoitre