Manchester United 6-2 Roma: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 29 April 2021

Result

Manchester United 6-2 Roma

Europa League · Thursday 29 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Manchester United 6-2 Roma: match report

Manchester United defeated Roma 6-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 29 April 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Bruno Fernandes (9'), Edinson Cavani (48'), Edinson Cavani (64'), Bruno Fernandes (71', penalty), Paul Pogba (75') and Mason Greenwood (86'). Roma scored through Lorenzo Pellegrini (15', penalty) and Edin Dzeko (33').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Roma received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 21st on 14 points from 6 and Roma 5th on 29 points from 12. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Fernandes of Manchester United (10.0), ahead of Edinson Cavani (9.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Roma.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 1-0
  • 15'Penalty goal · Lorenzo PellegriniRoma · 1-1
  • 33'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 1-2
  • 48'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 2-2
  • 49'Yellow card · Gonzalo VillarRoma
  • 51'Yellow card · Paul PogbaManchester United
  • 61'Yellow card · Chris SmallingRoma
  • 64'Goal · Edinson CavaniManchester United · 3-2
  • 71'Penalty goal · Bruno FernandesManchester United · 4-2
  • 75'Goal · Paul PogbaManchester United · 5-2
  • 86'Goal · Mason GreenwoodManchester United · 6-2

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Manchester United 4, draws 1, Roma 1.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Victor Lindelöf, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, Scott McTominay, Fred, Marcus Rashford, Bruno Fernandes, Paul Pogba, Edinson Cavani

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

Pau López, Chris Smalling, Bryan Cristante, Roger Ibañez, Rick Karsdorp, Jordan Veretout, Amadou Diawara, Leonardo Spinazzola, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edin Džeko