Manchester United 4-1 Schalke 04: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 4 May 2011

Result

Manchester United 4-1 Schalke 04

Champions League · Wednesday 4 May 2011, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Manchester United 4-1 Schalke 04: match report

Manchester United beat Schalke 04 4-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 4 May 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Antonio Valencia opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Antonio Valencia (26'), Darron Gibson (31'), Anderson (72') and Anderson (76'). Schalke 04 scored through José Jurado (35').

Discipline: Manchester United received 3 yellow cards; Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 27 points from 11 and Schalke 04 4th on 23 points from 11. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Schalke 04 in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Schalke 04.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Schalke 04's L-W-W-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Antonio ValenciaManchester United · 1-0
  • 31'Goal · Darron GibsonManchester United · 2-0
  • 35'Goal · José JuradoSchalke 04 · 2-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Darron GibsonManchester United
  • 38'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 42'Yellow card · AndersonManchester United
  • 58'Yellow card · Sergio EscuderoSchalke 04
  • 72'Goal · AndersonManchester United · 3-1
  • 76'Goal · AndersonManchester United · 4-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, Schalke 04 0.

Team news

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

Edwin van der Sar, Chris Smalling, Rafael, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Anderson, Darron Gibson, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Paul Scholes

Schalke 04 line-up (4-2-3-1)

Manuel Neuer, Sergio Escudero, Benedikt Höwedes, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Christoph Metzelder, Atsuto Uchida, Alexander Baumjohann, José Jurado, Julian Draxler, Raúl, Jefferson Farfán