Manchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 11 March 2012

Result

Manchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Sunday 11 March 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-0 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Manchester United won against West Bromwich Albion 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 11 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (35') and Wayne Rooney (71', penalty). West Bromwich Albion did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; West Bromwich Albion received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 64 points from 27 and West Bromwich Albion 12th on 35 points from 27. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 0 for West Bromwich Albion.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-D-W and West Bromwich Albion's W-W-W-L-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Jonas OlssonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 66'Second yellow · Jonas OlssonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 71'Penalty goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 2, West Bromwich Albion 0.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Mame DioufManchester United · injury (Ruptured Ankle)

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

David de Gea, Phil Jones, Antonio Valencia, Ashley Young, Park Ji-Sung, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Javier Hernández Balcázar

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-5-1)

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Liam Ridgewell, Gabriel Tamaş, James Morrison, Keith Andrews, Chris Brunt, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Peter Odemwingie, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Gareth McAuley