Norwich City 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012

Result

Norwich City 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 26 February 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Norwich City 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Norwich City lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 26 February 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

Paul Scholes opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Norwich City's goal came from Grant Holt (84'). Manchester United scored through Paul Scholes (7') and Ryan Giggs (90+1').

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

Going into the game Norwich City were 8th on 35 points from 25 and Manchester United 2nd on 58 points from 25. Norwich City went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Paul ScholesManchester United · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · Bradley JohnsonNorwich City
  • 49'Yellow card · Jonny EvansManchester United
  • 84'Goal · Grant HoltNorwich City · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 1-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 0, Manchester United 2.

Team news

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

David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Phil Jones, Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Javier Hernández Balcázar, Nani, Danny Welbeck, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes