Valencia 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018
Result
Valencia 2-1 Manchester United
Champions League · Wednesday 12 December 2018, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Valencia 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Valencia beat Manchester United 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 12 December 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Carlos Soler opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Valencia's goals came from Carlos Soler (17') and an own goal by P. Jones (47'). Manchester United scored through Marcus Rashford (87').
Discipline: Valencia received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Valencia were 42nd on 5 points from 5 and Manchester United 19th on 10 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Valencia lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Carlos Soler of Valencia (8.3), ahead of Dani Parejo (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Valencia wins, 4 draws and 1 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Valencia's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Manchester United's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 17'Goal · Carlos Soler
- 28'Yellow card · Toni Lato
- 30'Yellow card · E. Bailly
- 47'Own goal · P. Jones
- 82'Yellow card · Marcus Rashford
- 87'Goal · Marcus Rashford
Head-to-head
Team news
Valencia line-up (4-4-2)
Jaume Doménech, Cristiano Piccini, Rúben Vezo, Mouctar Diakhaby, Toni Lato, Carlos Soler, Dani Parejo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Denis Cheryshev, Michy Batshuayi, Santi Mina
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
Sergio Romero, Antonio Valencia, Eric Bailly, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Fred, Marouane Fellaini, Paul Pogba, Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku, Andreas Pereira