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

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2016

Result

West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 17 December 2016, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Manchester United: match report

West Bromwich Albion were beaten by Manchester United 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Zlatan Ibrahimović opened the scoring in the 5th minute. West Bromwich Albion did not score. Manchester United scored through Zlatan Ibrahimović (5') and Zlatan Ibrahimović (56').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 7th on 23 points from 16 and Manchester United 6th on 27 points from 16. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 10th with 45 points, and Manchester United 6th with 69.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Zlatan Ibrahimović of Manchester United (8.3), ahead of Marcos Rojo (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United
  • 49'Yellow card · Craig DawsonWest Bromwich Albion
  • 56'Goal · Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United · 0-2
  • 57'Yellow card · Jesse LingardManchester United
  • 65'Yellow card · Marcos RojoManchester United
  • 65'Yellow card · S. RondónWest Bromwich Albion
  • 87'Yellow card · Chris BruntWest Bromwich Albion

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 3, draws 1, Manchester United 6.

Team news

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ben Foster, Craig Dawson, Gareth McAuley, Jonas Olsson, Allan Nyom, Darren Fletcher, Claudio Yacob, Chris Brunt, Nacer Chadli, Matt Phillips, Salomón Rondón

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

David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo, Matteo Darmian, Ander Herrera, Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Wayne Mark Rooney