Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011
Result
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 5 February 2011, 17:30 UTC · half-time 2-1
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 February 2011. The half-time score was 2-1.
Nani opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from George Elokobi (10') and Kevin Doyle (40'). Manchester United scored through Nani (3').
Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 20th on 21 points from 24 and Manchester United 1st on 54 points from 24. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Manchester United 1st with 80.
Wolverhampton Wanderers lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers win, 0 draws and 4 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Manchester United's W-W-W-D-W.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Nani
- 10'Goal · George Elokobi
- 40'Goal · Kevin Doyle
- 42'Yellow card · Karl Henry
- 51'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 67'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 85'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
Head-to-head
Team news
Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)
Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Richard Stearman, Ronald Zubar, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Adam Hammill, Kevin Doyle, Christophe Berra, Nenad Milijaš, Jamie O'Hara
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Darren Fletcher, Park Ji-Sung, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov