Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

4–1

HT 2–0

Saturday 10th December 2011 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,627

Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–1 at Old Trafford on Saturday 10th December 2011 in the Premiership. Nani (17', 56') and Wayne Rooney (27', 62') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
17' Nani Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 1–0
27' Wayne Rooney Assist: Nani 2–0
Half Time 2–0
47' Steven Fletcher Assist: Matthew Jarvis 2–1
56' Nani Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 3–1
62' Wayne Rooney Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 4–1
67' Ezekiel Fryers for Evra
74' Federico Macheda for Welbeck
77' Ashley Young for Nani
90' Rio Ferdinand
Full Time 4–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Wayne Rooney 27', 62'

12 Chris Smalling

16 Michael Carrick

17 Luis Nani 17', 56'

Substitutes

67' for Evra

74' for Welbeck

77' for Nani

Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup

4-4-2

Starting XI

1 Wayne Hennessey G

4 David Edwards RM

8 Karl Henry CM-R

10 Steven Fletcher CF-L

11 Stephen Ward LB

14 Roger Johnson CD-R

16 Christophe Berra CD-L

17 Matthew Jarvis LM

23 Ronald Zubar RB

24 Jamie O'Hara CM-L

29 Kevin Doyle CF-R

Substitutes

3 George Elokobi

5 Richard Stearman

9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on

12 Stephen Hunt on

19 Adam Hammill

20 Nenad Milijas on

31 Dorus de Vries

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Mick McCarthy

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Information

Man Utd

4-4-1-1

Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

4-4-2

Man Utd Wolverhampton Wanderers

58%

Possession

42%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers History

Meeting 96 of 116

116

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

195

Goals For

157

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 15th October 1892. After this match United had played Wolverhampton Wanderers 96 times: 47W 16D 33L.

26 Oct 2010 W 3–2 LC 6 Nov 2010 W 2–1 PL 5 Feb 2011 L 1–2 PL

10 Dec 2011 W 4–1 This match

18 Mar 2012 W 5–0 PL 22 Sep 2018 D 1–1 PL 16 Mar 2019 L 1–2 FAC

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	56	36	9	11	102	53	64.3
Away	58	21	11	26	92	102	36.2
Neutral	2	0	1	1	1	2	0.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →