Premiership · Matchday 16

Norwich City v Manchester United

0–1

HT 0–0

Saturday 11th December 2021 · Carrow Road · Att: 27,066

Manchester United beat Norwich City 1–0 at Carrow Road on Saturday 11th December 2021 in the Premiership. Cristiano Ronaldo (75') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Darren England.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
67' Mason Greenwood for Sancho
74' Eric Bailly for Lindelof
75' Cristiano Ronaldo pen 0–1
77' Diogo Dalot
88' Donny van de Beek for Fernandes
90' Pierre Lees-Melou
Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Cristiano Ronaldo's 13th goal of 2021-2022, and his 130th for United.

52%

Possession

4-2-2-2

Formation

Darren England

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Victor Lindelof

5 Harry Maguire

7 Cristiano Ronaldo 75'

10 Marcus Rashford

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

67' for Sancho

74' for Lindelof

88' for Fernandes

Norwich City Lineup

4-3-2-1

Starting XI

1 Tim Krul G

2 Max Aarons RB

5 Grant Hanley CD-R

7 Lukas Rupp RM

8 Billy Gilmour CM

11 Przemyslaw Placheta RF

15 Ozan Kabak CD-L

22 Teemu Pukki F

23 Kenny McLean LM

24 Josh Sargent LF

30 Dimitris Giannoulis LB

Substitutes

3 Sam Byram

10 Kieran Dowell

14 Todd Cantwell on

19 Jacob Sørensen on

20 Pierre Lees-Melou on

26 Bali Mumba

28 Angus Gunn

35 Adam Idah

40 Jonathan Tomkinson

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ralf Rangnick

Manchester United

OPP

Dean Smith

Norwich City

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-2-2

Formation

Norwich City

4-3-2-1

Man Utd Norwich City

52%

Possession

48%

2.0

Expected Goals (xG)

1.2

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.40

Avg Player Rating

6.60

27.5

Avg Age

26.6

United vs Norwich City History

Meeting 71 of 72

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

126

Goals For

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 3rd February 1906. After this match United had played Norwich City 71 times: 41W 13D 17L.

27 Oct 2019 W 3–1 PL 11 Jan 2020 W 4–0 PL 27 Jun 2020 W 2–1 FAC

11 Dec 2021 W 1–0 This match

16 Apr 2022 W 3–2 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	35	23	7	5	68	21	65.7
Away	37	19	6	12	58	45	51.4

All 72 meetings with Norwich City →

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 →