League Division One · Matchday 20

Liverpool v Manchester United

1–2

Saturday 13th December 1952 · Anfield · Att: 34,450

Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield on Saturday 13th December 1952 in the League Division One. John Aston Snr (50') and Stan Pearson (80') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
10' William Liddell 1–0
Half Time
50' John Aston Snr 1–1
80' Stan Pearson 1–2
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

9 John Aston Snr 50'

10 Stan Pearson 80'

11 David Pegg

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Matt Busby

Manchester United

OPP

Don Welsh

Liverpool

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 64 of 218

218

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

296

Goals For

294

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th April 1894. After this match United had played Liverpool 64 times: 23W 17D 24L.

30 Aug 1950 W 1–0 D1 24 Nov 1951 D 0–0 D1 12 Apr 1952 W 4–0 D1

13 Dec 1952 W 2–1 This match

20 Apr 1953 W 3–1 D1 22 Aug 1953 D 4–4 D1 19 Dec 1953 W 5–1 D1

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	105	53	32	20	176	111	50.5
Away	100	27	25	48	105	168	27.0
Neutral	13	5	4	4	15	15	38.5

All 218 meetings with Liverpool →

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 →