Premiership · Matchday 18

Liverpool v Manchester United

0–0

HT 0–0

Sunday 17th January 2021 · Anfield · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United drew 0–0 with Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday 17th January 2021 in the Premiership. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Paul Tierney.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
33' Xherdan Shaqiri
Half Time 0–0
61' Edinson Cavani for Martial
65' Fabinho
89' Mason Greenwood for Fernandes
90' Marcus Rashford
Full Time 0–0

35%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Paul Tierney

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

6 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

Substitutes

61' for Martial

89' for Fernandes

Liverpool Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Alisson Becker G

3 Fabinho CD-R

5 Georginio Wijnaldum LM

6 Thiago Alcantara CM

9 Roberto Firmino F

10 Sadio Mané LF

11 Mohamed Salah RF

14 Jordan Henderson CD-L

23 Xherdan Shaqiri RM

26 Andrew Robertson LB

66 Trent Alexander-Arnold RB

Substitutes

7 James Milner on

15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

17 Curtis Jones on

18 Takumi Minamino

27 Divock Origi on

46 Rhys Williams

47 Nathaniel Phillips

62 Caoimhín Kelleher

76 Neco Williams

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Liverpool

4-3-3

Man Utd Liverpool

35%

Possession

65%

1.1

Expected Goals (xG)

1.2

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.90

Avg Player Rating

6.80

26.2

Avg Age

28.3

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 205 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 205 times: 80W 58D 67L.

24 Feb 2019 D 0–0 PL 20 Oct 2019 D 1–1 PL 19 Jan 2020 L 0–2 PL

17 Jan 2021 D 0–0 This match

24 Jan 2021 W 3–2 FAC 13 May 2021 L 2–4 PL 24 Oct 2021 L 0–5 PL

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 →