Premiership · Matchday 29

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Manchester United

0–5

HT 0–3

Sunday 18th March 2012 · Molineux · Att: 27,494

Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 at Molineux on Sunday 18th March 2012 in the Premiership. Jonny Evans (21'), Antonio Valencia (43'), Danny Welbeck (45') and Javier Hernandez (56', 60') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
21' Jonny Evans Assist: Michael Carrick 0–1
28' Ronald Zubar
39' Ronald Zubar 2nd yellow
43' Antonio Valencia 0–2
45' Danny Welbeck Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 0–3
Half Time 0–3
56' Javier Hernandez Assist: Rafael da Silva 0–4
58' Paul Pogba for Carrick
60' Javier Hernandez Assist: Luis Antonio Valencia 0–5
63' Fabio da Silva for Evra
67' Danny Welbeck
74' Chris Smalling for Evans
Full Time 0–5

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

6 Jonny Evans 21'

14 Javier Hernandez 56', 60'

16 Michael Carrick

19 Danny Welbeck 45'

21 Rafael da Silva

22 Paul Scholes

25 Antonio Valencia 43'

Substitutes

Paul Pogba

58' for Carrick

Fabio da Silva

63' for Evra

Chris Smalling

74' for Evans

Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup

4-5-1

Starting XI

1 Wayne Hennessey G

4 David Edwards AM

5 Richard Stearman CD-R

10 Steven Fletcher F

11 Stephen Ward LB

17 Matthew Jarvis LM

21 Sébastien Bassong CD-L

23 Ronald Zubar RB

26 David Davis CM-L

29 Kevin Doyle RM

32 Kevin Foley CM-R

Substitutes

7 Michael Kightly on

9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake on

12 Stephen Hunt

14 Roger Johnson

16 Christophe Berra

22 Eggert Jonsson on

31 Dorus de Vries

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Terry Connor

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

4-5-1

Man Utd Wolverhampton Wanderers

56%

Possession

44%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers History

Meeting 97 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 97 times: 48W 16D 33L.

6 Nov 2010 W 2–1 PL 5 Feb 2011 L 1–2 PL 10 Dec 2011 W 4–1 PL

18 Mar 2012 W 5–0 This match

22 Sep 2018 D 1–1 PL 16 Mar 2019 L 1–2 FAC 2 Apr 2019 L 1–2 PL

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 →