Premiership · Matchday 01
Everton v Manchester United
1–0
HT 0–0
Manchester United lost 0–1 to Everton at Goodison Park on Monday 20th August 2012 in the Premiership.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 3' Luis Nani
- 13' Paul Scholes
- Half Time 0–0
- 57' Marouane Fellaini Assist: Darron Gibson 1–0
- 68' Robin van Persie for Welbeck
- 78' Ashley Young for Nani
- 85' Oliveira Anderson for Cleverley
- 90' Darron Gibson
- Full Time 1–0
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Robin van Persie
68' for Welbeck
Ashley Young
78' for Nani
Oliveira Anderson
85' for Cleverley
Everton Lineup
4-4-1-1
Starting XI
2 Tony Hibbert RB
3 Leighton Baines LB
4 Darron Gibson CM-L
6 Phil Jagielka CD-R
7 Nikica Jelavic F
15 Sylvain Distin CD-L
18 Phil Neville CM-R
21 Leon Osman RM
22 Steven Pienaar LM
24 Tim Howard G
25 Marouane Fellaini RCF ⚽
Substitutes
1 Jan Mucha
5 Johnny Heitinga on
14 Steven Naismith on
19 Magaye Gueye
20 Ross Barkley
23 Seamus Coleman on
28 Victor Anichebe
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
David Moyes
Everton
Match Information
Man Utd
4-2-3-1
Formation
Everton
4-4-1-1
United vs Everton History
Meeting 185 of 216
216
Played
97
Won
50
Drawn
69
Lost
326
Goals For
292
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 24th September 1892. After this match United had played Everton 185 times: 80W 42D 63L.
23 Apr 2011 W 1–0 PL 29 Oct 2011 W 1–0 PL 22 Apr 2012 D 4–4 PL
20 Aug 2012 L 0–1 This match
10 Feb 2013 W 2–0 PL 4 Dec 2013 L 0–1 PL 20 Apr 2014 L 0–2 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 105 | 59 | 26 | 20 | 183 | 98 | 56.2 |
| Away | 105 | 36 | 23 | 46 | 140 | 189 | 34.3 |
| Neutral | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 33.3 |
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 →