Premiership · Matchday 08

Manchester United v West Bromwich Albion

1–0

HT 0–0

Saturday 21st November 2020 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat West Bromwich Albion 1–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 21st November 2020 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (56') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was David Coote.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
Half Time 0–0
56' Bruno Fernandes pen 1–0
63' Edinson Cavani for Mata
76' Conor Gallagher
78' Donny van de Beek for Rashford
83' Scott McTominay for Fred
90' Edinson Cavani
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Bruno Fernandes' 7th goal of 2020-2021, and his 19th for United.

63%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

David Coote

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 56'

Substitutes

63' for Mata

78' for Rashford

83' for Fred

West Bromwich Albion Lineup

5-4-1

Starting XI

1 Sam Johnstone G

2 Darnell Furlong RB

5 Kyle Bartley CD-L

6 Semi Ajayi CD-R

11 Grady Diangana LM

12 Matheus Pereira RM

14 Conor Townsend LB

18 Conor Gallagher CM-L

19 Romaine Sawyers CM-R

20 Branislav Ivanovic CD

29 Karlan Grant F

Substitutes

4 Hal Robson-Kanu on

7 Callum Robinson on

10 Matt Phillips

16 Rekeem Harper

17 Filip Krovinovic on

25 David Button

27 Dara O'Shea

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Slaven Bilic

West Bromwich Albion

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

West Bromwich Albion

5-4-1

Man Utd West Bromwich Albion

63%

Possession

37%

2.4

Expected Goals (xG)

0.6

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.30

Avg Player Rating

6.50

27.4

Avg Age

26.7

United vs West Bromwich Albion History

Meeting 133 of 134

134

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

235

Goals For

198

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 1st October 1892. After this match United had played West Bromwich Albion 133 times: 57W 32D 44L.

1 Apr 2017 D 0–0 PL 17 Dec 2017 W 2–1 PL 15 Apr 2018 L 0–1 PL

21 Nov 2020 W 1–0 This match

14 Feb 2021 D 1–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	67	35	17	15	127	79	52.2
Away	67	22	16	29	108	119	32.8

All 134 meetings with West Bromwich Albion →

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 →