League Cup · 3rd Round
Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers
1–0
Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday 23rd September 2009 in the League Cup. Danny Welbeck (66') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 30' Fabio da Silva
- 31' Ritchie de Laet for Macheda
- Half Time
- 66' Danny Welbeck 1–0
- 69' Antonio Valencia for Owen
- 81' Joshua King for Welbeck
- Full Time 1–0
Match Facts
- A 6th consecutive win in all competitions.
- Joshua King made his Manchester United debut.
- Danny Welbeck's 1st goal of 2009-2010, and his 4th for United.
Starting XI
Player
19 Danny Welbeck 66'
Substitutes
Ritchie de Laet
31' for Macheda
Antonio Valencia
69' for Owen
Joshua King
81' for Welbeck
Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup
Starting XI
3 George Elokobi D
6 Jody Craddock D
7 Michael Kightly M
8 Karl Henry M
9 Sylvan Ebanks-Blake F
13 Marcus Hahnemann G
14 David Jones M
16 Christophe Berra D
32 Kevin Foley D
33 Stefan Maierhofer F
35 Segundo Castillo M
Substitutes
10 Andy Keogh on
15 Greg Halford
20 Nenad Milijas on
23 Ronald Zubar
26 Matthew Hill
29 Kevin Doyle on
30 Carl Ikeme
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Mick McCarthy
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Match Information
United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers History
Meeting 90 of 116
116
Played
57
Won
21
Drawn
38
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 90 times: 42W 16D 32L.
27 Aug 2003 W 1–0 PL 17 Jan 2004 L 0–1 PL 29 Jan 2006 W 3–0 FAC
23 Sep 2009 W 1–0 This match
15 Dec 2009 W 3–0 PL 6 Mar 2010 W 1–0 PL 26 Oct 2010 W 3–2 LC | 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 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →