Premiership · Matchday 02

Manchester United v Fulham

3–2

HT 3–1

Saturday 25th August 2012 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,352

Manchester United beat Fulham 3–2 at Old Trafford on Saturday 25th August 2012 in the Premiership. Robin van Persie (10'), Shinji Kagawa (35') and Rafael da Silva (41') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
3' Damien Duff Assist: Bryan Ruiz 0–1
10' Robin van Persie Assist: Patrice Evra 1–1
35' Shinji Kagawa Assist: Tom Cleverley 2–1
35' Brede Hangeland
41' Rafael da Silva Assist: Ashley Young 3–1
Half Time 3–1
64' Nemanja Vidic OG 3–2
68' Wayne Rooney for Kagawa
68' Danny Welbeck for Young
81' Ryan Giggs for Anderson
Full Time 3–2

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

2 Rafael da Silva 41'

15 Nemanja Vidic 64'

20 Robin van Persie 10'

23 Tom Cleverley

26 Shinji Kagawa 35'

Substitutes

Wayne Rooney

68' for Kagawa

Danny Welbeck

68' for Young

Ryan Giggs

81' for Anderson

Fulham Lineup

4-4-1-1

Starting XI

1 Mark Schwarzer G

5 Brede Hangeland CD-L

10 Mladen Petric F

11 Bryan Ruiz RCF

16 Damien Duff RM ⚽

17 Matt Briggs LB

18 Aaron Hughes CD-R

19 Mahamadou Diarra CM-R

27 Sascha Riether RB

30 Mousa Dembélé CM-L

31 Alex Kacaniklic LM

Substitutes

2 Stephen Kelly

6 Chris Baird on

7 Steve Sidwell on

8 Pajtim Kasami

13 David Stockdale

20 Hugo Rodallega on

32 Rafik Halliche

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Martin Jol

Fulham

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Fulham

4-4-1-1

Man Utd Fulham

61%

Possession

39%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Fulham History

Meeting 78 of 97

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

190

Goals For

103

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 14th January 1905. After this match United had played Fulham 78 times: 46W 18D 14L.

9 Apr 2011 W 2–0 PL 21 Dec 2011 W 5–0 PL 26 Mar 2012 W 1–0 PL

25 Aug 2012 W 3–2 This match

26 Jan 2013 W 4–1 FAC 2 Feb 2013 W 1–0 PL 2 Nov 2013 W 3–1 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	47	37	7	3	103	40	78.7
Away	47	21	15	11	80	57	44.7
Neutral	3	1	1	1	7	6	33.3

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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 →