Premiership · Matchday 15

Manchester United v Wolverhampton Wanderers

1–0

HT 0–0

Tuesday 29th December 2020 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 29th December 2020 in the Premiership. Marcus Rashford (90'+3') scored for United. United were captained by Harry Maguire, and the referee was Jonathan Moss.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
45' Luke Shaw for Telles
Half Time 0–0
50' Marcus Rashford
64' Anthony Martial for Greenwood
73' Rui Patricio
73' Rui Patrício
90' Scott McTominay for Fernandes
90+3' Marcus Rashford Assist: Bruno Fernandes 1–0
Full Time 1–0

Match Facts

Marcus Rashford's 14th goal of 2020-2021, and his 81st for United.

58%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Jonathan Moss

Referee

Harry Maguire

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Marcus Rashford 90'+3

Substitutes

45' for Telles

64' for Greenwood

90' for Fernandes

Wolverhampton Wanderers Lineup

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

2 Ki-Jana Hoever RM

3 Rayan Aït-Nouri LM

7 Pedro Neto CF-L

8 Rúben Neves CM-R

11 Rui Patrício G

16 Conor Coady CD-R

20 Vitinha AM

27 Romain Saïss CD

28 João Moutinho CM-L

37 Adama Traoré CF-R

49 Max Kilman CD-L

Substitutes

10 Daniel Podence on

17 Fábio Silva on

21 John Ruddy

22 Nélson Semedo

39 Luke Cundle

42 Lewis Richards

54 Owen Otasowie

60 Theo Corbeanu

75 Christian Marques

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

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Nuno Espirito Santo

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Wolverhampton Wanderers

3-4-1-2

Man Utd Wolverhampton Wanderers

58%

Possession

42%

1.5

Expected Goals (xG)

0.5

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

7.20

Avg Player Rating

6.40

27.1

Avg Age

25.3

United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers History

Meeting 105 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 105 times: 50W 20D 35L.

4 Jan 2020 D 0–0 FAC 15 Jan 2020 W 1–0 FAC 1 Feb 2020 D 0–0 PL

29 Dec 2020 W 1–0 This match

23 May 2021 W 2–1 PL 29 Aug 2021 W 1–0 PL 3 Jan 2022 L 0–1 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 →